How to build confidence for bigger hits.

zanga

zanga

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I a relatively new skier and I'm looking to step up my game.

I'm interested if there any tips or strategy to build confidence when tackling bigger hits or more advanced tricks.

Thanks!
 
Keep riding. Do plenty of shit you're comfortable with. If you can hit a 20 foot jump decent, hit it until you can do it in your sleep. If you've 3'd a fee times do it until it's locked down get a good grab and style.

It's all muscle memory and that builds confidence snd style. You know how fast you need to go, what the jump or trick will feel like. If you're crushing 3s try the occasional 5 etc. Especially if you already have a jump dialed in.

Sometimes if you're having a slow start, hit one of the easier parks that doesn't scare you at all and throw some of your best tricks on small features. It will get the legs to start cooperating and get your brain to think "this skiing thing,im not bad at it".

For bigger jumps, jump lines are aleays good. Maybe jump line goes 25',32',40' but you only have hit 30s. Take the jump line as far as you feel comfortable. Maybe you skip the biggest hit in the line. Then one run you land 1 and 2 pergect3and just send 3. Everything feels good landing is clean and stoke level 1million.

Also following a friend in for speed can be good. If you know the speed will be right it's a little easier.

Just dial in tricks on smaller jumps and rails then work your way up. Keep hitting some bigger(for you) features even if just straight airs and basic slides. When you get comfy af with said trick and comfty with bigger features, put them together and go pro. Now you're the best skier on the mtn.
 
14052838:theabortionator said:
Keep riding. Do plenty of shit you're comfortable with. If you can hit a 20 foot jump decent, hit it until you can do it in your sleep. If you've 3'd a fee times do it until it's locked down get a good grab and style.

It's all muscle memory and that builds confidence snd style. You know how fast you need to go, what the jump or trick will feel like. If you're crushing 3s try the occasional 5 etc. Especially if you already have a jump dialed in.

Sometimes if you're having a slow start, hit one of the easier parks that doesn't scare you at all and throw some of your best tricks on small features. It will get the legs to start cooperating and get your brain to think "this skiing thing,im not bad at it".

For bigger jumps, jump lines are aleays good. Maybe jump line goes 25',32',40' but you only have hit 30s. Take the jump line as far as you feel comfortable. Maybe you skip the biggest hit in the line. Then one run you land 1 and 2 pergect3and just send 3. Everything feels good landing is clean and stoke level 1million.

Also following a friend in for speed can be good. If you know the speed will be right it's a little easier.

Just dial in tricks on smaller jumps and rails then work your way up. Keep hitting some bigger(for you) features even if just straight airs and basic slides. When you get comfy af with said trick and comfty with bigger features, put them together and go pro. Now you're the best skier on the mtn.
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Thanks man, really appreciate the detailed and fast response.
 
tbh.. said at the top of the drop in to the bigger jumps and watch a dozen or so kids who know what they are doing hit it. That should give you a good idea as to the speed needed to clear it. It would be best to get comfortable straight airing that jump a ton before attempting any tricks over it. Progression parks are named that for a reason. you should work your way up from small to medium to large features.make sure you feel comfortable on the medium jumps with tricks before tackling the larger features.
 
It sounds counter-intuitive, but taking a slam or two is a good way to get your mojo going. Whether you like it or not, you're gonna fall/crash relatively often, and at least for me, I don't really start skiing at 100% on a given day until I've taken a slam. Let's be honest, who wants their first crash of the day to be on the biggest jump they've ever hit.

sidenote: obv make sure to wear a helmet and warm up
 
14053532:drew.green said:
It sounds counter-intuitive, but taking a slam or two is a good way to get your mojo going. Whether you like it or not, you're gonna fall/crash relatively often, and at least for me, I don't really start skiing at 100% on a given day until I've taken a slam. Let's be honest, who wants their first crash of the day to be on the biggest jump they've ever hit.

sidenote: obv make sure to wear a helmet and warm up
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First stack of the day always gets me hyped. Was in L2A lining up a medium/large jump, not huge but with a massive landing so you could hit it as big as you wanted. Slushy glacier session and the first slam trying a rodeo 5 got me like "okay, I ain't gonna die I can keep trying this shit"

Then the stoke arrives and ya send iiiittt
 
As others have said, taking slams. Usually, they look gnarly but most of the time you will only have bruises, even slamming on 50 ft jumps if you clear the knuckle.
 
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