Why is it called a switch lip

Canis_lupus

Canis_lupus

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Keep in mind I came up with this while in the zootspace and my roommates and I argued about it for 45 minutes. But if a normal lip onto a rail means your tails go over the rail first then with that logic shouldn't switch lip mean the same. The issue being with a switch lip your nose is going over while a switch tail (which name makes sense) means your tails go over. With that logic shouldn't normal lip on be called tails on, despite how goofy it sounds? I was smashing picnic tables in my head when I came up with this so feel free to shit on me if need be. [tag=1388]@skierman[/tag] is welcome
 
You're doing the same action as a lip slide, but switch. If you think about it as the back tips, not tails, then when you're doing a sw lip your back tips are still going over the rail, just like a regular lip slide.
 
14504040:eheath said:
You're doing the same action as a lip slide, but switch. If you think about it as the back tips, not tails, then when you're doing a sw lip your back tips are still going over the rail, just like a regular lip slide.
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Hi
 
14504526:SofaKingSick said:
here's how to think about it simply and always be right:

lipslide means you spin away from the rail
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this is far more simple than what i said ?
 
It is the part of your skis that will be next to the rail last, relative to your direction that pops over the rail first. This is the definition of a lip. when you are riding switch your noses will be next to the rail after your tails, when you ride forwards it is your tails that come after your noses. Doing a lip on means that the last end of your ski to pass the rail pops over the rail first.
 
topic:Canis_lupus said:
Keep in mind I came up with this while in the zootspace and my roommates and I argued about it for 45 minutes. But if a normal lip onto a rail means your tails go over the rail first then with that logic shouldn't switch lip mean the same. The issue being with a switch lip your nose is going over while a switch tail (which name makes sense) means your tails go over. With that logic shouldn't normal lip on be called tails on, despite how goofy it sounds? I was smashing picnic tables in my head when I came up with this so feel free to shit on me if need be. [tag=1388]@skierman[/tag] is welcome
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I think you could technically say tails over for lip on when riding forward but that just sounds weird so lip on just makes more sense.
 
Envision a skateboarder doing a lip slide, then envision the closest resemblance to that body motion a skier can do while jumping onto a rail.
 
Yeah so switch 270 onto rail is equal difficulty regardless of direction of spin but imo it’s either frontside or backside
 
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