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bkimsta

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well this season i picked up some nice freeskis and im thinking about really starting to try jumps more than terrain? ]

anytips on what i should start out with?
 
^this... dont be that kid who kills himself because he thinks he can clear some big ass gap and doesnt even hit the knuckle and tanner halls himself.
 
at least.

But seriously. Iyou're probably gonna get a lot of hate in this thread for being a noob (no disrepect we were all once!) but start small like 15-30 to get comfortable in the air. Speed is your friend, but can also be you enemy. Learning the speed it takes to hit gaps is something that experience is the best teacher for. Practice makes perfect right? Dont go out and kill yourself just because you want to progress. If you have fun it will come.

Congrats on picking up a pair of dual tippers. It was probably one of the best decisions you have ever made. Welcome to the world of afterbang.
 
fear is a good thing... it keeps us from doign stupid shit.

You will fall, but dont be so confident that you try and hti chads gap because you arent afraid of falling. Ya hear?

And stay away from the park sometimes too. A good tree run/pow run/ groomer run/ whatever is a great way to make yourself a better skier and mix things up a bit
 
When I started hitting jumps I would do it with a friend riding next to me, someone who had been riding park for a long time, and knew about the speed. I found it way easier learning the speed that way. hope that made sense.
 
thats the answer, it took me really long to get used to rails and jumps cuz i was always chicken and never just did it
 
MINIPARK and don't be embarrassed because you aren't good or else you never will be your are not going to be the next big thing the first time you ski park and its better to know how to ski all over the mountain before you go straight to the park and most of all have fun with it.
 
"and tanner halls himself"

EPIC!!!

Start off slow, learn from your mistakes. Watch videos and other when they do their tricks ask a friend. And don't mind bailing at first, since you won't be going too fast and you'll learn from it. And don't mind the peeps that laugh or talk shit, since they were once beginners too.
 
Really? 15-30 feet to start? I started way smaller than 15 feet, and I would suggest starting with a jump smaller than 15 feet to get the feel for the take-offs of different kinds of jumps (i.e. super wu-tang/poppy take-off as opposed to an almost flat take-off).
 
who said all he wants to do is jump and grind? the kid's learning how to ski.. have fun in the woods and drop some shit that he may come accross.

don't just live in the park, youll never get any better at skiing that way
 
well my mountain didnt have any little jumps when I first decided I wanted to hit park jumps so I just went for it. It worked for me. If your hill has some smaller ones, then by all means hit them first, but a 15 or 20 ft jump is THAT bg, and anyone who can ski fairly well should be able to get it after a try or two
 
it was implied when he started off by talking about his free skis. I'm not trying to say that's all he's going to do I was just giving my own two pennies about how I started riding park.
 
I'm just going to put this out there, Don't be like me and not hit jumps bigger than fifteen feet for the whole season and find yourself trying to throw sevens on a miniscule kicker. Once you are boosting a jump you know it is time to hit some bigger things.
 
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