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Uncommitting to a trick once yo'uve started it

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nopu
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your about to do a big spin or a flip off a jump, but right as you get to the lip and have started to set the spin, you decide your going to go Huge or Knuckle or you just get scared. So you try to stop your spin and you end up doing a something besides what you were trying or land on your head.Has this ever happened to you? ive broken my collarbone uncommiting on a flat 3
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erazzleski
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"uncommitting to a trick" is why people get hurt. I've had it happen, where i realize that my speed is totally wrong for the jump. Luckily i haven't gotten seriously hurt from anything like that. That's why committment is the biggest key in landing any trick
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cultrara
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i almost lost my testicals on a rail
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CassiusClay
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You're better off stomping that flat 3 to flat and eating shit after than you are landing upside down. Overshooting is a different story, you may as well try to float it and hope for the best. I've found the best thing to do on a flat 3 that you've overshot and continue to flip is to try to take it to 5 or 7 even. This at least keeps you focused on something other than death.
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nCrow
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doing that on rails is the worst
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.squirrely.
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yeah especially when you go to hop on but then realize the jump is shitty or something like that and you decide to not commit and sack
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Crispy.
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Hahaha so today I was at a rail jam and there was this dub kink that was like 4 feet tall. This guy tried a front swap and caught and got raped, then screamed I'm not going to have babies!
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a_pla5tic_bag
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trying to stop a spin or flip mid trick usually means you flailing around in the air and then going into the afterbang position right before you land and probably splatting all over the ground. plus then flips always end up like half flips and you land on your head, spins always seem to stop at 90 degrees and ou not facing the way you need to be and then you twist 90 so you land straight.
i.e. don't do it. or avoid it I guess. i do it sometimes and then I know I'm fucked.
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A.Eberhard
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Not committing to 2 on to a nice tall urban downrail can be deadly.
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rudager
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I find, you're able to foresee that the trick is going to end well just before you leave the lip. If this ever happens, I find that just stopping the initiation of the trick as soon as possible helps. Usually it just ends in a flail, but it's a lot better than veering off course in mid air while moving out of control.

If you're in the motion, and have already started it. Brace yourself I guess. Learn to crash properly to avoid landing on anything major or bones that will break easily.
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mseward
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Yep, Halfway through a backflip I decided i didn't want to go upside down, Like wtf? Anyways I landed on my head and I was dizzy for like the next week.
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skisteep
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^ same, except i threw it, got to completely upside down, decided i didnt wanna keep spinning, then landed performed a flawless shifty backflip, landing on my ass. lucky enough it was a foot of pretty soft/packy snow so i skied away, after diggin my tails out of the 4 inches of ground they dug into
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Z-Juice
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I'd imagine

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AWALLRUS.
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ive never uncomitted to something big, but i do it all the time when im on rails cause i forget if i was gonna go switch out or blind 2
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p-fo
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Happened to me 2nd or 3rd front flip attempt. Got freaked out in the air and broke tuck. I landed on my head and had a nice headache for the next couple hours.
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RoofDaRoofieDogg
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Thats what happened to my friend dakota today lol
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PacificRimJob
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uncommitted to a 5. ended up pulling a flailing 3 on accident lol.
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wynnyk
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i try to never do that, that's why i don't get hurt very often *knock on wood*. often i "over commit" a trick though, such as setting a 2 onto a downrail too early and chave your ski clip it. I was trying dub backs on a stupidly tiny jump we built, commited to it, got about 1 and 3/4 then landed on my face/chest. haha any less commitment on that one and it would've been a worse outcome. I'm stoked on trying them on a bigger bc jump next weekend, I was able to spot the landing on the second flip (until I realised the landing was right there lol)
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