switch

[tretiak]

how should i learn to ride switch?? since i dunt kno how to yet?? any tips??

[Wolverine21]

just ride that way going down a slope, you'll learn eventually.

[forumpl155]

just practice... lol sounds lame but i sucked at it really bad at first. Then one weekend I tried again after like a year of not really messing with it. and it clicked...

 

however my suggestion to learn/practice is take an easy trail but long nile mile, paradise, etc... just drop in switch, go slow, DO NOT DO NOT switch stances. you'll look like a newb at first which i hated the most really for learning but it's gotta happen... do it a few times and eventually you'll be able to translate your mechanics from being able to ride regular to switch. shouldn't take as long as getting good to begin with

[tretiak]

ok thanks for the advice thats what i was thinking about doin

[Glenn]

just practice... lol sounds lame but i sucked at it really bad at first. Then one weekend I tried again after like a year of not really messing with it. and it clicked...

 

however my suggestion to learn/practice is take an easy trail but long nile mile, paradise, etc... just drop in switch, go slow, DO NOT DO NOT switch stances. you'll look like a newb at first which i hated the most really for learning but it's gotta happen... do it a few times and eventually you'll be able to translate your mechanics from being able to ride regular to switch. shouldn't take as long as getting good to begin with

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Do not switch stances? I hope your talking about changing the board from regular to goofy or vice versa. I would hope he would adjust his foot angles as he finds a comfortable regular and switch foot angle.

 

As far as learning, I'm not the greatest switch rider, and I have no intentions to be, but... I practice 180's all the time, on the flat, off small little natural features, bigger jumps etc. So, if you just work on 180's you will be switch alot. I don't know if you have aspirations to ride the blacks switch, but for the basic landing spins, switch off of rails etc, my technique seems to be working. I worked at the beginning of the year with the method forumpl155 but it was too tedious, I'd much rather just ride. On the other hand, like I said... I'm not the greatest switch rider.

 

Either way, its all about practice, and getting comfortable with everything being backwords.

[zaldon]

i think i would rather ride switch with a forward stance rather than a duck stance just because it is soooo much more fun.

[Gurp]

switch is still harder on skis, ur completely backwards with skis.

[soldier32]

^^completely false. i skied today for the second time in my life and was able to ski switch.

[AtomicSkier]

yea, even w/o twintips, skiing switch isn't hard....

[Justo8484]

skiing switch and being able to carve a turn switch are two entirely different things.

[AtomicSkier]

let's just say that Steven (steezemachine) went down the headwall of Challenge, switch. That's steezey.

[Glenn]

 

skiing switch and being able to carve a turn switch are two entirely different things. 

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Can't say I've seen too many skiers with twins actually carve going forward There is a ski patrol at camelback who tele's on twins, and most definitely can carve switch. It's pretty excellent to see, especially since he was doing it down the asp.

[insomniac]

I can carve forward?

Jeff, Stop.

Derrick, you weren't going fast at all, and you were on a flat section. It's different.

And skiing switch isn't that hard. But yeah, Carving is hard, and staying in control takes practice.

Edited March 20, 2005 by insomniac

[LineSki]

well i ski and board and i can honestly say skiing switch and actually carving is harder than snowboarding switch. you can just like glide into a switch stance on a board.

[zaldon]

you can also just glide into the ground on a snowboard.

[Papasteeze]

skiing switch and being able to carve a turn switch are two entirely different things.

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Nastar Switch - i think he had a 59 handicap - a new benchmark for all you freestylers.

Edited March 21, 2005 by WeSki

[AtomicSkier]

Nastar Switch - i think he had a 59 handicap - a new bendhmark for all you freestylers. Steeze on 3-20!

 

quite funny to see. That gatekeeper had to chuckle when saw that....

[Nipples]

I can craver forward and backward.59 was my 1 run my 2 was a 57 .

[forumpl155]

Do not switch stances? I hope your talking about changing the board from regular to goofy or vice versa. I would hope he would adjust his foot angles as he finds a comfortable regular and switch foot angle.

 

As far as learning, I'm not the greatest switch rider, and I have no intentions to be, but... I practice 180's all the time, on the flat, off small little natural features, bigger jumps etc. So, if you just work on 180's you will be switch alot. I don't know if you have aspirations to ride the blacks switch, but for the basic landing spins, switch off of rails etc, my technique seems to be working. I worked at the beginning of the year with the method forumpl155 but it was too tedious, I'd much rather just ride. On the other hand, like I said... I'm not the greatest switch rider.

 

Either way, its all about practice, and getting comfortable with everything being backwords.

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I said don't switch stances as in don't use the fact that you can ride regular as a way to cheat out of falling. also i never changed my binding angles. mine are set to like a duck foot stance anyways so there's only like a 5 degree diff between the front and back foot. not really noticeable...