I hate straight airs and they scare the poop outa me. anyone with me?!

[forfun]

so today im hitting the biggest jump i have prolly ever hit (not taht big tho, cause im not so good at park skiing) and I straight air it like 2-3 times and i flail like a mothafucka each time and totally undershoot.

Finally i was just like fuck it, im goin to 360. i do it fine, no flail, land it clean. end of the day i was doing 7s. at one point my setup was wrong so i just straight aired, flailed like a motehrfucker and almost landed on one ski all off blanace.

Any of you other guys just fail miserably when it coems to going off jumps straight?

 

[eheath]

Are you doing a grab while you straigh air? I usually do a grab, or more often a spaffy or shifty when straigh airing.

 

[ski_cartel]

they dont scare me, but when im with health. I ushually do a shift or a grab

 

[SirFryanator]

Uh...It's easier than any trick for me.

 

[eheath]

And you can't read!

 

[futurespin]

yeah I hate straight airs, I always 3 jumps the first time I hit em.

 

[Shifty540]

Same here, straight airs are what im best at in the park...but that aint saying much.

 

[7X]

no, not at all. i dont find straight airs scary at all.

 

[caro.dillon]

i thought that i was the only one. seriously, after i fell wicked hard this season, ive been horrified to ever do a straight air again. i can never never straight air, i can only spin off jumps.

 

[ski_cartel]

i typed that wrong, i ment to say im with health as in i agree with you, not when im with health

 

[720laxskier]

i cant straight air anything, the same thing happens to me. i usually throw a switch 1 for my first hit

 

[eastAR5]

same i cant striaght air for shit. I never do them i just cab 1 or cab 3 for my guenni pig trick

i always get unbalenced on straight airs and either land wrong or fuck up somehow

 

[theORANGEshovel]

i do a 180 cause those are like too easy for me

 

[wh@t]

i normally just straight air mute jumpsit keps yur balance for all of you that cant straight air you prolly started to ski in the park no diss but seriously learn the straights it gives you that ounce of respect ya need

 

[wh@t]

i normally just straight air mute jumpsit keps yur balance for all of you that cant straight air you prolly started to ski in the park no diss but seriously learn the straights it gives you that ounce of respect ya need

 

[eheath]

You still can't read! Might wanna check my name again...

 

[BusyJohnSohn]

I'm good at them cuz when I was younger that was like all I did so I had them mastered

 

[Dallan!]

I just pull in a little shifty, it gives you much more balance.

 

[levistewart]

skiing is hard enough for me

 

[wh@t]

my comp froze

 

[UFOsarereal]

haha, someone told you this in another thread, but PLEASE use at least a little punctuation, it'd help readability a lot...

and yea, even with a grab straight airs are scary. I like to shifty, but doing an up high critical stabilizes me pretty well too.

 

[wh@t]

no mofo i have been doing mutes since back when they were called phil grabs bitch and punctuate my ass this is the internet not a business letta

 

[sktrkdo7]

dood wat ure saying is true im way more comfortable spinning than straight airing

 

[aaron.ebner]

yea three is like a good saftey trick so you don't flail and look goofy...

or a big spread

 

[skiierman]

Yeah I hate strait airing sooo much! They can be scary, so when I test jumps I just 180. They're much safer anyways when you case.

 

[ThaLetterM.]

i hate straight airs. im more comfortable doing a 7 than straight airing

 

[freezed]

haha...you knuckled every single time you did a straight air, that was an eXtreme jump.

 

[Holte]

nah. i always straight air if i'm testing a jump. i usually mute or toxic to stabilize myself in the air though.

 

[slimbruddah]

Espically on large tables or floaters.

 

[S2daJ]

yechnically in competitions 180's are judged as straight airs. just pointing that out.

 

[J.D.]

The shifty straight air is and incredibly steeze trick. Especially over the larger jumps.

 

[ski_cartel]

dude your name is heath, what the problem is?

 

[bigkicker]

bye "shifty" you guys mean a "twister" right?

 

[eheath]

You kept saying Health silly boy.

 

[2Ski4Life7]

The only cool straight airs are old school mogul tricks on your first run of the day or on little jumps but just grabbing a straight air is pretty gay

 

[Sholte]

i can straight air just fine cause thats all i used to do when i was younger, but i do a mute or a crictical if im gonna straight air

 

[bigkicker]

oh yeah what about the ma fucking spread eagle? Don't forget about ya roots

 

[Edward.]

i hate looking down, wen i spin it gets me more focused on the spin and not on looking down and how high i am in the air

 

[abek]

so YOU are forfun. that took a long time to figure out.

 

[corked180]

If you cant straight air and your already spinning off the hit, your kinda skipping a step in the learning process. Just go off centerd with your arms out front, pop, bring your legs up, keep your arms out front, then put down the landing gear when you get close to ground. Getting over fear of hights and learning not to flail just takes expirence and concentration.

 

[slice_of_mustard]

i cant straight air either, i usually do a flatspin 1440 just to warm up. its the easiest for me

 

[albatross.]

540 is definitley the easiest trick for not dying, straight airs i always land so back.

 

[=Carson=]

its becasue you dont pop off the lip as well when straigh airing. Or dont think about it and just kind of meh in the air : ) well thats how it is with me

 

[ARMADA-SKI-NZ]

no

 

[ARMADA-SKI-NZ]

no

 

[CBROOKS]

come on guys, if you cant pop right to get a balanced strait air.... you need to work on it. hat happens when you ginea with a one and wayyyyyy overshoot, you cant tck and roll switch.

 

[ski_cartel]

oh, my bad. I have typing issues.

 

[AKoblitz]

ummm you should alwayas straigt air a new jump...even if you hit it every day, i still straight air frist hit...better to save your season

 

[Petey.]

heres an idea....if they scare the

"poop" out of you then dont straight air it and do a grab....intersting concept eh?

 

[fillup]

i have to do something

im with you

in bonus keystone in shangai

someone does a straight air over the thing and flails then 180s it perfect

 

[skiinscotland]

i use straight airs for speed cheaks but thats it.