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Too many switchups on a rail.. not cool?
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switchups are definilty teh way to add tech tricks to a rail, but in some cases i think its being taken too far, such as doing 2 switchups on a regular flat bar, or just switching up excessively when there is no kink or roller in the rail.
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you should be only be doing one switch up on a flat bar. but on a kink or roller it does look cool and is also a lot harder to keep switch up'n while keepin your balance
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I think that was too many "switch-ups" in one sentance. I think its time they got a new name, like whoop dee doos. No one will ever get tired of that name.
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fuck you i will swithcth up like 13u038 time if i want to. just remembet that pros arent alowed to because they have infuenece ver little iditts like you
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I agree, I was watching a movie of some kid, and he did a 270 on blind side switch up to frontside switch up to 270 out. It was way to much spiing for a basic straight box.
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switch-ups need to chill for a while in my mind. people should start to focus more on one footers and presses, and use switch-ups in moderation.
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u just need to be grinding the rail more than your in the air
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yea, exactly, i've seen a dude do like 3 switchups on the rail, its almost like there was no point in the rail.
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i agree, but i also think that westcoaststyle needs to chill out as well..........noone was attacking u kid, so theres no need to wig out
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fuck all yall yung bitches trying to make rules for freestyle skiing. so what if a tripple switch up on a flat rail looks gross, its still tech as sex. duz yall bitches want this sport to progress or not?
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why does everyone from quebec like 1 footers? they just look really gay to me
but yea presses are sick
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haha yeah i dont like 1 footers that much either, they look the oppasite of steezey
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i live in ontario.
and 1 footers could mean backslides (tell me iannick's backslides in exact science werent dope), fastslides, or even 50-50s. which are super underrated...go watch crichton 50-50 the mammoth ledge rail or the aspen rainbow rail in rfa, and then tell me 50-50s arent insane.
but even more importantly, why cant skiers press rails out more? i only get glimpses of pros doing presses here and there, and they are soooo ill...right now, i see the progression of rails going in the direction of how much spinning and switching up you can do on a rail, and it makes me think of how our rail phase today is where our big air phase was 5 years ago, in that skiers are "spinning to win". (ugh, i feel dirty by just saying that phrase).
there are a few exceptions to this, but everyone rags on guys like gagnier and iannick for doing something different and against the grain when they backslide and 50-50. and even when john symms nosepressed the mammoth rail, people went on and on saying how ugly it was. i think that needs to stop.
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how about a nose press to switchup to tail press?
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^ that would be sick
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I think ppl should be disastering DFD to the last down if its urba. Switch ups are getting a little played out all tho they are nuts. and Presses are sick but screw one footers, they just look gay.
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i guess it would depend on the type/ length of the rail. i mean if it were really short and someone busted like 10 switchups on it, it would kind of being like hucking a 900 off a 10 fter-- not too stylie. i dunno, its all preference.
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that last rail in Safety meeting when he did a switch on every kink of the o battleship look pretty sweet because it was smooth.
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do that all the time in jibberish.....presses and switch ups are were its at but they need to be used in moderation.
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i thought switchups were called sex changes?
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i think what i was trying to say was that pros shouldnt quadruple switch up anything that will end up in a video. little kids will think its cool and here comes tony hawk/johnny moseley mad trix
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my freind calls them change ups.
I wanta slap him every time he says it.
Anywway i agree
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whatever, switch ups are cool but much better if you switch directions of your spin
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i think they can be over done but usually aren't and one footers are sick! switch ups on urban shit is dope and we're starting to see them more and more so it'll be aw hile before they get old.
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Hmm, I know what you mean, but that Collin Wright kid should definately keep up with as many switchups as he wants, he makes em so stylie.
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no more than 2 on a flat rail
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One footers are pretty ballsy....
They just don't look good.
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idk i feel sw ups are a fad right now they are cool and every1 and the mom is doing them... in a few yrs there will be ppl being tech but i think there will be sumthin else... just the progression of the sport....
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sammys triple switch up is so stylie. some people should be allowed to do them...
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^some people like sammy can pull it off. i think for a flat rail, spin on switch up, spin off is sick, and for a kink, switch up spin off
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ok here is my 2 cents
More then one switch up isn't cool, no matter what it is on i dont care how "dope" or "Steezy". Also I feel that swich ups should not be done unless it is on a rail that changes, A.K.A. a dropkink or a rainbow, rollercoaseter etc.
I would much rather see someone 270 on then double switch up. It just gets to the point of who wants to see someone spinning that much onto a piece of metal. I like the period that snowboarding is in right now because you do not see people spinning cork 49853u467=45756 onto a flat rail. The most I have seen anyone spin was a 450 and that was on a 30 foot gap to rail. 360 switch ups are cool if done right at the right time etc. 450 should be the most spin onto a rail or off. One footers should not be done is my oppinion, and people should just get more creative. Nollies, presses and smooth spins are the way to go.
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blindsides are crazy too.
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has anyone attempted a switch 50 grind. Sounds impossible or at least supper hard. theres manuy grinds u can do with skis. one footers, lip slides, nose slides, board slides, and 5050s. Theres not much variation to that besides switch ups. Maybe we could do rail hand plants
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switch ups should be limited
but they are fancy
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take how many (k) kinks the rail is and that is how many (s) switch ups... so
k = s + 1> = alright
k = s + 1< = bad...
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i agree
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I am not a huge fan of switch ups on straight rails but if the kink is there, theres no harm in doing a switch up. the last shot in the safety meeting trailer has 2 switch ups but it is still soooo sick so basically it all depends on context
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Switch ups on kinks are alright, but one per rail please!
i dunno, i guess its like the old 1080 vs 180 question;which would you rather see?
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yeah...it's the same old, 'Would you rather see a big sloppy trick or a small smooth trick?'
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so people should get more creative,
but they shouldnt do all these tricks?
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they are free to do what they want and it's why we do freeski
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switch ups into presses ?
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^ iv tired a few of em,
they are really hard.
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disastering to presses is fun. and ive tried switchup presses but theyre super hard
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limiting things such as spins, switch ups, etc. is limiting progression
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you can do 3 switch ups on a 30 ft rail just as smooth (if not smoother since your rotation is already set) as 1 switch up on a 10 ft rail
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i practice my switch-ups to presses on jibberish first
they are so much harder in real life
thats progression though
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