How the fuck to ski switch
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mr-mcsteeze
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A lot of it is practice.You are almost learning how to ski again.
Find your bunny hill and start there. Start with simple wedge turns. While making turns, start with looking over your downhill shoulder and as you go through the turn, turn your head to your other shoulder to give yourself a better visual of whats down the hill. Dont try to go straight to parallel turns right of the bat because the biggest part of skiing switch isnt how you're turning, its how you are looking down the hill.
Dont let yourself get to discouraged. keep practicing and you will feel that switch parallel will come faster than you thought.
Find your bunny hill and start there. Start with simple wedge turns. While making turns, start with looking over your downhill shoulder and as you go through the turn, turn your head to your other shoulder to give yourself a better visual of whats down the hill. Dont try to go straight to parallel turns right of the bat because the biggest part of skiing switch isnt how you're turning, its how you are looking down the hill.
Dont let yourself get to discouraged. keep practicing and you will feel that switch parallel will come faster than you thought.
bquick222
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Just ski switch more. Start on a green, try to make a turn or two before you turn around. Just like when you learned to ski if you go to fast, turn up the hill, and boom now you are going forwards. Just keep trying to make more turns and you will get used to it eventually. Once you get better you will naturally stagger your skis so you can see over your shoulder easier. Let me tell ya theres nothing better than bombing down a run switch passing a jerry who's struggling to pizza down it.
BagOTricks
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ponchodaddy
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I learned off a tip my bro gave me, pick a good intermediate run, and just force yourself to ski switch down the whole thing. It can be kind of frustrating, and the first few times you just kinda slide and fall down the whole thing, but you'll see after a few times it gets a lot easier. And don't try to switch lead leg until you feel comfortable skiing with your dominant leg staggered. I think that switching your lead foot is the hardest part.
TheDoughAbides
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i feel like staggering is the easy part. i hate being momentarily blind when linking turns. ill never get used to it.
ponchodaddy
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13860755:oxiclean said:
and? it worked for me, plus its just a suggestion. OP should do what works for them.
losh
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I got ok at skiing switch, and then i taught my friend how to ski one day and spent the whole entire day skiing switch. I was mainly doing at first to kinda check on him to see how he was doing and then I realized it was really starting to click and by the end of the day I was easily carving blacks switch.
270on420out
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Spend like a full day and a half just skiing switch.
csdavidson18
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backwards*
stokedelic
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13860587:Deepskier said:
^this, surf the earth!
lilgapaboi
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It's easier to go faster but scarier when starting out
TripleXLHoodies
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This video explains it so well, its like having your eyes opened for the first time
DirtYStylE
Active member
Practice. Practice.
It will always be awkward and a bit dangerous until you just get used to it. You can only see ~40% of what is down there depending on which way you are carving. You need to develop your spacial awareness
It will always be awkward and a bit dangerous until you just get used to it. You can only see ~40% of what is down there depending on which way you are carving. You need to develop your spacial awareness
saskyskier71
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just dedicate to riding switch down a couple of groomers. just get comfortable with the feeling whatever it takes.
