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Natural ability has a lot to do with it. Not everyone will become the next Jon just by getting some lessons and practicing. However, they can get a lot better. Repetition and working up to tricks helps cement it in your head and take away the fear. Think about it, would people spend...

Keep working on your spin base: right side, natural, and switch. As for inverted tricks, besides fronts and backs, mistys were the first ones that I learned. Then D-Spins and rodeos, then corked and bios. (I'm a better flipper than spinner so the inverted ones were easier than the off axis...

Try them on a trampoline or something like that first. Do the one that feels most comfortable. People naturally flip different ways. (Same things with spins and flips. Some people flip naturally, some spin naturally.) I did fronts, then backs, then lincolns. Now backs are the easiest, and...

I ride center mount because I do a lot of spinning and riding switch. You will lose some float and the ski will ride a bit different when riding forward. (Unless you have a ski that's meant to be center mounted) It moves your edge further back so your center of gravity will have to be...

I'm convinced...Straight airs only from now on...

Yeah, usually they are a pretty hardcore about it. It's a fun event to hang out for a bit though. Go harass Dirty Joel Cline.

Go to you local shop and see if they have any bindings from previous years. If you buy them a year or two old, you can usually get them dirt cheap...Also, try to buy a binding that you are somewhere in the middle of the DIN, not at the very edge...

Why not have both...It's pretty sweet...

Alpine - Cheaper, better terrain for freeriding, solid park built around a sweet jump line. Northstar - More parks, Probably more jib-style but has good jumps as well. I'm poor, I ride at Alpine when I'm up there and never regret it. The jump line is super smooth and has some of the better...

Palmer is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weather permitting. Everything else needs more snow. Check the Timberline website at www.timberlinelodge.com.

This thread is almost as old as some of the people on here...

Check out www.sixsixone.com. They have some sweet protective gear at pretty competitive prices. Everything from braces (knee, elbow, ankle, etc.) to upper and lower body armor, helmets, and more. They are available in stores or straight from their site.

Just started wearing some pads this year. I've got the Six Six One Bomber Shorts and N8-3 Pressure Suit. Used to just wear a helmet. Been riding freestyle for almost 10 years and had more than my share of broken bones and torn ligaments. It's all about protecting yourself so you can walk...

Pretty similar to doing a blind 270 from a flat rail, except you have to lean it forward a bit.  Make sure yo u stay on the same plane (at the same angle) as the rail or else you will catch your tips.  Depend on the landing, you may have to do it quicker since you are heading down towards the...

HMMM...don't know if I'd say that. You're just going to lower your trailing shoulder (right) instead of your lead shoulder (left), which would make you cork. What does it for me is popping of my right edges, thinking of drifting a bit right, and thinking of leaning my spin forward. From...

HMMM...don't know if I'd say that. You're just going to lower your trailing shoulder (right) instead of your lead shoulder (left), which would make you cork. What does it for me is popping of my right edges, thinking of drifting a bit right, and thinking of leaning my spin forward. From...

It is pretty much the opposite of the cork. Best to try to learn it on a trampoline or diving board first if you can. Here's how I think about it when I'm throwing bio. 1)I approach the lip with a mellow left carve. As I hit the lip, I transfer a bit of weight to my outer edge so I drift...

I look over the same shoulder, but that's because I'm old, broken, and inflexible and have a hard time looking over my right...Nice 5 though...

Pole planting is from the old school. Just a different way to set a spin. I personally prefer not pole planting and setting my spin with my upper body and where I look. Just a preference...