Fucking 3s

potatofarmer

potatofarmer

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Today, I was sessioning the park with a couple of my friends, and trying to nail 3s the whole time. I can always get around, but land backseat.... Though today, I shook that habit by being more forward when I pop off the lip. Now the only thing is that I keep landing one footed. I keep my feet nice until right as Im getting past270, and my one ski goes out to the side..... though I am landing them just not nicely

Any suggestions?
 
I hate to say this, but you can probably find a thread with the search bar. It sounds like you're getting off axis, just try to keep your head up while you're spinning and you should be ok.
 
If you could get enough speed for anything then....the top table was nice, the step up was decent, the pipe I swear was a fucking carved out ice cube, and the rails were kinda crooked. Bottom table was good though
 
i wanna hit the a-frame real fast and 270 diaster the down.. that landing was real sketch on sunday though so i dunno
 
I had alot of problems getting 3's nice. I found that bitching on NS won't do it. Just keep doing them and you'll find they get better.
 
Yo man i used to do the same exact thing, I would kinda do em corked when i didnt mean to. But like last month i just stopped doing it, just right before u go off the jump, think wut u are gunna do, and spin, keep your feet kinda tigether. you'll get it
 
ok the problem i'm guessing your having is with your arms. The main problem when you go up in the air and get off axis, or corked is the motion you are throwing your arms at take off. How you can fix this? DON'T USE YOUR ARMS

The main part to a spin is using and setting it with your hips. If you come up to the jump, and wind up with your arms, your uppper body is going ot be ahead of your lower body, which could set you off axis, because your core isn't together and you are spinning at different speeds.(your arms, hips, and lower body) If set the rotation with your arms then your core is going to be the part of your body setting the spin, so that your head, waist, and legs are all spinning at the same rate. By doing this it will cut down on your arm flailing, and allow you to control your body much more.
 
drop your opposite shoulder a little forwards. = spinning left, drop your right shoulder forwards and down a little. and just grab.
 
i dunno if this helps...cause i think u already figured out the backseat problem but i did this for the people

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I have the problem of when I try to throw in a grab on my spin, I lose balance in mid air getting off axis and always end up landing on my ass... I just cant figure out why. If I just pencil spin it I can land find. Somebody wanna help me with that one?
 
this is wrong.

u should make a parabolic motion meaning u take off with ur center of gravity straight up from ur boots and you land the same, center of gravity above ur boots.

no leaning forward on takeoff thats bullshit unless you wanna try a face plant or something.
 
I am not doubting what you are saying, but when i used to train moguls, we were taught that spins are initiated with the head. Basically wherever you put your head, your body follows. Thats why for corks you drops your shoulder (and head). I guess using your hips would work, but i've never though of initiating a spin with them - i don't use my arms, just my head. If the hips thing doesn't work for you (thread maker) try using your head to initiate the spin, and your body will follow. And although it won't be cool to start with, try and make you spin T'd out, pencil style...once you have got your 360 down every time doing it this way, then concentrate on grabbing/steeze.
 
I use my head to throw spins a lot too, especially bigger spins to rails so you can spot your landing immediately.
 
good point! That really makes good sense, but I think that mogul jumps and park jumps are way different. Now correct me if I'm wrong, bc I havn't competed in mogules for.... a while now, like 6 years. A mogul jump is much much shorter on the transition, and has much more kick. While a park jump is the opposite. I think that a 360 spin initiated with the head off of a mogul jump will allow you to be still, in the air. Same may be true on a park jump...but anything after a 360, or when you try to add a grab is going to be difficult. Also when you are going switch into a jump the head thing might be kinda hard, unless your an owl...
 
my friend does that too, it ussully means u have too wide of a stance so ure skis are both in different parts of the turn, try keepin them closer together and throw in a double saftty that helps keep u on axis alot more
 
no where does my picture say lean forward...it does howevere say throw the spin level to flat ground which is exactly what u said "straight up from the boots"...all i was trying to show was pop striaght up not at the angle u are on, on the lip same difference
 
that drawing was perfeect. you just gotta learn forward off the jump, thats key. took me awhile to learn that
 
yeah, it sounds like your alittle off axis, but it could just be nothing, if your stomping it its probably fine. try a couple 5s and see what happens, maybe you are getting off axis, or just over reacting
 
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