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How to stomp blind/ un natural tricks

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Segsxi
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For some reason I only feel like I have only learned to do my 3s, 180s, and 2 ons with my left leg leading/ spinning to the left. Completely ignoring the fact that I could also be learning un naturals as well.

Going right just throws me off and I cannot do a blind 2 for the life of me. Is it like a mental barrier or something, or am I mechanically not wired to spin right?
Apr 26 2018 8:18PM
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mattm7
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I think you're just not an ambiturner
Apr 26 2018 8:41PM
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Crispy.
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It's not "for some reason"...doing things unnatty takes a conscious effort. You just need practice. What specifically goes wrong when trying to spin right? Chances are you're looking down instead of over your shoulders, for starters.
Apr 26 2018 9:15PM
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firecrotch
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i feel you i slide right foot forward spin left and i suck at front 2s
Apr 26 2018 9:17PM
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spliff.Life
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Crispy.It's not "for some reason"...doing things unnatty takes a conscious effort. You just need practice. What specifically goes wrong when trying to spin right? Chances are you're looking down instead of over your shoulders, for starters.


Conscious effort? that takes work, shit man uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Apr 27 2018 1:25AM
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Rparr
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Learn all 4 3's or 5's and you will become significantly better at spinning your bad way
Apr 27 2018 7:04AM
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Holte
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firecrotchi feel you i slide right foot forward spin left and i suck at front 2s


(Almost) everyone slides right foot forward and spins left. But it was actually learning front 2s that got me into spinning rightside. I don't have anything over 5 rightside, and outside of competition results I don't really think there's any use learning big tricks to your unnatural side, but 3 and 5 both ways are good basic skills to have that will actually help with other tricks.
Apr 27 2018 3:34PM
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Nickc88
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The best way to learn spinning unatty is to practice it a million times on a trampoline, and work your way up from 180s to 7s. Then practice them on snow. One common mistake on snow is the way your skis carve into the spin.
Apr 27 2018 3:38PM
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Segsxi
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Nickc88work your way up from 180s to 7s.

Seems like the way to go I have yet to try a 7 strong side

**This post was edited on Apr 27th 2018 at 5:30:55pm
Apr 27 2018 5:27PM
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finder
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What helped me was to not think of it as unnatural or bad way but think of it as just spinning. Start simple and work your way up but really its the same trick. Also +1 for learning all 4 3’s, thats a really good first milestone in ambidextrous spinning.
Apr 27 2018 6:01PM
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Nickc88
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finderambidextrous spinning.


New vocab for me
Apr 28 2018 12:06PM
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finder
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Nickc88New vocab for me


Next week we’re learning colors of the rainbow!
Apr 28 2018 12:07PM
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skiguy04
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Practice washing out unnatural direction
Apr 29 2018 5:32AM
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