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Switch 0 spin help!

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Diento
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How do i spot the landing & know when to pop on a switch zero spin?
I've been wanting to get better at switch 0's but never really know when to pop or even when the landing is coming up :P
Any tips/trick would be appreciated.

Cheers Diento
Dec 17 2019 3:10AM
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bakemaster
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Thats a straight air
Dec 17 2019 8:08AM
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olic
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Look over your shoulder or under your armpit for take off and landing, it should be fairly intuitive when you need to pop, it's one of those things you just need to feel out really.
Dec 17 2019 8:13AM
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crustyboot.420
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Look back
Dec 17 2019 8:35AM
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Mr.Lumpyjumbles
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Throwing in a shifty can help you be more balanced in the air and have better awareness of where the landing is.
Dec 17 2019 9:15AM
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gravel
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olicunder your armpit for take off and landing


sussss
Dec 17 2019 9:43AM
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SuckleBrick
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nolliebackflipLook back


this man is on to something
Dec 17 2019 9:57AM
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olic
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toastsussss


depends where dude puts his arm, I know some people who find looking under easier, basic message is look behind you
Dec 17 2019 11:44AM
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Ghost_BLandzV2
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nolliebackflipLook back


Look back on a switch 0? Thats fucking gnarly dude id rather look for the landing. You crazy
Dec 17 2019 11:46AM
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skiP.E.I.
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Pop and spot as if you're doing a late switch 1, and do a shifty the opposite way to counter the small amount of rotation you started.
Dec 17 2019 11:48AM
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gravel
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look backwards over your shoulder but pop straight up, don’t open/turn your hips downhill when you come off the lip
Dec 17 2019 12:04PM
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Julius_Steezer
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Wait as late as possible until you pop (I tend to find I pop far too early). When popping just imagine some dynamite has exploded under your boots, that’s the general direction you want to be popping
Dec 17 2019 1:02PM
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Dunderflip
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honestly don't even pop on this trick it's easier to get the transition angles right and looks way cooler
Dec 17 2019 4:15PM
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Granby_killdozer
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I like to imagine that a switch zero is just a straight air where you're looking back over your shoulder the whole time. just blind to the entire jump. shit would be terrifying.
Dec 17 2019 7:42PM
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BigmoneyMatt
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it actually could be easier to shifty to spot your landing.
Dec 17 2019 8:45PM
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Mactonight
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Bend all the way down and look between your legs
Dec 17 2019 9:47PM
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Diento
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olicLook over your shoulder or under your armpit for take off and landing, it should be fairly intuitive when you need to pop, it's one of those things you just need to feel out really.


The problem is if i look over my shoulder on a switch zero i pretty much spin a 180 automatically :/ so i guess i have to shifty to counter rotate that?
Dec 18 2019 2:06AM
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TRVP_ANGEL
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tilt your head up, arch your back and then do a switch backflip
Dec 18 2019 2:08AM
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Diento
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TRVP_ANGELtilt your head up, arch your back and then do a switch backflip


nah ty id rather live a bit longer
Dec 18 2019 2:45AM
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olic
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DientoThe problem is if i look over my shoulder on a switch zero i pretty much spin a 180 automatically :/ so i guess i have to shifty to counter rotate that?


If you are looking well before you take off that shouldn't be an issue, turning your head on take off would definitely cause rotation though, that said everyone's body does stuff different so yeah shifty to counteract the rotation and you should stay at zero.

If that's a struggle on pop do a quick reset, look back up the hill and then back over your shoulder when you feel yourself coming down to land, biggest thing is to just commit and feel it out. Good luck dude.
Dec 18 2019 4:56AM
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Diento
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olicIf you are looking well before you take off that shouldn't be an issue, turning your head on take off would definitely cause rotation though, that said everyone's body does stuff different so yeah shifty to counteract the rotation and you should stay at zero.

If that's a struggle on pop do a quick reset, look back up the hill and then back over your shoulder when you feel yourself coming down to land, biggest thing is to just commit and feel it out. Good luck dude.


Thnx for the tips man! the struggle is the kickers in the dome that i ski at are a bit poppy and landings arn't visable from the top so. ofcourse these are all excuses and ill try my best to apply your tips :)
Dec 18 2019 5:12AM
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olic
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DientoThnx for the tips man! the struggle is the kickers in the dome that i ski at are a bit poppy and landings arn't visable from the top so. ofcourse these are all excuses and ill try my best to apply your tips :)


Which dome are you skiing at?
Dec 18 2019 5:51AM
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Diento
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olicWhich dome are you skiing at?


Snowworld Landgraaf in the Netherlands
Dec 18 2019 6:22AM
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olic
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DientoSnowworld Landgraaf in the Netherlands


Yeah those landings are pretty easy to miss with the whippy kickers! Easier to learn on a cheese wedge for sure!
Dec 18 2019 7:16AM
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603pow
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Clip into your skis backwards then straight air the jump
Dec 18 2019 1:09PM
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gravel
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DientoThe problem is if i look over my shoulder on a switch zero i pretty much spin a 180 automatically :/ so i guess i have to shifty to counter rotate that?


its in your hips, don’t open em forward
Dec 18 2019 1:38PM
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skiguy04
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Huck a fakie dub cork 1080 && you will progress to zero spin eventually
Dec 18 2019 9:25PM
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Diento
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toastits in your hips, don’t open em forward


So that would be the same feeling as doing a shifty i guess :)
Dec 19 2019 2:07AM
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gravel
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DientoSo that would be the same feeling as doing a shifty i guess :)


no i don’t agree with the shifty advice but do what works for you
Dec 19 2019 11:23AM
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animator
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bakemasterThats a straight air

I’m glad at least someone got to this before me
Dec 19 2019 9:57PM
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