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Tricks that took you a long time to learn

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TomDavies
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What tricks gave you particular trouble to learn on skis or tramp? Rodeos took so long for me. tramped for like six hours straight with no success. i have also heard that people found corks difficult to learn as well, but lets hear your stores ns.
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.Steezy-McGee.
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Corks took me so long to learn on the tramp but now they're my easiest and best looking trick. I don't even have to think when I throw em, still never tried em on skis though. Flips scare me brah
11 years ago
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Daski
Posts: 659 - Karma: 2,365
Front 2s. I just couldn't get over turning my head to the right (I naturally spin left). Got a few in a row one day, promptly did a front 1, landed sideways, and knocked the wind out of myself pretty bad. Scared the shit out of me for a solid year haha

TL;DR I got the wind knocked out of me and became a quivering pussy for the next year
11 years ago
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Heart
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Back 270's. I can spin onto features fine but am super intimidated by back 270's and rarely land them.
11 years ago
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Negromancer
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540 took more soooo many tries. I don't know what it was but they were just insanely challenging (and fustrating). I landed 7's, flat's and corks etc within a couple tries but 540's just took weeks to learn.
11 years ago
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edai
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Pretty much every somewhat difficult trick ive ever done has taken me quiet a few tries. Flat 3s took me about 25-30 tries to land, i had never done a proper one on tramp and taught myself how to do them with my only help being my dad telling me what looked wrong.

Front 450s took me a few weeks trying a couple every day.

270s on were difficult because of the fear factor, even now that i can do them each time its on a new rail i get scared to some degree.

540s took me about 15 tries, i would land with my feet too narrow and wash out or eject forward.
11 years ago
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skiersupreme
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cork 3s on the tramp took forever. same with rodeos
11 years ago
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Mingg
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Not really a trick but it took me like a year to get the balls to hit a rail. Then another week to actually grind the whole thing.

Cork 3's on tramp. Super hard. I've been trying them all summer. No problem with rodeo 7s, flat 3's, dub fronts, dub backs, and dub mistys. But I can't do corks.
11 years ago
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-emile-
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dub 12 lead tail to japan fucked me a lot on snow.
11 years ago
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SteezyMagee
Posts: 382 - Karma: 828
Fuckin back anything man, something about going blind for the first part of the rotation messes with my head. Be it blind 2 or backflip or anything like that
11 years ago
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brov1
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i can cork on a tramp without thinking, but i underflip like shit on snow when i try one
11 years ago
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caderobinson
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Front 4s.
11 years ago
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brend
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Cork 3
11 years ago
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mellojelo
Posts: 413 - Karma: 527
the switch
11 years ago
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APunx176
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It took me forever to learn a backflip Only because I was scared of them. I ended up doing it off a diving board first. That was how I got over it
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BROLF
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brov1i can cork on a tramp without thinking, but i underflip like shit on snow when i try one


how are those related?
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Wolfpackyo
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BROLFhow are those related?


The sets on them are semi close. When people try to start learning corks they always set underflip. I can't really explain it that well. But there is a brief explanation.
11 years ago
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-emile-
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BROLFhow are those related?


hahah seriously ?

in other news , I wouldn't take cork 7s advice from ralph , unless you want them to look like back fulls
11 years ago
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Wolfpackyo
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NotThatNaturalThe sets on them are semi close. When people try to start learning corks they always set underflip. I can't really explain it that well. But there is a brief explanation.


Sorry meant to put tend instead of always
11 years ago
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JahLiam
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blind 2's
11 years ago
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ndye
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Blind 4, fuck i hate that trick
11 years ago
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Rusticles
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rodeo`s have always been elusive, learnt them in early 2000`s had them dialed for a couple of years then learnt corks and switch tricks and forgot rodeos. Got them back two years ago and had them dialed, forgot them last season again. Getting too old for this shit.
11 years ago
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IKEA
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Frontflips were hard, I always got scared and turned 90 degrees when I spotted the landing, I dunno know why it kept happening. Though that was the hardest trick, it only took 5-6 attempts
11 years ago
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AldenTheAlien
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For some reason, switch sevens were really hard for me when i was first doing switch stuff. I got the switch fives on lock pretty fast, but switch sevens took me at least a full season to learn, if not more. dunno why
11 years ago
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montanan
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took me quite a while to get rodeo 7s down so they actually look good etc haha, but ya that one was a bitch for some reason.
11 years ago
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Z_Benesch
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270 on, but I finally got it yesterday
11 years ago
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GILLSKI
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longest trick progression was probably getting back into bindings on a steep slope with lots of snow...Still struggle with that shit after 15 years of skiing
11 years ago
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Juho.
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Right side lincoln loops on tramp, I still fuck myself over trying to do one.
11 years ago
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JGWI
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The most difficult I have had with a trick is 360's and kink rails. I think it was a confidence issue. If I am committed to a trick it seams to come around pretty easy after a few tries.
11 years ago
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Lucas
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anyone who has thrown a cork 3 on snow will know the struggle. It took a whole day of trying them, and failing before something clicked. Although, it wasn't until the next morning when I came up and tried again that I just stomped the living fuck out of it.
11 years ago
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Rusticles
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GILLSKIlongest trick progression was probably getting back into bindings on a steep slope with lots of snow...Still struggle with that shit after 15 years of skiing


Know how you feel, its all about prep work haha, get the first ski down below you and push it in real well.
11 years ago
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RubberSoul
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Lucasanyone who has thrown a cork 3 on snow will know the struggle. It took a whole day of trying them, and failing before something clicked. Although, it wasn't until the next morning when I came up and tried again that I just stomped the living fuck out of it.


god at one point cork 3 was like all i threw so i got sick at them. tried them again this winter and i keep pussing out by just leaning into it and taking it to 5. pretty frustrating
11 years ago
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Rossberger
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lincolns for me. i couldn't keep straight while flipping, so every attempt would look like a flat 3 or something
11 years ago
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Dubal
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Corks on snow. I had them dialled on tramp, but always got scared to set backwards. I just recently figured them out on snow. I learned rodeo 9 before cork 7.
11 years ago
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nilszolland
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Blind swaps
11 years ago
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VAPEOREON
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nilszollandBlind swaps


fs swaps.

Didnt know about the early front 2 idea until a couple weeks back. Never made the connection that a switchup is a front 2 on a rail and a backswap is a blind 2 on a rail.
11 years ago
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RockNRollNghtClb
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urban style two on, i fucking killed myself learning that trick
11 years ago
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BeefiestExpert
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I can do every skiing flip on a tramp (rodeo,backflip,misty,bio,etc) yet i cant do a simple frontflip.... Never have never will....
11 years ago
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SkiCoca
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I just keep struggling with my 540s, I can spin all the way up to 1080, but my 540 I just can't deal with them I don't know why ! Other trick that took me soo long was kfed, I hiked the same rail everyday giving it a solid 20 tries for a solid 2 weeks
11 years ago
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radish
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pretty much anything but a straight air into powder, I keep trying 180's and 360's with about a 30% success rate
11 years ago
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OwenReynolds
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ndyeBlind 4, fuck i hate that trick


I know your struggle. No matter how hard I fucking set a blind 4 I end up doing a blind 3 to shoulder dislocation.
11 years ago
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NMMedia
Posts: 982 - Karma: 1,700
Corks eluded me for the longest time, many slams occurred before I started landing them this year. Also rail tricks in general don't come naturally to me at all.
11 years ago
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mr-mcsteeze
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540s are still taking me forever. I can cork 3 and nosebutter 5 of the knuckle but still cant 540 off of a jump
11 years ago
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TomDavies
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mr-mcsteeze540s are still taking me forever. I can cork 3 and nosebutter 5 of the knuckle but still cant 540 off of a jump


practice riding switch. that was my problem.
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mr-mcsteeze
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Katniss_Everdeenpractice riding switch. that was my problem.


sweet thanks man
11 years ago
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Aiur
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GILLSKIlongest trick progression was probably getting back into bindings on a steep slope with lots of snow...Still struggle with that shit after 15 years of skiing


PREACH.
11 years ago
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Ribss.
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ObeseBunnyBack 270's. I can spin onto features fine but am super intimidated by back 270's and rarely land them.


Thats weird, the first spin on a rail I learned was a back 2 out, then a front 2, and then back 4. I can't spin onto a rail if my life depended on it though, I want to get 2 on and lip on so bad, I guess im just a pussy.
11 years ago
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Nate.Dog
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The switch, specifically taking off switch took me so long to learn. So many edge catches.
11 years ago
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TomDavies
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Nate.DogThe switch, specifically taking off switch took me so long to learn. So many edge catches.


hahaha learning switch threes def took their toll
11 years ago
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Kebec
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Katniss_Everdeenhahaha learning switch threes def took their toll


I got switch 3s right away but switch 5s took an entire season for me to land
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