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Indoor Straight Jump.

室内ストレートジャンプ

室内ゲレンデのキッカーでストレートジャンプ

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How to

Step by step
  1. Point the board straight at the kicker and approach at a slow, steady speed, just fast enough not to stall.

    Indoor kickers are small, so start with the minimum speed and just feel the takeoff.

  2. During the approach, keep your weight even on both your front foot and back foot, with knees softly bent (around 120 degrees) and your eyes on the landing beyond the lip (the takeoff edge).

    Looking down at the lip makes your upper body lean too far forward.

  3. Just before reaching the lip, sink your knees a little deeper (around 100 degrees), then as you cross the lip extend both knees at the same time to press down into the snow.

    That press is your pop (the trigger that sends you up). If your front foot or back foot leaves first, your body tilts, so press evenly with both feet.

  4. In the air, keep your knees softly bent and chest up, with both hands at hip height and slightly in front of you for balance.

    Swinging your arms drags your upper body around and disturbs your line, so relax your shoulders and keep them still.

  5. Land with the whole board flat.

    Avoid touching down nose (front) first, and let both feet contact at the same time. The instant you touch down, bend your knees from about 120 to nearly 90 degrees, then continue bending your ankles and hips to absorb the impact through your whole lower body. Artificial snow is firmer than natural snow, so landing on straight legs sends the shock straight into your knees and lower back.

  6. Start from the lowest point of the kicker at the slowest speed, and only build speed once you can repeat the same takeoff and landing every time.

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Tips & common mistakes

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Tips

Indoor kickers are smaller than outdoor ones, so you come down from a low height, which is ideal for safely teaching your body how to use the knees on landing. Repeating the same absorption at low height makes your body do it automatically on bigger outdoor kickers.

COMMON MISTAKE

Hard landings that jar your knees or lower back → legs stay straight at touchdown → set up with knees softly bent before you land, then bend knees, ankles, and hips in sequence on contact to absorb with the whole body.

The rest of the tips, fixes for each mistake, and what to try next are in the app — learn them while you log. Intermediate+ tricks are for Members.

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