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Front 6 help

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Park.
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trick tip forum is dead, so I thought I would ask help here. I was just wondering any tips to set a better edge or get more power out of the spin because I can barely get front 4's around. I never seem to get a solid set for a frontside spin and just kind of float things around. Any tips besides throw it harder?
Mar 23 2014 10:21PM 36 1
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SkierPT
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If you can 6 out you're probably better than 90% of this site. I can't but I'd say going fast into an up/cannon rail and floating it deep
Mar 23 2014 10:25PM 1 0
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ThundaKilla
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That's probably part of the problem...
Mar 23 2014 10:27PM 16 0
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Park.
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I realize that and I am asking for help because I can never get a solid lock for frontside tricks. Any tips would help me get my front 4's on lock too.
Mar 23 2014 10:30PM 1 0
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luke.smart
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Not sure how you do your front 4's but what helps is being patient as you take off opposed to focusing too much on the spin making you get caught up and twisted.
Mar 23 2014 10:35PM 2 0
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ThundaKilla
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You should have asked for front 4 help aha. Try to scissor more aggressively to set the rotation and open your shoulders more when you pop.
Mar 23 2014 10:36PM 0 0
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DaveJ
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Get consistently good at setting your edge on fs2 and fs4 once you can get both those tricks on most features move to sixes. When I learned them it was on a box just set your edge at the end and throw it really hard then spin as hard as you can and at four look over your shoulder just like how you would spin a 5 when your at 3.
Mar 23 2014 10:36PM 5 0
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Logan.
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I'll start by saying I can't do the trick. But anyways to get more rotation on a frontside spin you wanna get a really good edge lock obviously, but the part that I find really helps is if you lock your edge but don't stop your rotation yet, by that i mean lock your feet in position but keep rotating your upper body so that your shoulders are almost facing uphill, from there you can just kick off and unleash a faster spin, while spinning, commit and make sure you keep turning your head. What you're doing when you do this is basically setting a rotation in a natural way rather then, like how most people do it, just trying to spin from your foot.

Spark notes: Lock your foot, keep rotating upper body (counter to your frontside spin direction), then release it all at once.
Mar 23 2014 10:40PM 2 0
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Park.
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thanks a ton I will definitely try this. and to whoever said something about not knowing what my front 4's look like, I filmed earlier today and even though I didn't get one, I noticed how effortless the spin was. I scissored about as hard as a weak front 2, but I barely cocked my shoulders. I would get a little over a 3 around and then hit the ground and shuffle a bit. I am guessing that this would be fine if I tried it off a bigger drop (even though it was big enough for my friend to front 8 out of), but I need to get it off something a lot less substantial. Anyway, I might be able to get a clip of it so I can get more specific advice.
Mar 23 2014 10:55PM 0 0
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sdrvper
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If you go on switch it makes doing a front 6 way easier, same as switch on k-fed is easier, instead of having to change your momentum as you would when you go straight on switch on just lets you keep spinning, ive never done a normal 6 out, only switch on front 6, /claim. And if you cant go switch on, well i would try that before a front 6
Mar 23 2014 11:38PM 0 0
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270on420out
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My friend skis off of a knuckle and hucks as many spins as he can.
Mar 24 2014 8:55AM 0 1
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kung_powpow
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I can't front 6 yet but I've done blind 6s and front 4s. Whenever you need to spin more just pop harder, set the rotation more aggressively, and send it to Gucci plateau
Mar 24 2014 9:01AM 1 0
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broto
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think of it as a 540 on a jump, but off of a rail. really.
Mar 24 2014 9:22AM 0 0
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john18061806
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Practice getting front 4s out of rails about a foot off the ground by junta hucking as hard as possible (think of front 3 swap). Then just huck it out of a normal rail. Like huck HARD. It's rare to see a floaty front 6.
Mar 24 2014 12:53PM 1 0
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Horsefacekillah
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work on scissoring , once your comfortable scissoring and can get you 2's, 4's clean then go for 6. Maybe practice front swaps to help with the scissor. and also cannon rail or a rail that you have some time to spin off
Mar 24 2014 1:21PM 0 0
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bgeskior
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learn super feds first. theyre easier but still have the same feel as a front 6
Mar 24 2014 2:12PM 0 0
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Rumi.
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drop a hard pretzel on your leading foot and jump hard off that foot (if that makes sense). If your just spinning off the end it's never gonna work. You really need to dig in that edge and pop hard then pencil up and spot the landing. "digging in" that front edge helps a ton.

Also with any trick watch people do it and learn from that, it helps when you can visualize the trick.
Mar 24 2014 5:23PM 0 0
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.squirrely.
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do it off a flat bar with a drop, frontside spins off up rails are much harder. i set it like a front 4 then when i get to 450 i dip my nose and kind of pull around the last 180 with just my lower body.
Mar 24 2014 6:50PM 0 0
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Park.
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Mar 26 2014 10:55PM 0 0
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Park.
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ok sweet it worked now is there any specific instructions that people could tell me?
Mar 26 2014 10:58PM 0 0
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sdrvper
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Pause the video around 5-6 seconds and look at your scissor, its not very big, which measure you're not going to get very much pressure/release off that ski. Front spinning is all about getting that uphill presser with the front ski and using it to start the spin, also keep that head up and looking in the direction of the spin, as i said before switch on front 6 is easier because you need less pressure in your scissor.
Pause a video of someone doing a front 6 and look how hard they scissor.
Hope all that made sense and help, let me know
Mar 26 2014 11:16PM 0 0
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Park.
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Logan.EI'll start by saying I can't do the trick. But anyways to get more rotation on a frontside spin you wanna get a really good edge lock obviously, but the part that I find really helps is if you lock your edge but don't stop your rotation yet, by that i mean lock your feet in position but keep rotating your upper body so that your shoulders are almost facing uphill, from there you can just kick off and unleash a faster spin, while spinning, commit and make sure you keep turning your head. What you're doing when you do this is basically setting a rotation in a natural way rather then, like how most people do it, just trying to spin from your foot.
Spark notes: Lock your foot, keep rotating upper body (counter to your frontside spin direction), then release it all at once.


SDrvperPause the video around 5-6 seconds and look at your scissor, its not very big, which measure you're not going to get very much pressure/release off that ski. Front spinning is all about getting that uphill presser with the front ski and using it to start the spin, also keep that head up and looking in the direction of the spin, as i said before switch on front 6 is easier because you need less pressure in your scissor.
Pause a video of someone doing a front 6 and look how hard they scissor.
Hope all that made sense and help, let me know


Came in switch and turned my upper body a decent amount beforehand. floaty front 4 out dialed, and front 6 out was definitely not hucked, so Im pumped I got a decently floaty 6 out! thanks for the help guys I got it 3rd try thanks to you guys
Nov 22 2014 4:24PM 0 0
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d.mcknight
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Literally just do the exact same thing you would do to 4 off a shorter rail off a taller rail and if you commit chances are it will work
Nov 22 2014 4:28PM 0 0
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