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Post landing switch in powder

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Vermont
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I noticed a problem in my skiing ability and knowledge on after landing switch in powder, to turn back too straight. any suggestions?(powder might also be skied off some so its bumpy) Thanks
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Miomo
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You could try to contort your body and turn 180 degress in either direction.
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MothaHucker
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elaborate.. what exactly do you mean?
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Vermont
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like doing a 180 or five ect of a cliff, I always have trouble spinning around mainly when the powder is chopped up.
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jca
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stagger your feet and get on edge asap after landing just like if you were carving on hardpack.
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SteezoSaurus
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Stagger your stance.
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cannaguts666
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Um don't land switch?
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Algebra
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Ha
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ndye
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practice riding switch in those conditions
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Moosen
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^mighta been a bit much.
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Snowtorious_BIG
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I'm not sure if it was enough...
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will_powder
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First off it's called a revert.

So you want to be staggered pretty well, then choose a side and initiate the turn, leaning back on the uphill ski. At about 70 degrees, I like to give a bit of a popping motion and finish the rest of the revert. The main idea is always keeping your tips up once you start turning.
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Bozite
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You could always ride out al but then just do like a switch hockey stop. Then turn back and admire what you just stomped
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GANDALF
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if you are trying to revert back to regular in pow, just kind initiate a switch butter and kinda lean back on your tails when you come around. just keep your tips up!
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=nick=
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i think its fairly obvious you need to just ski switch more. reverts are super easy...even in pow
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Flyon
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This.
Also, inb4 pages full of scroll bombs.
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cannaguts666
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lol. Fag.
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JAHBRADOR
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lol. Click for larger image
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cannaguts666
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Agree
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Gerome.
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u didnt have be "that guy".....
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JAHBRADOR
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I actually hate that using the word faggot will get you banned, great word. So im not agreeing.
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cannaguts666
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Really? Calling some one a cigarette butt gets you banned? That's fucking gay.
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Catbug
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You really want to get banned.
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ThaLorax
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No, calling somebody a derogatory word for being gay is fucking gay. That's why it gets you banned. Have you ever posted anything helpful on this site? You're like a wannabe skiierman.









OP, follow what GANDALF said and combine that with practicing doing reverts on hardpack and you'll be golden. I have a much harder time actually skiing switch in the powder than I do reverting, choppy or not. It's all about how you balance your weight. Lean into the hill, throw your feet around as if you were on hardpack (except keep your tips up a little more) and keep your weight leaning against the hill. You should come up skiing forwards while leaning a little back on the ski. Pop off the tails, get back to a neutral stance, and ski away like a boss.
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Kirsakid
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The thing is people who use fag don't really mean it as a derogatory term for being gay but just another word to make fun of someone. The meaning changes over time just as it once was used to describe a cigarette butt in now is used to describes... well fags.


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ThaLorax
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Try telling that to a gay guy.
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cannaguts666
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Well he told it to you.
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ThaLorax
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Real origianl.....

But while we're at it, if we're going wtih original meanings of words and not current social meanings then yeah, I am a reall happy guy. Thanks for pointing that out to me.
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cannaguts666
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This make me extremely gay for you, buddy.
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FreelanceFilmInc
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Blake.P
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keep your tips up and revert around. the concept is not hard, but i still cannot count how many times i have absolutely eaten shit doing this
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ThaLorax
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NOW you're starting to get a little more original. Keep it up and you might actually post a helpful comment soon.
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cannaguts666
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I love how you boost my confidence in life. You give me meaning to live.

Really though I meant to ask if you knew anything good about those MFD All-Times. I can't seem to really find anything and figured you may be the one to ask.
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ThaLorax
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They're heavy and inefficient, much like your presence on NS ;)








Did you expect a serious answer?
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cannaguts666
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Yeah, kinda. I figured you'd be one of the few people on here to know about them. Besides that, I wouldn't actually be using them for AT. I'd get them to switch between 2 pairs of skis but with the price for the system and extra plates it would probably be the same to just pick up another pair of FKS and have them mounted.
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Alyon
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1. land trick 2. catch tips or edge. 3. tomahawk
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Montana_Hoodrat
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4. ???
5. Profit

To revert, the way you do it will be different depending on the snow.

Pristine blower pow: Switch butter like a gangster, get them face shots!

slightly dense snow: Stagger that stance and gradually edge around.

Untracked PNW cement: pop out of it, and hop 180. If you try to edge, you'll stop dead and eat shit.

Skied out PNW cement: you're fucked. wait to get bucked upside down or stuff the tails and eat shit.

But really if you want to be a boss then don't revert. Just ride out the rest of the line switch like Pollard.

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Saga.
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watch this.
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ChiefSkief
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This is really amazing wow this changed my life its cray holt shit what am i doing on this site right now wow i dont even know what this thread is about by the time i got to thee 20th page holy crap why man why can this happen to snarf
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Vermont
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Thanks for the help
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Casey
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Watch Ager, its apparently much easier at 70 mph
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AGOF
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just dont revert, ride switch the rest of the way
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BigScaryLarry
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you can do it if you believe!
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