Switch or fakie?

[tjski]

did anyone else read the article in K2 SKEEZE i think it was? that guy actually made a good literal point. i call it both fakie and switch.

 

[eheath]

i say switch, fuck what it means in other sports, in skiing switch means backwards.

 

[90iwish]

Switch

 

[Matty.]

I don't really think it matters that much on what "termonology" we use for stuff like this. The overall point would be to get the message across...and I think if you say Switch, Fakie, or Cab the odds are just about everyone will know that you mean "backwards"...

 

[90iwish]

Cab means backwards?

 

[Matty.]

In skiing it is used for that very frequently...people say cab 5, cab 7, cab whatever...they mean backwards 5...etc.

 

[90iwish]

Holy shit im a dumbass, i thought it was a grab

 

[Anathema]

switch is the only one that makes sense. like in boarding, or skating, if you're riding switch, you're going the opposite way. which makes perfect sense. cab and fakie make no literal sense at all. stupid skater terms!

 

[Schoening]

i just say switch

 

[Stan_Darsh]

call it whatever the fuck you want. i switch up the names, cab, switch, fakie

 

[grubix2]

...we have a word(s) for going backwards???

fuck and all this time I though was calling them skiing-with-tails-facing-downhill-540s

 

[mark311]

bring the hate, but in rolling we use switch to describe an unnatural grind, so to me it doesnt make sense to use it for going backwards. an unnatural spin is just unnatural, and going backwards is fakie. so thats at least how i think of it. i use switch to refer to actually skiing backwards, not hitting a jump backwards.

 

[tjski]

i hope your not serious.

 

[Aenigma]

REVERSE!

 

[twix_182]

in america we call em what we want, and we kill commies

 

[timmi]

i just call it an "oh shit"

 

[switched]

Do you drive backwards or reverse? Unless you are a complete dumbass, who cares.

 

[SHastatahoe]

I just call it gnar gnar

 

[C-DEUCE]

i think of it as switch when you are just riding OR when you havent hit the feature yet, and i call it fakie when you land backwards... aka switch on (before) and to fakie(after)

 

[Caledon-skier]

switch

 

[onLINE]

switch

 

[sKILOve07]

i like the word switch... fakie, not so much

 

[malibufishnsurf]

switch

 

[potatofarmer]

switch

 

[salo_1080]

i think fakie is politically correct but im so used to saying switch thas wat i use

 

[Anathema]

no, it isn't. switch is. fakie is a skate term meaning switch nollie.

 

[table_top08]

switch just sounds much better

 

[Tclif]

who cares what is "techniqaully" right b/c at least from my experiance i hear the phrase "switch" the most, 86% switch, 10% cab, 3% fakie, 1% other/

 

[eastAR5]

fakie sounds kinda gay if u think aobut it

 

[dan.b]

anyone that have ever skate in his life would use fakie... for the cab, it mean fakie bs360 and when your ridind switch, your tail is still in the back and the nose in the front wich is not the case in skiing...

 

[freeride724]

don't worry, neither did I, but now we can impress people who still don't know

 

[KeegLove]

hahah that was gold my friend

 

[theguynextdoor91]

i use switch for almost and thing exept a backwards spin that unatural thats cab

 

[onLINE]

^unatural is when you spin the opposite direction you are use to spinning

 

[dandoy]

yeah I do the same

 

[Switchstyle]

let people call it what they may...i call is platypus, as in "check this i am gonna throw a platty 7 off that kicker." I dont actually do that but it wouldnt matter at all

 

[chrismoJBEATS]

switch but whats a bio 5?

 

[DaveHumphrey]

switch but when i tell people that dont know nethin bout skiing or boarding i have to say backwards. like i say. "i did this switch 360, like go off backwards spin 360 then land backwards" and all my friends are like "u can go backwards on skis?!?!?"