How to throw a front flip like a pro

1. find a jump you feel comfortable on
2. ride up to it with a staggered stance ( one foot about 6 inches in front of the other) this staggered stance is key to being able to throw it fast
3. when you hit the lip of the jump, throw your weight forward
4. kick your heels up to your butt
5. when you start to see the horizon open up
6. stomp the landing and ride away like nothing happened

Sochi Winter Olympics: Freestyle Skiing

Starting this winter, Freestyle skiing will be an official Olympic event. This is awesome news for the freeskier world, because this means more publicity for the sport, and it also means that freestyle skiing can really spread to more countries and get bigger.

Tom Wallisch

Tom Wallisch is one of the top skiers in the world, in the X games he has medalled four times, five times in the dew tour, and was the 2013 World Championships gold medalist. Below are some great pics of him.

Battle of the Giants: Sunday River & Sugarloaf

One long standing feud between Maine skiers is over which mountain is better, Sunday River or Sugarloaf? Sunday River is a resort made up of 8 mountains. They are geared more towards terrain parks and more modern freestyle skiing. Sugarloaf has 154 runs covering 1,400 acres of ski able area.
So I leave you with this one question,

Collin Gallants interview on Freeski News

Favorite skier is Simon Dumont Like to ski small jumps and jibs Prefers skiing to snowboarding Favorite trick is a superman front flip Prefers Salomon skis Favorite Mountain is Sunday River Favorite skiing edit is Simon Dumont’s Record big air jump

How to 360 and look steezy doing it

1. scope out your jump and hit it a couple times to get your run up down.
2. as you hit the lip of the jump start to look over your shoulder and up the mountain
3. once you can see up the mountain continue your rotation and start to spot your landing 
4. stomp your landing and ride on to your next feature

once you get this down, you can start to throw in some variations, like a tail grab.