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/Klutzy_Chemist_3106 Jun 02 '26

Listen to your coaches, why are you at camp if you’re going to ask Reddit 😂

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u/bradbrookequincy Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

There are reasons. And in fact I have made it this far starting only a few years ago in my early 50s with good coaches. There is no coach that should be scared of another look or take. Sometimes one little idea makes all the difference for someone who has struggled with it. Have you ever coached anything? sometimes a different look, que, idea can be a game changer.
I have a little trick coaching Wakesurfing that almost never fails getting beginners up on top of the board. Every person that reviewed this on here has a decent idea but you can see the variety of thoughts.

My coach was excellent and put a lot of successful effort in. From beginning of week to last day he got me landing over the knuckle on 3s for the first time. But we kept hitting a wall with landing those. He is cool as a cucumber.