Starter tricks-

bump i need helppp lol

You should learn the ollie and pop around on little mounds of snow.  Front and back 180's on flat and 5050's on short boxes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrqnDx1585o

learn to ride switch properly, and learn to carve really well,
i know it sounds gay and tedious but you wont progress far in the park if you can not ride switch or do good carves, the reason you need to be able to carve well is for your spins, the spins arent hard, and the thing that makes the spin is the set up turns and windup, these originate from your carves.
also practice spins or bumps, rollers, moguls, flat ground and it will help you a lot in park

I'm sure it does.  I don't have first hand experience, but if I had one I would be practicing spins and flips on it.

Flips without the board.  Also you can try taping up your edges with painter's tape.

Thanks heaps, but yeah I can butter and ollie, but just havent tried much else, as always there is room for imporvment in both those though. If i fell confident I will give it a go.

What about halfpipes? How much exp. should i gain before attempting one of those mothers?

i wouldnt venture into the park until you've got all your turns down. wouldnt want to rush it and end up getting hurt 

k then if you feel solid on both edges try popping off of rollers and stuff and once your comfortable in the air you can venture into the park.

A good thing to remember when first trying a backside boardslide is to NOT lean back. Keep your hands out in front of you!
And learn to ride goofy! Thats the one thing i cant do and I wish I could. Its really holding me back trick wise.

yeah, learn switch asap!

Originally posted by ses13n144e yeah, learn switch asap! you'll need it a whole lot more then you may want...lol

Originally posted by ses13n144e first season i was trying to learn 180's on kickers and everytime i'd land i'd either be catching my edge from no control or trying to heelside instantly going back to regular...no bueno

 

Originally posted by Keats0206 yea based on mmm kfc's posts, it seems like hes had a lot of trouble landing switch hahah

 

Well im in NZ atm, and I was doing some Alley-Oops maybe a bit more then them, I landed them 80% of the time (I did a far amount of them). I have done a few boxes no rails yet, and i can pop off them well but just starting boardslides. First time i tried one i did the thing your not meant to do and leant back, got owned abit but meh. Next time i stared 5050 then sort of turned my shoulders to finish the slide horizontal, and thought big of my self lol. I am feeling more confident and stuff but it will be awesome when i can just go in the park and make everyone else look shit lol.

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well today i got boardsliding (the one where u look down the mountain) down packed, so i tried to do it on a rail and yes got demolished i tried 5050 it and did ok. its weird i thought the smaller surface wouldnt be that hard but once again im wrong, any pointers for rails?

honestly for 50-50's on rails i imagine i have a pair of those old school soap shoes on and that im going down the rail with em on...catch my drift...makes me feel like im getting directly centered on the rails...gotta be confident and know you will fall a bunch in the beginning

Originally posted by MiguelMas First trick must be a suitcase grab method air.

enjoy, you lucky bastard haha...i still have months to wait=(

Originally posted by dxiver Went night boarding and limited runs so just hit up some jumps, put in my first grab. It seemed like i held it for ages (was an indy) but im sure it was probs like half a second. Some big air too, i think out of this trip my confidence on boxes and jumps has gone from like 10 to 40 (out of 50). TY FOR ALL YOUR HELP!

i wouldnt hit up the park just yet. i would stick with hitting up naturaul hits.

Originally posted by dxiver Me? Yeah I only hit natural jumps, boxes in the park obviously tho.

 

Originally posted by BboyTommy yeahh i agree. i enjoy crusing a lot.

 

Wow, when i went to the park, well in NZ anyways it was never busy, just waited for 5 seconds (longest i had to wait) and thats enough time to let me think about what im going to do, but yeah. Night Skiing in NZ was fun cause on the lift i would spot the jumps i would hit and just try do new stuff on the over and over, cheap thrills i guess lol.