The first hit trick thread

[Changethattape]

Its the middle of the season. What do you do off the first jump of the day.

I do front 1 nose.

What you do?

 

[hippystinx]

180 mute

 

[anton...]

i just hit it hard and try to get as much air as possible, pick any grab i can think of and hold it as long as i can...

it gets me back to feeling good in the air and feel how fast the kickers are gonna be for the day...

 

[chrismoJBEATS]

i just go at it to get a feel for speed,pop,landing,ect.

i usualy grab tail or do some goofy shifty

 

[aidansheahan]

kang, or the boner air, see how much i can get on the extend-o-meter

 

[b-ladd]

I always just go shifty first hit, 5 second hit.

 

[4ReeL_]

how do you do a front one on skis?

 

[Pirruccio]

agreed

not possible?

 

[chazz.]

i go for the quadruple swith front flip octo grab can can suicide death gripper licoln spin 1260. try it. its a head turner.

 

[[]Soul_Steeze[]]

huge floaty 1 wit either a mute or japan!!!

 

[ValPow]

just plain old zero spin to get a feel of the kicker and what it is like to be in the air again

 

[FUUUCK]

twister-twister-spread

 

[eheath]

Kang, iron cross, shifty, cossack, daffy, etc. Usually start spinning second hit.

 

[djikstra]

snowboard....

 

[jhackbeez]

i usually just do a switch one the first hit.

 

[MFinSLC]

usually ill just through a shifty or just pump my legs a little on a straight hit. The first spin of the day is always a no grab back one.

 

[kyle_w]

normally a 3 mute. tried one first hit last year at stratton, went way too far to the bottom of the landing, and ended up hurting my knee for the third time. next time i may at least look at the jumps first.

 

[followCam]

some grab  or shifty or just  straight pencil. on bigger jumps though. just to get a feel for them

 

[Schoening]

KANG

 

[freshlyDIPPED]

straight air

 

[00000000]

floaty 180. I'd rather bail switch than regular.

 

[skiP.E.I.]

usually a switch 180 or unnaty 180 with whatever kind of grab I'm trying to do. usually japan or mute.

 

[constpapa]

Word....I like getting a feel for the jump before doing any spins...even if I've hit the jumpp all season it can be completely different depending on snow, temperature, etc...

 

[eastchris]

Shifty just so I can see what the Jump is like that day. Prob like most people

 

[BobYohan]

spread eagle or floaty shifty

 

[parkerhouse]

he snowboards

 

[Drewykins]

tail one

 

[fillup]

shifty or a grab 180 or striaght air

 

[miroz]

three hundred and sixty degree rotation

 

[cracko]

backflip.

 

[shrEddie]

spread eagle crotch grab. always

 

[Skipig25]

usually a crossed mute is my first hit of choice. or a kang, spread, daffy, or 180 depending on my mood.

 

[Hairmetaler]

same but throw in a grab

 

[beardstatus]

that stuff or switch 1 or 5

 

[scientist]

It all depends. if im watching poeple hit it, and have someone to follow for the speed, Ill usually release the 3. otherwise, if im kind of alone or guinea pigging, just a fatty cossack or spraffy.

 

[Tucks]

three with grab

 

[-justice-]

shifty

 

[JCsteezy]

usally just a floaty 1 or like a safety grab 

sumthing easy

 

[Avifarer]

spread eagle

 

[bigwhite.steeze]

40ft and under i'll probly safety 3 or a floater 1...any bigger then just a straight air with a randsom grab

 

[Peter.]

just a safety, or mute, or whatever grab i feel like

no spins until i get warmed up

 

[jason...]

shifty usually

 

[bobs]

shifty

 

[Pippin]

MJ style

 

[Pippin]

big grab, spread

 

[EL_FINRE]

something easy like a 1 to help my confidence a little

 

[poofartpee]

quad kangaroo

 

[ButteredToast.]

screamin semen-iron cross-spread

 

[cousinmark]

kang

 

[treesmann]

strait air

 

[SHampson]

either straight air with a grab im liking. or a 360, depending on how comfortable im feeling about the jump. then my favorite thing to do is a 180, unless im trying some new stuff.