Blind side switch ups?

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*208*shill

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need help doing them and the rail im doing it on is a shotgun rail flat then down everytime i spin blindside im not landing on the rail or a kinda catch my edge and fall +karma for good input thanks guys

also 270's on the down rails tried them a couple of times but total fail hah
 
full tilt.

lol but the key to bs sw is to bring your head around quickly so you can see where your going, same with 270s to down rails. even if you want to pretzel after you land, then bring ur head around so u can see, then pretzel, and spin your head the way your trying to pretzel. help?
 
ya thanks alot cause i think thats my problem im like dragging my head and not turning it and spotting where im gonna land haha thanks and i think i also need to tuck my legs in when i try to 270 onto the down rails hah thanks alot though def+ karma
 
huh thats weird, i guess that would make sense for learning, but when i 27 on and keep my head looking, i can't stop spinning the way i am. if i want to pretzel out, i have to keep looking at the beginning of the rail to keep my shoulders from still spinning. but i guess for learning it would be good to see where your landing
oh and bnorris......full tilt
 
you might just not be commiting ya know.. blind side switch ups on a down rails are scary to learn but real fun once you get the hang of them... try spinning on the rail a little bit
 
look over the shoulder on the side your spinning. then as soon as you can see the end of the rail through your peripheral vision, keep your eyes on it the whole time. your skis will come around then.
 
every goddamn post i have read of yours today has said full tilt. It's not that funny, like every once in a while but not this much.
 
Not worthy of a new thread, but I am super stoked because I did my first blind swaps last night. A few nights ago I 50/50'd to 180 off and I figured out how to BS 270 off of a box. All this has been on my 10 foot long 18 inch wide box. It slides really well, but has almost zero grip, and I was having a tough time setting spins of any type. I have done a few BS Swaps before, but they all felt and looked really sketchy. Last night I think I finally got them dialed. Hands were the key. Progression still happens at 44.
 
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blindside switchup- get onto the rail 90, ride until you want to do the switchup. when its time to do the switchup look over your shoulder in the direction you want to turn. while doing this try to pop or atleast take your weight off the rail while turning, this will prevent you from catching your tips.
270 off down rail- get onto the rail 90, try as hard as you can to hve most of your weight on your back foot withough leaning too far back that you will slip. while doing this you want to lock in on your front foot putting as much pressure as you can against the rail. when you reach the last foot or so of the rail you want to push off your front foot causing you to spin but make sure as you are doing this you quickly lift your back tip of your front ski up and you should be able to spin off the rail and land switch.
 
I'd say the key is to make sure you don't trash your body too much now. The late 80's and 90's were not kind to my back. That problem and others don't go away as you get older so you have to get creative and figure out ways to fix yourself. I did something to my back yesterday and I am trying to stretch it out today so I can jib tonight.

The main difference is that progression isn't as spontaneous as it used to be. Everything has to be right and you don't want to be taking stupid risks at 44. You know how you can kind of flip the switch on your brain to off and just go for something? That doesn't work for me now; I have to think through everything and convince myself that I am ready. If doubts creep into my head, I know I'm going to get hurt. I can still learn new stuff; it just takes a little longer.

Example: A kid this week was snowboarding in a class. He was pretty good. The instructor told the kid to just hit the first jump in the line of three, because the kid had never hit that line before. He blew off the instructor and tried to combo all three. He stomped the first 2 but came off the 3rd wrong. He got pitched forward, dug the nose of his board into the knuckle and launched himself head first down to the flat bottom. He ended up with a concussion and may have internal bleeding.

If that had been me that took that hit, I would not be typing this now.
 
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