How to Do a 360 On Skis

This is to teach you how to do a three sixty on skis.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Ski gear
• Skiing Skills

1. You need to figure out which way you spin. I spin to the left but I also have a friend who spins to the right. So jump up in the air in some sneakers and do a couple three's and figure out which way you spin.

2. Find a jump that you want to try a three sixty on. It should be big enough that you can spin one but not too big that you will hurt yourself when you fall. Its also nice if you have a soft landing.

3. You want to hit the jump and make sure you are getting enough air to do a three sixty. It also is nice if you can land successfully also.

4. 
   approach jump head on

   After you have done a few practice runs, approach the jump head on, stay low and keep yourself centered, pop off the jump, and keep a low center of gravity all the way through the spin. Keep your eyes looking ahead so you can see where you are in the spin.

5. 
   Just seeing the landing

   You want to see your landing just before the rest of your body make it around. This will help you to prepare for the landing. Ideally, you want to land much like the way you took off, low (bend you knees), centered, and smooth.

6. Now you probably wont land your first attempt so try not to hurt yourself when you fall. To land it helps to bend your knees and have a somewhat low center of gravity.

7. Once you can land one its kind of like riding a bike you get the hang of it really easily. Soon you will get good enough to just throw them on the ground with no kicker.

Tips & Warnings

• After you get the hang of it try adding some style. If you can get a lot of air and do your three sixty super slow keeping your body low (so you don't look like a pencil) it looks really nice. you can also add in a little grab which is a nice touch. Just try different things and have your friends give you crits and you will find out what looks good.
• Skiing is kind of dangerous. Don't hurt yourself.

[offtrailphoto]

on 12/8/2008 [not sure why that cut off ^]

Your shoulders will be square to your hips and feet throughout the spin. If you spin with this so called "wind up" technique in this article you will never be able to include a grab nor progress beyond a 360 as your body is separated throughout the trick. WRONG.

[offtrailphoto]

on 12/8/2008 Stumbled upon this article via google, and it's almost hilarious how wrong this is. "You want to wind your arms up so you can kindof throw yourself." This is possibly the most inaccurate description possible however for some reason widely repeated. In fact, this is exactly the bad habit we spend months trying to break people from as coaches. You should approach the jump in an athletic stance, square, collected, and ready to "pop" (learning how to pop correctly is a whole other article) As you reach the lip of the jump, pop appropriately, while extending into the pop begin the rotation of the 360 with your HIPS. There should be NO previous wind up of any sort. As your feet are leaving the ground you should be looking over your shoulder but with your eyes and head up at the horizon line. Your hip drives the spin, while every part of your body should be moving in unison. Your shoulders will