switch tips

wazzucrewskier

wazzucrewskier

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yeah, so today was my first day really trying to learn how to ski switch. i am decent, but i do pretty quick little slash turns. how do you make longer carving turns? also, i keep semi-snow-plowing, so how can i avoid this so i can be able to straightline something? it seems when i turn my head it is hard to keep them going straight.

anyway, thanks for the help.

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just practice it a ton, as you get more comfortable with it you'll be willingto go faster and smoother

also, one ski should be a little in front of the other.

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theres a freeze with pretty good instruction. im not sure what volume but it was this year and the pic that goes with the tip is of andy mahre

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yea, that is possibly the most helpful freeze trick tip ever. Look it up, it tells you everything about proper switch technique

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yeah im going skiing with a bunch of beginner boarders monday...so i'll def be practicing.

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EC is right when he says to just practice... there's definitely tips to help but just riding switch whenever you get a chance is the best way to build confidence and get better. I used to suck at switch and I'm still not great, but I spent most of a season just popping around switch and getting used to it. practice makes perfect!

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work on it on a beginner or intermediate slope. you will start with sloppy slide turns rather than carving, but you will get better really fast. A couple of days ago I could barely ski switch, now I can get down a mogul field switch (of course I fell twice :) Just practice a bunch and have fun with it

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Do it alot, to carve longer turns push the outside ski to that turn back a little and you'll ade into it. Just do it alot it wil come naturally after a bit, its like playin a video game with inverted controllers you suck when you switch it up but if you aways play that way your back to normal soon.

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thanks for the help. i will definately be practicing more, but i have just one more question. where should i be leaning, mor forward or backward? i think this might be the reason why my edges keep washing out, and i cant get a solid carve.

'If she floats than she is not

A witch like we had thought'

'Like most babies smell like butter

his smell smelled like no other'

'She'll come back as fire, to burn all the liars,

And leave a blanket of ash on the ground.' - Kurt Cobain

Free Ipod
 
center mount your skis too.

and I said lean forward, because he'll think hes doing so but really wont. Because once he gets the presure on his shins he'll stop leaning forward.

 
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