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Hi, I am a really good alpine skier (have been skiing for 15 years), but I'll get into park this season. Which tricks should I begin with? My normal skiing is really good and switch is already kind of under control. Thanks boys
Start with 50/50 ing boxes (going staight over them) to get the feeling of sliding boxes
Then slowly as your sliding the box start pushing your skies sideways (make sure they stay flat on the box and your weight is evenly distributed.
If you feel confident doing that start by jumping 90 degrees onto the box (skislide) and again make sure your skies stay flat on the box and always look at the end of the feature.
For jumps start doing sidehits with 180's and generaly jumping 180's on flat.
If thats all going well try 360's on small jumps. Its just a matter of continuing the rotation by looking all the way round over your shoulder/popping and throwing in the spin
From there on im pretty sure you'll find new stuff to do!
Get comfortable sliding rails and doing straight airs on jumps, once you are comfortable with jumping learn to do some basic grabs like safety, mute etc.. and eventually learn some spins, the first real rail trick you can learn is probably front 2 out once you can slide rails comfortably.
I feel like firat came straight out of, or will be used in some shitty rap song.
Start hitting jibs asap. Even if you're mostly just 50/50ing. IT takes time to develop the control and muscle memory. Learning to spin 3's both ways at the start is good as well. Just keep riding.
I was in a similar boat very recently when I quit racing after 8 years. I learned 3s and loved them more then anything. To this day my favorite trick. Get those dialed and comfy to the point where you can take them anywhere on the mountain
csdavidson18I was in a similar boat very recently when I quit racing after 8 years. I learned 3s and loved them more then anything. To this day my favorite trick. Get those dialed and comfy to the point where you can take them anywhere on the mountain
- Learn front 270 (advance to more challenging boxes and rails through out the season) (practice scissoring your skis and gripping the rail)
- Learn back 270 (advance to more challenging boxes and rails through out the season) (practice scissoring your skis and gripping the rail)
- Learn 180 (advance by playing with grabs and taking to bigger jumps)
- Learn 360 (advance by playing with grabs and taking to bigger jumps)
^ If you work on those things all season, you will have a solid foundation to progress off of in the future.
Park_RangerGoals for your season: Have a ton of fun.
- Learn front 270 (advance to more challenging boxes and rails through out the season) (practice scissoring your skis and gripping the rail)
- Learn back 270 (advance to more challenging boxes and rails through out the season) (practice scissoring your skis and gripping the rail)
- Learn 180 (advance by playing with grabs and taking to bigger jumps)
- Learn 360 (advance by playing with grabs and taking to bigger jumps)
^ If you work on those things all season, you will have a solid foundation to progress off of in the future.
This will mostly be reiterating what others have said, but from my own experience and what ive observed, this is the standard progression:
RAILS
1. 5050s on ride-on boxes - I doubt you'll find this challenging, even my dad can do it haha
2. intro to sliding sideways - Basically just start doing shiftys when you're on the box and play around until you get to 90 degrees. This is important because you need to find out what sliding something sideways feels like, and make sure that your weight is balanced.
3. jump and land sideways on a ride-on box- Before, you were just riding straight on to the box and then turning sideways. This time you'll be jumping and landing sideways on the box, just like you would for a rail.
4. easy street style features- once youre super comfortable with hitting boxes sideways, find the easiest street style feature you can, ideally a very small tube or rail. Learning to hit street style features will probably be the hardest thing to do. There are many good threads on here that detail how to do it, so i wont bother getting into it
5. front 270- once you learn how to hit rails comfortably (to forward and to switch), learn how to frontside 270. Its an absolutely essential rail trick and far easier than blind 2. Jake muller has a really good tutorial on this trick.
6. blind 270- again, an essential trick. And jake muller also has a really good tutorial for this one too.
Once you have all of those essentials, it opens up a whole world of tricks to do.
JUMPS
For jumps, learn 180s first and gradually find bigger jumps to do them on. Start trying 360s when you feel you're ready and do the same thing. Most skiers, when they get 3s down, start trying 540s or a switch 1s, so those might be good tricks to consider.
Keep in mind that park skiing is tough when you're learning the basics, but insanely rewarding when you actually learn how to hit rails and spin jumps. Hope this helps
Thanks everybody for your kind words, tips and tricks!! Enjoy your season!!!
chef_boyardeeThis will mostly be reiterating what others have said, but from my own experience and what ive observed, this is the standard progression:
RAILS
1. 5050s on ride-on boxes - I doubt you'll find this challenging, even my dad can do it haha
2. intro to sliding sideways - Basically just start doing shiftys when you're on the box and play around until you get to 90 degrees. This is important because you need to find out what sliding something sideways feels like, and make sure that your weight is balanced.
3. jump and land sideways on a ride-on box- Before, you were just riding straight on to the box and then turning sideways. This time you'll be jumping and landing sideways on the box, just like you would for a rail.
4. easy street style features- once youre super comfortable with hitting boxes sideways, find the easiest street style feature you can, ideally a very small tube or rail. Learning to hit street style features will probably be the hardest thing to do. There are many good threads on here that detail how to do it, so i wont bother getting into it
5. front 270- once you learn how to hit rails comfortably (to forward and to switch), learn how to frontside 270. Its an absolutely essential rail trick and far easier than blind 2. Jake muller has a really good tutorial on this trick.
6. blind 270- again, an essential trick. And jake muller also has a really good tutorial for this one too.
Once you have all of those essentials, it opens up a whole world of tricks to do.
JUMPS
For jumps, learn 180s first and gradually find bigger jumps to do them on. Start trying 360s when you feel you're ready and do the same thing. Most skiers, when they get 3s down, start trying 540s or a switch 1s, so those might be good tricks to consider.
Keep in mind that park skiing is tough when you're learning the basics, but insanely rewarding when you actually learn how to hit rails and spin jumps. Hope this helps
FIRATIt's pretty intense yeah. I would pronounce it like "Fee(r)-Rat"
Oh shit, that's what I meant. Somebody posting pirate totally fucked me up. I was so focused on the rrrrrat! at the end I didn't even pay attention to what I was typing.
To get my first about 2 days of straight grinding but it took about a season to get really comfy with them and start grabbing. Honestly I’m still improving them just takes time
