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Front swap?

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tailbutterrr
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Ive been working on locking onto tubes/rails and have been able to pop and 270 off somewhat consistently. I'm now trying to front swap with a similar idea of putting pressure on my skis either side of the the rail to rotate my skis for me, but ive found when I try and rotate and pop i end up moving off the rail and I cant keep my momentum going down to let me land back on the rail.

My questions are, is there something I can do by putting more pressure on either my front or back ski to keep my movement downhill? and, Is there a different way I should be approaching the front swap, either like a flatground 180 or something else?
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2 years ago
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stokedelic
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i learned this skateboarding, but it holds true here. jump towards the direction you want to go. so if your right foot forward, and slide off right of the rail, try jumping towards the left of the rail when you 180. if you overcorrect, go the other way. find the balance and listen to Wu Tang.

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Mixy
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Scissoring your front ski a little helps a lot when locking on to rails, especially when you're hitting the rail urban on. It also will help with the swap if you put a little pressure on your front ski's inside edge to grip the rail a little and start getting your momentum going the other way. I like to try to keep my upper body open and facing downhill on front swaps so you can kind of rotate your hips around while keeping your upper body somewhat straight and not have to rotate your whole body around.



Here, Matt Walker gets on the rail already scissoring and getting ready for the swap



He also keeps his chest facing downhill and open throughout the trick



This also helps with falling off the rail early because when you don't have to whip your whole body around and just your legs, you wont travel side to side as much.
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tailbutterrr
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little1337Scissoring your front ski a little helps a lot when locking on to rails, especially when you're hitting the rail urban on. It also will help with the swap if you put a little pressure on your front ski's inside edge to grip the rail a little and start getting your momentum going the other way. I like to try to keep my upper body open and facing downhill on front swaps so you can kind of rotate your hips around while keeping your upper body somewhat straight and not have to rotate your whole body around.



Here, Matt Walker gets on the rail already scissoring and getting ready for the swap



He also keeps his chest facing downhill and open throughout the trick



This also helps with falling off the rail early because when you don't have to whip your whole body around and just your legs, you wont travel side to side as much.


Just landed them today and i feel so much better locking onto rails. I liked this video because it showed how he gets ready to pop and swap really well.

Thanks for the help
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