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Calling tricks in radians

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shinbangclan
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everybody knows that one complete rotation is a 360, two is a 720, etc.
but have you ever heard someone call a 2π, or a switch cork 3π?
3/2π on 2π swap to switch? triple cork 6π?

Only true skiers call their tricks in radians, dont @ me
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WoFlowz
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My only trick is half radians
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TOAST.
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I feel like this thread pops up every time a kid starts taking trig.
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shinbangclan
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TOAST.I feel like this thread pops up every time a kid starts taking trig.


and I thought I was out here with an original idea... I'm getting beat by sophomores?
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saucelars
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My calc teacher made jokes about this on our exam when he heard i like to do “crazy ski tricks”
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Fancy_Latte
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I call my tricks in multiples of 180
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vibecheck
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😒
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ReturnToMonkey
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A zero is a zero no matter what units you're using
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bakemaster
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I use the helicopter system: 360=helicopter 720=double helicopter 180=half-copter ...
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ski_salmon69
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Smh whenever i try 2πs i keep landing closer to 7π/4 any tips????
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brokeneck_mtn
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I was just thinking about this the other day. Can’t wait til I can lip on blind 3/2π
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Kretzschmar
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TOAST.I feel like this thread pops up every time a kid starts taking trig.


because it does lol

https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/775073/Skiing-should-be-done-in-radians

https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/664923/Spins-in-radians

https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/796223/Imagine-if-skiing-rotations-were-in-radians
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ASAPCarter
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Damn I remember high school math. Jk no I don’t
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BackWoods420
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No, because it brings back pain from engineering classes I have taken.
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gorbdawggybrent
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i’m taking a test on radians on monday
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gusbus432
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back in 8th grade when we were doing trig my friends and me thought we were such crackheads calling tricks in radians. Of course we couldn't even do any tricks
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animator
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shinbangclaneverybody knows that one complete rotation is a 360, two is a 720, etc.
but have you ever heard someone call a 2π, or a switch cork 3π?
3/2π on 2π swap to switch? triple cork 6π?

Only true skiers call their tricks in radians, dont @ me


This is hilarious, my buddies who are all engineering students were just talking about this. Imagine announcers commentating comps with radians 😭😭
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BigDilfCam
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https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/997090/trim-B7142D8D-BF56-4E9D-87A4-CECCDF8E78DD-MOV
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skierman_jack
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How does that come up?
NotTooSteezySamMy calc teacher made jokes about this on our exam when he heard i like to do “crazy ski tricks”

“Uh yeah teacher my names Sam uh my favorite thing I did over summer was listen to new Travis Scott also I can blind 2 off a rail and I did a 360 mute once.” Just spitballin
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dogfartstaint
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shinbangclaneverybody knows that one complete rotation is a 360, two is a 720, etc.
but have you ever heard someone call a 2π, or a switch cork 3π?
3/2π on 2π swap to switch? triple cork 6π?

Only true skiers call their tricks in radians, dont @ me

Get off NS and do your unit circle homework
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ReturnToMonkey
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skierman_jackHow does that come up?

“Uh yeah teacher my names Sam uh my favorite thing I did over summer was listen to new Travis Scott also I can blind 2 off a rail and I did a 360 mute once.” Just spitballin


My HS history teacher was also my track coach so he knew I did freestyle skiing because I'd frequently have new minor injuries unrelated to track
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DominatorJacques
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shinbangclaneverybody knows that one complete rotation is a 360, two is a 720, etc.
but have you ever heard someone call a 2π, or a switch cork 3π?
3/2π on 2π swap to switch? triple cork 6π?

Only true skiers call their tricks in radians, dont @ me


I have a real hard time counting revs for sure! I mess up all the time in my videos. Couldn't tell this from that rotation etc.
Alas, I do know when it's smokin'!
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TRVP_ANGEL
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mom said its my turn to repost this thread
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Grimesg
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gorbdawggybrenti’m taking a test on radians on monday


Lol took mine on Thursday.

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jompcock
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BackWoods420No, because it brings back pain from engineering classes I have taken.


yo this guy took engineering classes
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Treegrabber
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Nah I usually use sprinter vans
720= 3 sprinter vans - 2 sprinter vans + 1 ram charger

u feel me
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saucelars
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skierman_jackHow does that come up?

“Uh yeah teacher my names Sam uh my favorite thing I did over summer was listen to new Travis Scott also I can blind 2 off a rail and I did a 360 mute once.” Just spitballin


Sadly i’m just not that cool, he learnt i ski when he was my teacher a few years ago and i would ask for the homework because i would miss school for ski races.

I also ride mountain bikes and he made a physics question about me jumping over a pool of sharks with lasers on their heads and we had to find my velocity to make it over the pool. Big W of a teacher in my books
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skierman_jack
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Actually I think they were ill-tempered sea bass
NotTooSteezySamSadly i’m just not that cool, he learnt i ski when he was my teacher a few years ago and i would ask for the homework because i would miss school for ski races.

I also ride mountain bikes and he made a physics question about me jumping over a pool of sharks with lasers on their heads and we had to find my velocity to make it over the pool. Big W of a teacher in my books
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deadhead420
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If only calling rail tricks in radians didn't require brain power this shit might catch on
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bertBertson
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I second this motion and further propose that the k-fed naming conventions be adjusted slightly to conform with the SI unit system:
fed - one fed, front swap to switch
kfed - one kilofed, front swap back 270 out
Mfed - one megafed, front swap back 450 out
Gfed - one gigafed, front swap back 630 out
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shinbangclan
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bertBertsonI second this motion and further propose that the k-fed naming conventions be adjusted slightly to conform with the SI unit system:
fed - one fed, front swap to switch
kfed - one kilofed, front swap back 270 out
Mfed - one megafed, front swap back 450 out
Gfed - one gigafed, front swap back 630 out


this is good. Ex: 3/2π fed. concise and precise.

maybe if referring to unnat spins, instead of saying unnat, just say -π. Unnat 3 is -2π.
This is how we keep racers out of the park! We have to cultivate the intellectual side of our sport.
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peterspringer10
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lol I thought of this the other day and mentioned it to my friends and then realized wow I think that was the nerdiest thing I’ve ever said
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BackWoods420
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jompcockyo this guy took engineering classes


?
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ReturnToMonkey
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BackWoods420?

Did you stop doing engineering because of your username? Or did you stop doing your username because of engineering? Or do you do both still
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BackWoods420
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ReturnToMonkeyDid you stop doing engineering because of your username? Or did you stop doing your username because of engineering? Or do you do both still

Do both still...
Idk if you can't do basic calculus off a little green, I don't think you should be an engineer.
There is a lotta stuff I wouldn't touch at all though after a woods.
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ReturnToMonkey
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BackWoods420Do both still...
Idk if you can't do basic calculus off a little green, I don't think you should be an engineer.
There is a lotta stuff I wouldn't touch at all though after a woods.


Ah cool. Nah I don't have a problem doing math while baked, it's more to do with drug testing and sometimes forgetting important steps or going too slow.
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BackWoods420
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ReturnToMonkeyAh cool. Nah I don't have a problem doing math while baked, it's more to do with drug testing and sometimes forgetting important steps or going too slow.


I have a lot of friends who do both.
The key is to split your work into things you know you can do if you were under the influence and stuff you need a stone cold sober mindset.
A common example is writing pseudo code while your messed up and turning it into functioning code while your sober.
A lot of the time, I would spend one day consuming whatever I wanted and just writing down the equations I needed per problem, coming back the next day and just solving the problems.
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GrandThings
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The only radian I like is Compton. (get it)
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DominatorJacques
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Here's to you boys! I only had to pass basic algebra to pass HS.


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/997346/Unit-Circle-Song---Michael-Bautista
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