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How do you land a big air?

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What is the key to landing a big air and not get hurt? Do you have to bend your knees alot at the impact? Should your ski tips be tilted up or be parallel to the surface?

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  1. Skis parallel, knees slightly bent upon landing. "Stomp" your landing- at the moment before impact drive your skis down to the snow. Upon landing you should have the same amount of forward lean that you would have if you weren't airborne.


  2. Keep your eyes open, balance fore/aft, skiis parallel to the landing or tips slightly up to avoid landing tips in and having a nose plant. Extend your legs, with your knees and ankles loose to absorb the shock. Upon contact with the snow stiffen both joints to absorb the shock. If you leave the joints loose you will end up sitting down, allow for having a slope to land on.

       To practice these aerials, take diving lessons, and practice a great deal. Landing in water is safer than landing in snow.

  3. You do not have to try to land a big air, it will just happen.  Hit the jump!!!  The landing will work itself out.  Just remember you never get hurt in the air!

    In an ideal scenario your "big air" has the proper landing (not flat).  You do not want to take "big air" to a flat landing, or you will be seeing the doctors.  Verify your landing zone has a good, steep, pitch.  You want your skis parallel to the landing surface.  While flying through the air you want to be in a crouched, athletic position, hands in front.  As you approach the ground you want to gradually extend your legs to meet the ground.  This is where most people s***w up, they reach for the ground way to soon, be patient, very, very patient, and NEVER fully extend your legs.  Speed is your friend, don't come in too slow.  And stomp that landing like you just won the X Games, pump fists in the air and head back up for more.

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