Switch/Fakie

Roussel

Member
How come skiing switch on skiis is going backwards, but on ever other sport fakie is going backwards.

The Roussel
 
on a skateboard, fakie is going backwards, rollerblading fakie is going backwards, skiboarding, fakie is going backwards, BMX fakie is going backwards.

The Roussel
 
n e time i see or read n e thing about a skier going off a jump backwards...its refered to a a 'switch 360 (or whatever trick)' mostly heard switch, sometimes fakie

-------------------

you should have seen the load i busted after the 40 days. i could have filled up a water bottle with it - publicenemy1023 (classy eh)

 
dude, switch is a trick, like u do a switch cork 5. That's the same in all sports, u can say either switch or fakie, but switch sounds so much cooler.

Donate to NS now!!

FreeStylerX.com

How many Snowboarders does it take to screw in a lightbulb? = 10, 1 to do it, 9 to say that they could do that'

'Give a man a picture and he'll be happy for a week. Give a man a woman and he'll ask for more pictures' - Erik Thorelli

 
what about CAB? it seemed to emerge a few times in skiing but im glad i havent seen it much, makes it way too confusing

:::::::::::::::::::

-Caleb

(SMS SESSION 2)

''...ride away clean and smiling, and taunt the rail by waving around your middle finger at it. (Note: if you have mittens on then it's important to take them off before preforming this procedure.'' -Boyd Easley (on rail sliding)

This signature has been brought to you by the letter Y and the number 8

 
i think fakie sounds gay

The only tent i'm pitchin tonite is... well you get where i'm goin.... OH! (Quagmire)

Frontflips are lame

Lets hear it for fat chicks!

 
agreed switch is so much cooler and it kinda makes more sense

:::::::::::::::::::

-Caleb

(SMS SESSION 2)

''...ride away clean and smiling, and taunt the rail by waving around your middle finger at it. (Note: if you have mittens on then it's important to take them off before preforming this procedure.'' -Boyd Easley (on rail sliding)

This signature has been brought to you by the letter Y and the number 8

 
i say them both

usually switch is referred to followed by a trick, but sometimes i'll just say 'i was skiing switch'

so it really is very inconsistent, just whatever i feel like saying.

Brody

i wont drop out of high school for skiing, mom

 
fakie is a switch nollie in skateboarding right?

you cant nollie in skiing so its switch

________________________

Big Gulps eh? Well cya later

anal sex is unnatural wheres progression with that - bibskis

A proud memeber of the NS.com Cousin Exchange Program
 
CAB has been adopted when refering to takeoff.

FAKIE or SWITCH is for landing and riding

R.I.P. JAM MASTER JAY.
 
I don't understand why people call shit fakie while snowboarding or skiing. Fakie is riding a skateboard in your normal footing but rolling backwards so you are up on the nose but in your comfortable footing. Switch is riding opposite of what you normally would. Cab is spinning frontside while riding fakie or switch.

 
y don't u just say ur going backwards? If you can't decide between switch or fakie just say backwards.

Donate to NS now!!

FreeStylerX.com

How many Snowboarders does it take to screw in a lightbulb? = 10, 1 to do it, 9 to say that they could do that'

'Give a man a picture and he'll be happy for a week. Give a man a woman and he'll ask for more pictures' - Erik Thorelli

 
and don't smoke crack. And remember to cork ur ass

Donate to NS now!!

FreeStylerX.com

How many Snowboarders does it take to screw in a lightbulb? = 10, 1 to do it, 9 to say that they could do that'

'Give a man a picture and he'll be happy for a week. Give a man a woman and he'll ask for more pictures' - Erik Thorelli

 
Yes, there is no distinction between fakie and swtich in skiing, so they are interchangable.

If cab were to be used, I think it should refer to switch unnatural spins, since in snowboarding a cab is switch frontside, which is the less natural switch spin to most snowboarders.

 
but they call switch unnaty spins dirty now...i agree tho, in that situation i'd use cab...if it was a regular switch trick like a switch 5 I call it switch, but if someone slides a rail to switch i call it to fakie.

proud owner of 'team ramrod', the best NS hockey pool team ever.
 
Dirty refers to just spinning unnatty. Who the fuck cares if you call it switch or fakie, we all know it means the same thing. And I read somewhere that a cab is a switch/fakie 360, like in skateboarding, a fakie 360.

______________________________________

'What the shit-fuck' - Stupid chinese kid.

Proud owner of 2001-2002 Line 1260's

SkeeOrDie: I don't hate boarders, I hate fuckers, and 8-year olds that call everyone nigger face.

'Do you think people would make fun of me at Mt. Hood if I took snowlerblades there?' - Moron
 
yeah i just say either

----------------------------------------

Life's not a bitch,

Life is a beautiful women,

you only call her a bitch

because she won't let you get that pussy...-Aesop Rock

See all y'all at Session 3 of High North
 
half cab is a switch 180

--------------------

Creator of the NS Cousin Exchange Program

me think u need realize that we dun give a fuck..' cams

Stealth Ninja of the Silent Army

HIGH NORTH SESSION 4
 
switch is kinda same as unnatural in skateboarding, so it would be logical to call unnatty switch in skiing too, but fuck it. everybody's using it when they mean going/taking off/landing backwards, and there is no analogy between skiing and skateboarding(like skateboarding and snowboarding). Besides no one really gives a fuck.

 
I think switch sounds better than fakie.

Duffman: That's a mug you don't want to chug! Ohhhh nooooo! (pelvic thrust while dancing)
 
HOLY CRAP!!! Who cares. Everyone still knows what your talking about either way!

'If tears could stream from my muscular ducts, I would cry like a baby that has been hit by hammer.'-Raineer Wolfcastle 'Mcbain'
 
god all this technical jargon y ou have to learn is so confusing...cab, switch, fakie...gah!

BoardomGuitar:

We're the newschoolers not the dumbasscantdojackshitschoolers.

Skifree737:

why you be hatin on puppies, puppies never hurt you
 
cab is a skateboarding term. Its short for caballerial which is a switch 360. According to lines website switch is spinning unnatural and fakie is riding/landing/taking off backwards. Switch is backwards. Fakie is backwards. Cab can be backwards too. It doesnt matter. Call it back'ards if you want.

FARP Trailer

'Simply put: Greatest Trailer Ever'- Resnick13
 
fakie is llike irregular- so oppisite of an individuals regular- switch is the opposite fof the mornal- mornal skiing would be fakie for some if he greew up skiing backwards

'moseley kicks ass, you guys are just jealous of his money and all the hot chicks he gets and his hair...beautiful hair, so soft, oohhhh'-alpentalik

skiing with sunglasses is extrememly gay! but skiing with sun glasses on and goggles on your head is straight.'- Alpentalik

I swear to follow the teachings of JMMT

'say everyone under 16 cannot particapate in the forum conversation

and they can have their own forum called peewees daycare.

where they can talk about nintendos and shitting the bed' -seward
 
i think russell is right. switch has been adopted from snowboarding when you really can ride 'backwards'.

as for the people who say 'who cares', well, you're right, but its just amusing to find the background and reasoning to the names we use, and who uses each term.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

everyone is entitled to the above opinion.

'the walrus is in the barn' - brad holmes

'the bible is the most shoplifted book in the unted states' - Froggy
 
switch is when u take of backwards.duh. and fakie is when u land backwards. duh. and skiing backwards is when u dont jup but u just ski-backwards. and cab is when take off backwards and spin unnatural. duh. god....

hahahahaha

 
i dont like the way fakie sounds i prefer switch. but it really dont matter cause they mean the exact same thing

hoked on foniks wurked fur me.kant u tel?

jigga say wha??

*OFFICIAL NS SQUID*

LISTEN TO GUNS N' ROSES
 
Back
Top