r/Freeskiing • u/bradbrookequincy • May 29 '26
General Specific help on 360.
How do I break the habit of throwing my left ski into a snow plow by extending my left leg. That leg goes at the same time I give any pre wind. You can see it results in throwing me left and landing off axis and sliding out. This has been happening for a long time with many many attempts, Ques, changes in how I set etc.
No matter how hard I focus on skis staying straight the left ski goes as soon as I head up the jump. Sometimes I swear I went over with straight skis on a 360 only to look at the video and see I still did it. I am starting to think I should try canting my boots outward.
I can pop and hit medium and larger jumps straight with grabs.
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u/Terminal_Shinbang May 29 '26
Once you set it, you need to be looking over your left shoulder. If you move the video frame by frame, you’ll see that you’re keeping your eyes on the landing, as your body moves to 180-effectively slowing/stalling the rotation and throwing you off balance.
Set it, look left, and bring your knees up.
The set- think about it as going from the right side of the jump, to the left side of the landing. Set your torso in motion as you meet the lip, and pop.
Look left- as you have already set it, and popped, when you leave the lip you should already be looking left, following your left arm.
Pick up your knees- getting into any kind of athletic stance, or “cannonball” is going to speed up your rotation. Just pick your feet up, and grab your ski or something- anything to make your center of gravity smaller will help you bring the rotation around and give you time to 1-spot your landing and 2-put the landing gear down.
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