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Tips for Tree Skiing

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LUV_2SKE
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Hey everyone, I have been shreddin through the trees lately and whenever i hit a cliff, I have trouble stopping after I land. Any tips anyone?
Jan 7 2013 12:08AM
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jfp
Posts: 684 - Karma: 318
Lubricate your wang first
Jan 7 2013 12:11AM
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californiagrown
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dont stop. make 3-4 turns after landing. the only reason you should stop is if you are going to run into something, and you throw the brakes on super hard.


3-4 turns allows you to come back under control a bitt and pick where you want to stop. when in doubt just turn into the slope and traverse to kill speed.
Jan 7 2013 12:14AM
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LUV_2SKE
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thanks
Jan 7 2013 12:16AM
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Dr.Dickless
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I just started riding away after cliff hits, it feels way better to hit and just accelerate out of it
Jan 7 2013 1:09AM
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Bread.
Posts: 769 - Karma: 540
remove skis while jumping off the cliff, you wont need to worry about speed after you land
Jan 7 2013 1:15AM
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doyle.
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make sure you have good solid out run and a plan for where to go
Jan 7 2013 2:54AM
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Holte
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Haha that's really the core part of dropping cliffs. Anybody can ski up to a rock and jump off. The skilled (read:scary) part is controlling speed on the outrun. no way to get better other than doing it a lot.
Jan 7 2013 3:05AM
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Conradicle
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i recommend not hitting any trees
Jan 7 2013 3:14AM
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LC.
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Look at the gaps, not the trees.
Jan 7 2013 4:01AM
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p-fo
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This is actually really good advice. Look where you want to go, not where you don't.
Here's a tip for when you're in tighter or mixed spaced trees: look for the seams. Try to find a spot where it looks like it keeps opening up as you go down and follow it, always looking a turn or two ahead. You'll get better at it as you get more practice.
Jan 7 2013 4:33AM
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hugopeckham
Posts: 210 - Karma: 1,040
Keep your weight forward so your tails are light and easy to turn, keep your upper body steady, absorb bumps like mad with your legs, take a few turns to scrub off speed, the more you finish your turns the more speed you'll lose, look for the gaps not at the trees.
Jan 7 2013 6:16AM
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Huck_Norris
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Well for me, it's all part of the challenge to ski the cliff just like any other part of the run.  Skiing stacked, keeping good form and posture, keeping speed controlled, maintain balance in the air and just continuing on as if it was a little roller or something.  The rules are all exactly the same.  Just keep yourself perfecetly balanced and while you're in the air, just plan out your next few turns.  That way when you land, you'll already be on your way to the next pole plants and turns.

Having the right speed control and body posture are probably the biggest things to getting comfortable with sending shit though.  Start slower and work your way up as you become more comfortable.  Sooner or later you'll be sending it as if it were nothing.     

Jan 7 2013 11:41AM
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DizzyG
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It's easy to land back seat, which will make it really hard to turn afterward, as someone above me said, keep good form going off, and if you get thrown off balance by the landing, try to get back to good form asap. Biggest thing is to make sure you take off balanced, if you do that it will almost always work out.
Jan 7 2013 11:47AM
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-dAvE-
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Part of skiing in the woods and jumpig cliffs, for me, is to ski as if the cliff wasnt even there. so try to not stop but try to spot my landing and make it as smooth as possible. once i land, i want to be very well balanced and keep turning. Only reason i would stop after a cliff is to watch someone behind me jump, but i would still land, make a few turns and then stop when im comfortable.
Jan 7 2013 1:54PM
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I.B
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Pack your bowl tight with a mix of shake and solid. Make sure you have good water in your pipe and maybe some ice if you like it cold.

Light your bowl and enjoy.
Jan 7 2013 2:23PM
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