Gotta kick the pencil steez out of my spins! - HELP PLEASE

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seanch37

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Hey,

I have been doing spins for about 3 years now, progressing from the standard 3 to 5's and 7's. I cant seem to bend and raise my legs during even my 3's. My legs stay strait down and I look like a stiff board. The few times I have tried to bend my knees and tuck my legs up with possibly a safety grab, my spin stops and I land in whatever position I stopped spinning - usually only 90 degrees - OUCH! Can anyone help me progress to tucking my legs and grab on even just a 3. I am open to any suggestions. Thanks!!
 
maybe some people are just not meant to have steeze?

but seriously just try sucking your legs up and then eventually grabbing.
 
thats better than me. when im spinning sometimes i just stop spinning for some reason and eat shit becuz of it.
 
work on it on a trampoline. first when you jump just bring your knees up, no spinning. once you can get that decent (you should be able to fast) then try doing it with 1's try progressively harder shit and soon you should be decent. then take it to the snow!
 
when you do a grab instead of thinking about reaching down to your skis try to keep spinning with your upper body and pull your legs up to get the grab.
 
come into the jump all gorilla and pop real good. your body should naturally return to the tucked up position.

I'm guessing it all has to do w/ your pop...
 
don't try to take the pencil out of your spin. look for a way to work grabs into your spin. not everyone spins with their body in the same exact position, so use that to your advantage, reach for grabs, and develop your own style
 
I think when you go to grab, you look at where you are grabbing , which stops your spin, you need to keep lookin for the landing and just grab for it, you should be good.
 
carve into your spins hella. And kinda be in a position to grab waay before you go off the jump. Like if you just want a safety go in all low and gorilla and just carve hella hard so your hand is already kinda right by your ski. Or if you are goin to mute just get your hand ready as you carve in and use it initiate the spin and stuff.
 
You're probably getting blocked up. Either your head is looking down or you aren't leading the spin with your upper body. Just think about keeping your head up, your shoulders leading the spin and not looking like a flying penis
 
thanks everyone!!! Im going to try with 180 grabs, going into the kicker more gorilla and bent up. A huge pop should help with kicking my knees back all tucked up. Thanks, Let the K and Mt Snow season begin.
 
when your going into the jump get a real low wide stance and carve into ur spin, that way u dont have to worry about initiating it as much and it will look smoother
 
if you don't have a trampoline practice jumping off stuff (like stairs or high curbs or something) and spinning and working a grab in. set your spin and go for the grab
 
sounds like a good idea...

otherwise just concentrate on bringing your skis up rather than your hand to the ski..that will eradicate pencilness.
 
Come in a bit gorilla and give a good pop off the lift, and really set your spin well initially so that you can float through it without needing to pencil up to spin faster. Once you're not using your arms to control the speed of your spin, you can use them to grab. And once you get used to that, you can start carving off the lip so you don't even need to set your spin.
 
gorilla steez is pretty hard to do if you are just learning. I found this out. Stand up straighter when approaching the lip, then jump up/pop off the lip and float it, while keeping your eye on the ground. go small first and work your way up, find someone who knows at your mountain and try to copy them or get help.
 
but seriously. ive been skiing for 14 years and trying to perfect pencil straight spins, but to no avial, my body just tucks up and i end up looking steezey.
 
I used to have pencil steez but over the summer i would throw spins off everything that i could and pull my legs up. Now I'm plain out steezy!
 
that must mean you where doing pencil spins under the name "mad steezey". tisk tisk my boi.
 
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