Switch up?/270 off/on

[willy.t]

hey i am a noob on rails and i was wondering if nyone can explain how to do any of these tricks

 

[Stickity]

rocketcock

 

[PULSEofdaNATION]

andreas gives some good advice on switch ups and 270 offs on his blog

http://andreashatveit.com/blog.php

 

[Dustin.]

That's really sweet! He's got tons of trick tip videos in there!

 

[Fischer-Addicted]

switch ups, turn your shoulders the way your about to switch it up then hop up a bit. depending how far you turn your shoulders your skis will follow to become straight with your shoulders again.

 

[drod]

Two-Seven on: as your approaching the little kick before the rail, have your upper body cocked and ready to spin. Wait to spin until your in the air though. If you do it while your still on the ramp your most likely gonna eat shit. Its really all in the upper body and your skis will follow. Try it on boxes before you go to skinnier rails to.

Change up: What the guy said above was good

Two-seven off: Your gonna have to slant one of your skis up or down to start your rotation. Front or back ski depending on which way you wanna spin. Then just kinda kick off a little bit. idk this one is harder to describe. Again in the upper body though.

 

[Gooseling]

look in the trick tip cult, there are some great explanations in there

 

[HR8938Cephei]

I dunno, there isn't a lot to explain in my opinion... just try at em.. i learned them on my own

 

[jason...]

Commit. That is all there really is too it.

 

[Ben.]

for front swaps set that front edge, stick your tail down basically and push a little to start the rotation

 

[willy.t]

thanks for the help. +K for all you.

 

[jamodeo]

Fronts- scissor the rail/box with your front foot, you can do it with you back foot but it is harder, by forcing the ski into the side of the box enough to get to the speed you want and set a spin. Once scissoring push with the scissoring foot and jump as straight up as possible while looking where you want to spin and it should be enough to set a 180 for the swap when landing make sure to keep in an athletic position with your feet about shoulder width apart slightly crouched to keep you center over the box/rail and slide out the rest of the feature.
Backs- using the front tip of your ski press on the front of the box/rail while looking over your back shoulder and jump like in the front swap but i would pop a little harder than in the front make sure to keep center on this because these are and easy trick to slip back on IMO finish the same way as the front.
MAKE SURE TO SWITCH UP EARLIER THAN YOU THINK YOU SHOULD
2s- same as swaps just easier because you dont have to land back on the rail on back 2s make sure to keep forward because you may end up washing out
2 on- do this on a small flat box first and i would also have the 2s out and front swaps before doing this, to do this i would suggest practicing on an imaginary rail just doing 270s onto a spot on the ground. going into this trick you are going to need the mindset of a thug(for lack of a better word) you have to know you are going to do it and ride out nice and smooth. going into the jump i dont really prewind i just am in my athletic stance(explained in fronts) ready to pop at the lip of the take off pop like you know you can and spin with you whole body at once as best you can make sure not to over rotate or under(over is better though) when you get on the box try to either stop your rotation like how you set a back swap or keep your bases flat and continue into a front surface swap
thats all i got hope it helps