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Locking on to a Rail or Box

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skithemidwest
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There's already a thread for this, and if there is, direct me to it, but I'm having trouble locking onto rails and boxes for switch ups and spinning off. Any advice?
Dec 31 2009 3:13AM
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buddychaps
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dig your front edge into the box or rail
Dec 31 2009 3:24AM
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SKIU4EA
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reading that was just painful

Dec 31 2009 9:49AM
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i.ski.troll.
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what you meant was angle your front ski, so there is force on the back edge of your front ski.
Dec 31 2009 9:54AM
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skithesprings
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For a front switch up: if youre sliding right foot foward angle your front ski tip up tail down and your back ski tip down tail up. do the opposite for left foot foward. this will make you start to rotate, then when you have the rotation set pop and bring your skis around
Dec 31 2009 11:14AM
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hodlekve_jibber
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check out Andreas Håtveits trick tips @ skifilm.com..... he explains it very well
Dec 31 2009 11:14AM
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wesley.
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for a blind up or blind 270 out. take your front foot and slide it up so the way front of the ski is on the box. it will torque you to do a blind up, blind 270. for a front up instead of lifting your front foot up, you bring it down so your gripping the non blind up gripped side of the box. it will stop your drift to the other side so you can spin
Dec 31 2009 11:52AM
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TheQuailman
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when you slide a box you should be on the side so your toes are facing in towards the center.

Most of your weight should be on your back foot which is flat and 90 degrees to the box.

Your front foot should be tilted toward you and at an angle and tilted up

from this you can do frontside switch-ups and frontside 270 outs, but you should generally slide a rail in this position.  when you go on from the side, you need to lock into this position or else you will come off early

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Dec 31 2009 12:12PM
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-fungus-
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this. you'll probably be able to find some good info in the trick tip cult too.
Dec 31 2009 12:20PM
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