Hey Eric... Just for you and your trick friends

[Horton]

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Get your own

[6balls]

Hmm...I just don't get it.

[eleeski]

Chicks on tricks rock!

 

I do get it! At least it's more than turn left, turn right.

 

Tricks rock!

 

Thanks,

 

Eric

[cwillygood]

tricks do rock, great pictures horton!

[block]

Awesome pics! My pictures never look like that.

[eleeski]

Heresy on this board, but tricks is the coolest event. There is always a new trick to try within your skill set. If you aren't partial to flips you can go a completely different direction (toe tricks?) and still excel. You can trick without killing your body (assuming you are training sensibly). Boat gas is a lot cheaper at trick speeds. ZO and PP feel pretty much the same. I will concede that slalom wins hands down on tournament judging.

 

In slalom you ski until you fall or miss. Frustrating by design. In tricks, you design a run to showcase your skills and creativity in run design. Standing up a trick run is like giving an artistic presentation - satisfying regardless of the competition.

 

Try tricking (even on a wakeboard if you are just starting). It will condition you nicely. You will develop balance skills. And it is fun!

 

Eric

[Chef23]

After looking at those pictures I don't see how you can say tricks aren't cool.

 

Those pictures are great.

[klindy]

Great Pics @Horton!! And I agree with @eleeski Tricks is the coolest event. It can be quite frustrating however, over the 35+ years of trick skiing, I think my swimming has improved more than my trick skiing!

[Than_Bogan]

Flips are very entertaining. The other tricks appear to require knowledge to appreciate, because I don't.

[Horton]

Watching low or mid level tricks is like watching concrete harden

[eleeski]

@Than Bogan Darn MIT kids. So competitive but can only handle simple problems (like turn left, turn right). Don't have enough sense to move to where the water is warm enough to enjoy a tricky activity. Stanford and the UC schools rock!

 

Get an old wakeboard, remove the fins and learn the basic surface turns. You're tricking! Relearn them on a conventional trick ski and pick up some toe tricks and you're competitive. Pick up a couple big tricks (helicopters or flips) and you're hooked! Even in the cold northeast tricks are fun (ask Kevin Jack, Lee Gottschalk, Dave Robbins and a bunch of others).

 

Eric

[Than_Bogan]

Guilty as charged.

 

Kevin Jack is awesome in pretty much every way.

[cwillygood]

i would agree with @Horton low level tricks is just plain boring, but coming from freestyle snow skiing in the winter i find tricks the most fun sometimes because you can get creative and just play around

[ToddL]

I heard that trick skiers only watch slalom for the short line crashes... everything else is just six more turns, over and over. So I guess it goes both ways.