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What are apparently 'easy' tricks you can't do or haven't even tried ?

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avgvstynovich
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I've never done righ side 360 and you ?
Jun 10 2014 10:49AM
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broto
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OPs mom is an easy trick
Jun 10 2014 10:50AM
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LOLZfajitas
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The switch
Jun 10 2014 11:10AM
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SFB
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180s are too hard
Jun 10 2014 11:17AM
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JDA
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The Switch, man its way to scary for me to even think about
Jun 10 2014 11:25AM
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kung_powpow
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I'm too scared to try the switch
Jun 10 2014 11:27AM
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Nacho+
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Slide rails left foot forward
Jun 10 2014 11:32AM
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smooter
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every trick ever
Jun 10 2014 11:50AM
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-WZ-
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Blind 2. Fuck blind 2s
Jun 10 2014 11:52AM
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Ekis
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backflips
Jun 10 2014 12:00PM
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pattyWhack
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cork three.... sideflips fo days
Jun 10 2014 12:05PM
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bigbromskier
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backflips. kickin myself every day for not being able to do them. they even look really easy.
Jun 10 2014 12:11PM
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arnie_grape
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front flips.

and I can't grab nose, ever. which is easy for some I guess
Jun 10 2014 12:13PM
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jnols
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270 on i swear
Jun 10 2014 12:16PM
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KravtZ
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pattyWhackcork three.... sideflips fo days


Agreed. Seems so easy to transition. Can flot styled 3's all day and when I carve into it harder and tuck the shoulder can never really come around right.
Jun 10 2014 12:18PM
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PsychedelicMoose
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front 2
Jun 10 2014 12:47PM
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hail.vivid
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Switch ups. I've tried them so many times but I just can't figure it out.
Jun 10 2014 1:02PM
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BlueVillain
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misty 5 and unnatys
Jun 10 2014 1:24PM
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spliff.Life
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quad backflip mctwist
Jun 10 2014 1:26PM
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RubberSoul
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dude yeah, im fixing that asap
Jun 10 2014 1:27PM
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Plankton
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I promised myself i'd never do a front flip
Jun 10 2014 1:32PM
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kung_powpow
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hail.vividSwitch ups. I've tried them so many times but I just can't figure it out.


Learn to front 2 or blind 2 first. Then just start throwing your 2 out a little early so that you kind of tap the rail at the end. Keep doing that till you get more comfortable. Even if you swap the rail or box on the last 1-2 ft that's fine. Eventually you'll be able to swap on the rail whenever you want.
Jun 10 2014 1:40PM
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fredyferl
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I've never done a backflip, and I don't plan on trying one anytime soon, probably due to the fact that I've never really done any flips on tramps and stuff
Jun 10 2014 1:40PM
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esotericjive
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Everyone tells me backflips are easier than Lincolns and fronts but every time I try them my brain says NOPENOPENOPE and I eat shit
Jun 10 2014 1:42PM
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LamieJ
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-WZ-Blind 2. Fuck blind 2s


You a left foot forwards kinda guy? I have the same goddamn problem. Fuck blind 2s
Jun 10 2014 1:45PM
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Craigskis
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Lazy boy rodeo 5

Switch 7
Jun 10 2014 1:50PM
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TNORTS
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I've done frontflips, rodeos, and flatspins but never a backflip.
Jun 10 2014 2:14PM
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Greenburg
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unnatural 180
Jun 10 2014 2:19PM
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Blueforlife
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allyoops in the pipe and handrags and plants
Jun 10 2014 2:23PM
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Blueforlife
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allyoops in the pipe and handrags and plants
Jun 10 2014 2:23PM
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YungTabitha
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front 4
Jun 10 2014 2:25PM
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RubberSoul
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YungTabithafront 4


most of these tricks listed are the kind of thing where you do it and then go "oh man that was easy, what took me so long?"

but front 4 even more so IMO... take my word for it man, try it next time you get a chance, all you do is not spot your landing for a front 2 (which the skiing world pretty much agrees is the easiest trick, period) and let yourself keep going, you might not stomp it first try but you probably will and you definitely won't get hurt
Jun 10 2014 2:34PM
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Snakes
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jamiel217You a left foot forwards kinda guy? I have the same goddamn problem. Fuck blind 2s


Ive got the same problem , if you can slide on your " unatural " Way , Try an unatural blind 2 .
Thats What i do cause i cant blind 2 on my good Way of sliding rails .
Jun 10 2014 2:41PM
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milk_man
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Backflips, frontflips, basically any trick that involves spinning to the right...but I'm getting better at that :) I don't really mind sliding rails unnatural. Some people can just slay boxrails. But I suck soooo bad at boxrails.


I hate boxrails with a passion
Jun 10 2014 3:37PM
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Miomo
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Left foot forward and spin left. You gotta spin right for a blind 2, or go right foot forward. Unnatural either way.
Jun 10 2014 4:00PM
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rsvp
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milk_manboxrails



wat
Jun 10 2014 4:08PM
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milk_man
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rsvpwat


I'm not exactly sure how to explain it.. It's just kinda a cross between a box and a rail
Jun 10 2014 4:59PM
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EMH
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*mute grab without looking like a retard
*misty

And one of my favorite trampoline/diving board tricks is a misty 5 mute.

I'm a retard.
Jun 10 2014 5:07PM
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ScrewsSoy
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Backflips... probably just too scared
Jun 10 2014 5:19PM
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XtRemE11
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270's on to down rails.

I guess they arent exactly easy, but i also slide rails right foot forward, learned 270's on spinning right(so i land sliding natural) but spin left on jumps, so everythings all screwy and my spins onto rails always feel uncoordinated. it sucks.
Jun 10 2014 5:22PM
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RubberSoul
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E-M_H*mute grab without looking like a retard
*misty

And one of my favorite trampoline/diving board tricks is a misty 5 mute.

I'm a retard.


yeah but in your defense, misty 5s feel waaay different on a diving board cause you spring into it
Jun 10 2014 5:30PM
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EMH
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RubberSoulyeah but in your defense, misty 5s feel waaay different on a diving board cause you spring into it


Yep, there isn't a single trick that feels the same on a tramp / diving board as it feels like on skis. I've done mistys (misties? I cunt spell) on flat ground too, but the first time (and last, so far) I tried it on skis I did a 1/2 misty 270, then I stopped flipping and just started spinning. Landed on my back, laughed my ass off and moved on.


Oh! And the same day I stomped my first 360, 5 years ago or so, we built a kicker on the side of a road and used a car to get the speed, and I went for a misty 5 and ended up doing a one and a half misty and landed it on my back / neck. The next morning I saw a 30cm (1 foot) tall metal pipe sticking from the ground like a meter away from the spot I landed on.

TL;DR: much beer. such type. too many words. wow.
Jun 10 2014 5:49PM
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Migo
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jamiel217You a left foot forwards kinda guy? I have the same goddamn problem. Fuck blind 2s


I slide left foot forward and find it hard to grip for a blind 2 but when i do get it i spin unatty and it feels weird as fuck
Jun 10 2014 5:59PM
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RubberSoul
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E-M_HYep, there isn't a single trick that feels the same on a tramp / diving board as it feels like on skis. I've done mistys (misties? I cunt spell) on flat ground too, but the first time (and last, so far) I tried it on skis I did a 1/2 misty 270, then I stopped flipping and just started spinning. Landed on my back, laughed my ass off and moved on.


Oh! And the same day I stomped my first 360, 5 years ago or so, we built a kicker on the side of a road and used a car to get the speed, and I went for a misty 5 and ended up doing a one and a half misty and landed it on my back / neck. The next morning I saw a 30cm (1 foot) tall metal pipe sticking from the ground like a meter away from the spot I landed on.

TL;DR: much beer. such type. too many words. wow.


yeah. i'd say the only ones that feel similar are gainers on diving boards/backies on skis, and maybe lincolns

re: almost getting a pipe stabbed into you FUCK THAT
Jun 10 2014 6:11PM
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RubberSoul
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alright blood oath, next time we have the chance we do it. if im feeling like pussying out i'll just think "but what will that guy on the internet think of me?"
Jun 10 2014 6:42PM
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animeallstar
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french fry
Jun 10 2014 6:43PM
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thefry
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boxes
Jun 10 2014 6:56PM
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AlexFogo85
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I can't grab mute for shit
Jun 10 2014 7:03PM
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