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Learning on Snow or Foam Pit

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Did you first learn off axis spins and flips in snow or foam?
Jan 31 2012 5:41PM
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PJS.
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If i had a foam pit....
Jan 31 2012 5:42PM
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wootang
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Do a hand drag and see what happens. On snow. You might crash...you might not. Either way, you'll learn something.
Jan 31 2012 6:02PM
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Amadeus.
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trampoline?
Jan 31 2012 8:31PM
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DayMan
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Foam pits are great for learning new stuff. Especially if its your first time trying a flip, cause it really helps you get over the fear of going upside down
Jan 31 2012 8:36PM
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loomis
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If I had access to a foampit I would use it but at the moment I take hard crashes
Jan 31 2012 10:31PM
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lelandsdad
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You're in Montana you should check this place out:  montanalandingpad.com/

Dryslope in to foam pit in Bozeman, MT

Jan 31 2012 10:39PM
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lelandsdad
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Here's their fb  http://www.facebook.com/mtlandingpad#!/mtlandingpad?sk=wall
Jan 31 2012 10:42PM
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roddy116
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if their was more snow i would say make a pow pak and fly into their, but yeah foam pits are kewl
Jan 31 2012 11:27PM
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razors-chaz
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trampolines and foam pits are great for getting comfortable being in the air performing what you want to learn and for learning how to set it properly but without being able to do it with the swing weight of the skis its not the greatest thing ever. so if you have access to a drop in to foam pit/water ramp your in the prime position for learning new stuff but it is all about being confident in throwing it onto snow.
Feb 1 2012 2:54AM
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saxon
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if you have access to a good tramp/foam pit place, for sure use it first !
Feb 1 2012 9:32AM
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CalebT
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i only hve a trampoline. but if you have a foam pot as i see you do then use it cuz thats sick!
Feb 1 2012 9:33AM
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garrettwiz
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Manning up and doing it on snow is the way to go. It's super tough getting over the mental aspect of flipping, but it's very worth it stomping it on snow your first time. Good luck!
Feb 1 2012 1:48PM
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rankstank
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Snow, it's really scary, but worth it because once you get that initial crash out of the way you're good to go.
Feb 1 2012 1:51PM
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