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How good can you get in a ski season?
How much progression can you make in one ski season, skiing ~4 days a week start to finish? I'm kinda curious...
Depends on your starting place. A skier with a race background going into park is going to progress a ton vs a totally new skier. How athletic you are is also going to play a big role as well as how hard you push yourself with fear
I try to add a 180 and add a grab to whatever I know.
I add a 180 everywhere for example:
My goal this season is
720 cause i can 5
5 with grabs cause i can 360 with grabs
Frontswap and backswap then surface them hopefully
4 off cause i can 2 off both ways
2 on cause i can unatural on and lip on alright
I add a 180 everywhere for example:
My goal this season is
720 cause i can 5
5 with grabs cause i can 360 with grabs
Frontswap and backswap then surface them hopefully
4 off cause i can 2 off both ways
2 on cause i can unatural on and lip on alright
I re-learn the same basic tricks every season
Location really helps as well. Having access to an airbag or even a "good" park will make a huge difference.
**This post was edited on Jan 8th 2020 at 11:33:15am
**This post was edited on Jan 8th 2020 at 11:33:15am
One of my roommates went from not knowing how to hit jumps to 540s and flat rails last season.
Depends on how you spend those days. If you are actively working on tricks everyday and trying new shit every time you ski you’ll learn a good bit. If you’re crushing beers and just cruising all day you probably won’t learn much.
Get out of it what you put into it.
Pushing yourself and having a few buddies(crew) to help push and give advice can help you learn very quickly.
Pushing yourself and having a few buddies(crew) to help push and give advice can help you learn very quickly.
I dont know about one season but in terms of rail skiing, I think a good progression goal to always work towards is
All 8
All 8 with 450 out ( make it super?) not sure what the term is for this
All way 270 ons
All ways 2 pretz 2's
Both way back 4's and front 4's
Both way 6's if you find the right rail
Once you got those down than move onto
450 ons ( I dont think its important to have this bothways )
one Sw 450 on variation
A couple 2 p4 variations ( alot of this is rail dependent)
Some clean 3 swaps
and of course the classic 4 p2
This type of progression makes for a classsic well rounded 2012 skier. Kinda boring if you stop there, but its a good base that you can than move on from and make your skiing more interesting ( grabs, front/back slides, nollies shuffles, butters ect)
Alot of skiers unfortunately lack a creative mind, so there skill stops at banal rail tricks ( Im thinking of sam zhaner and derek simpson).
All your favorite rail skiers undoubtedly have a base like this, but once you get to certain level, trick selection and style is what separates good skiing from bad skiing.
**This post was edited on Jan 8th 2020 at 12:32:36pm
**This post was edited on Jan 8th 2020 at 4:03:07pm
**This post was edited on Jan 8th 2020 at 4:03:38pm
All 8
All 8 with 450 out ( make it super?) not sure what the term is for this
All way 270 ons
All ways 2 pretz 2's
Both way back 4's and front 4's
Both way 6's if you find the right rail
Once you got those down than move onto
450 ons ( I dont think its important to have this bothways )
one Sw 450 on variation
A couple 2 p4 variations ( alot of this is rail dependent)
Some clean 3 swaps
and of course the classic 4 p2
This type of progression makes for a classsic well rounded 2012 skier. Kinda boring if you stop there, but its a good base that you can than move on from and make your skiing more interesting ( grabs, front/back slides, nollies shuffles, butters ect)
Alot of skiers unfortunately lack a creative mind, so there skill stops at banal rail tricks ( Im thinking of sam zhaner and derek simpson).
All your favorite rail skiers undoubtedly have a base like this, but once you get to certain level, trick selection and style is what separates good skiing from bad skiing.
**This post was edited on Jan 8th 2020 at 12:32:36pm
**This post was edited on Jan 8th 2020 at 4:03:07pm
**This post was edited on Jan 8th 2020 at 4:03:38pm
sky is the limit. 4 days a week is a lot. if you get into it you can extend your season year round and keep the party going
find a tramp
Once you can backflip, and 7 the sky’s the limit
Once you can backflip, and 7 the sky’s the limit
4 days a week is huge, you could do anything if you're productive with your time there.
4 days a week? You either live really close to the ski area or have no life stuff that gets in the way.
If you're determined and actually work at it and have friends to help you can get a good solid set of the basics down in a season.
If you're determined and actually work at it and have friends to help you can get a good solid set of the basics down in a season.
I've never felt so personally attacked
DIRTYBUBBLEDepends on how you spend those days. If you are actively working on tricks everyday and trying new shit every time you ski you’ll learn a good bit. If you’re crushing beers and just cruising all day you probably won’t learn much.
pinkcamo1000I re-learn the same basic tricks every season
Zeros, ones, threes, backies, front flips
Depends how much you wanna progress, me and my buddies spent two seasons just hiking rails and jumps, and progressed a fuck ton. It really depends on the effort you put in.
Lol wait.... Op are you talking about park or skiing in general? Kinda funny how everyone just assumed park, although this is NS so reasonably expected
HYP3R_REAL1TYZeros, ones, threes, backies, front flips
What are those last two things?
I focus more on taking tricks to bigger and bigger features rather than trying to pull sus tricks out of my ass every season. (Obviously I learn new tricks too but...) Nothing feels better than stomping something clean on a fat, floaty jump
TheHamburglarWhat are those last two things?
Backflips and front flips?
HYP3R_REAL1TYBackflips and front flips?
Its a joke because I'm bad at skiing
oldmanskiGet out of it what you put into it.
Pushing yourself and having a few buddies(crew) to help push and give advice can help you learn very quickly.
Totally correct. The crew I usually ski with doesn't hit park much so my "big mountain" game has stepped up considerably over the past few years. That said, catch me missing grabs on 3's.
OP, find a crew that rides where you want to ride and fucking chase them, you'll get crazy good.
The gates will seem more ‘open’ and slalom technicality will blossom
have fun racing
have fun racing
HYP3R_REAL1TYZeros, ones, threes, backies, front flips
what is a zero?
b00mSkiswhat is a zero?
A number
HYP3R_REAL1TYA number
ok but what does it mean
b00mSkisok but what does it mean
Don’t worry just focus on a clean tuck when turning around those gates
&& ski race safe
skiguy04Don’t worry just focus on a clean tuck when turning around those gates
&& ski race safe
i dont ski gates but what is zero?
4 times a week is huge! Once you make 1 with your skis, if you enjoy yourself and keep grinding, you can level up super fast in a single season!
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