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Front Flip or Back Flip?

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Schnoodle.
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I think i'm ready to try a flip and I want to try one next time I'm going for a shred in a couple of weeks. What flip is easier, and does anybody have some good tips?

Jul 11 2005 6:16AM
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Aerozol
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backflip is easier i do believe. I just found this natural roll when we had some sweet powder, tried to relax and spot my landing halfway round and stomped it. Of course that's before I hucked another one off to hard and ripped a muscle in my chest and it hurt to breathe for a month. But my season starts again now we'll see what happens eh? Anyway just go for it...

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Jul 11 2005 6:27AM
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Lukey1080
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backflips are easier by far. Front flips are harder, but pay off cause they look cooler off a jump than backs if u execute them with steeze lol


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Jul 11 2005 9:13AM
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witty
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i did front flips first..i was too pussy to backflip back in like 6th grade so yea...do whichever your more comfortable with..backs are way easier to stomp and spot your landing with tho

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Jul 11 2005 9:19AM
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BumPskiA
Posts: 196 - Karma: 10
Backflips are easier to do once you get the balls to commit. I had a problem with commiting for a while I don't like going backwards. Front flips aren't bad i think you need a little more air they feel more natural to me Just go for it


Jul 11 2005 9:19AM
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Tze.C
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backs

Jul 11 2005 9:23AM
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Jwenz
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Back flips fo sho...

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Jul 11 2005 9:52AM
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MWenzel
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backflip

Jul 11 2005 9:56AM
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xpresso
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surely front flips are safer? not tried either yet but i figure if you dont commit enough you land on your back, but if you backflip im terrified of face planting and issuing a spine x-ray.

Jul 11 2005 10:31AM
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westnile
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aprtoach jump lean back strare at the gorund tuck your head to your chest and land on your head that would be sick do it bra

Jul 11 2005 11:25AM
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papasteeze
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backs

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Jul 11 2005 11:54AM
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BioEnhanced
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^^Thats exactly what one of my friends did last season. Went vertical and just stopped and landed right on his head. We're sending the footage to YOu Gotta See THis.

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Jul 11 2005 11:59AM
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montageskier
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Last year my friend tryed a black and didnt land. His upper body and head made the rotation but his legs never came fully around.




Jul 11 2005 12:01PM
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williams
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straight flips are wack..

Jul 11 2005 12:15PM
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bmxican_89
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do an unnatural front flip

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Jul 11 2005 12:17PM
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punter
Posts: 73 - Karma: 13
backs, and anyway id much prefere to over rotate onto my back than my front.



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Jul 11 2005 12:18PM
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freeskier1316
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backs def. backs


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Jul 11 2005 2:59PM
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backs are insaney easy...they;re easier than 540s






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Jul 11 2005 3:02PM
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garrett.
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back

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Jul 11 2005 6:12PM
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AttitashSkier
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i think im going for a front when i try my first flip. theyre safer.

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Jul 11 2005 6:47PM
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Fr2Planker
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dude go with the backflip.... i stomped my first one ever tried on like a 30-40 ft jump. We had a shitty in run so once you got to the jump you werent thinking about it and you just did it, it was so easy. plus front flips are so fucking gay

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Jul 11 2005 6:50PM
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TheWorst
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a misty 5 and then rodeo 5 was my second... im too scared to try a frontlip or backflip

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Jul 11 2005 6:53PM
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TheWorst
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^^ all straight flips are so fuckin gay...

i can do other types of flips but i still want to learn backs and fronts just cause i think i will feel like a more complete skier

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Jul 11 2005 6:57PM
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daniel_insam
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i think frontflips are easier cuz you are not so scaried like doing a backflip and thinking to land on your head



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Jul 11 2005 7:45PM
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marik
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backs are easier but i think front flips are cooler i see more ppl who do backs than fronts

Jul 11 2005 8:10PM
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USA
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yeah i did the exact same thing at the same age, back just take some balls



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Jul 11 2005 8:13PM
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yea it was a tragedy.... wait can you repeat the question

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Jul 11 2005 8:21PM
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SSteezle
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def. back flip, if you go off a nice booter your rotation is already like half done

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Jul 11 2005 8:43PM
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STAUSS
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i think front flips are easier, but thats just me... i did them back in like 7th grade i think and it was nothing but i dunno... different for every one

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Jul 11 2005 9:02PM
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hippie_cat
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with backflips, just do them into a pool or something until you get it every time then bring it onto the snow. you know you can do it so then you just commit.

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Jul 11 2005 9:57PM
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marik
Posts: 556 - Karma: 10
when doing a front flip do your skis slow your rotation down i can do fronts on a tramp no problem but im not sure if 161cm skis will slow my rotation a lot

Jul 11 2005 10:09PM
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linelogan
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fronts are sick


Jul 11 2005 11:53PM
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johanblaze
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switch frontflip.

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Jul 12 2005 12:06AM
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USA
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^moon flip



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Jul 12 2005 12:07AM
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DHogg
Posts: 3462 - Karma: 237
every1 says back. I didnt like the whole going back thing so tried a front. Didnt work out well landed on my back with no skis. If i could go back i would try that.

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Jul 12 2005 3:31AM
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marik
Posts: 556 - Karma: 10
i cant do backs on a tramp but i can do fronts easily and i want to try a front on skis but i dont know how fast or hard ill have to rotate to make it

Jul 12 2005 1:40PM
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punter
Posts: 73 - Karma: 13
Take off for a back on a steep ramp and your already haly way round. There a lot easyer on a steep ramp.



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Jul 12 2005 2:00PM
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k2yeags
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on a tramp all ou have to do is go for it. i landed the 1st back flip i tried. its just about balls

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Jul 12 2005 2:13PM
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Freezeskier
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both are chill only off cliffs

Jul 12 2005 5:38PM
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DuncanK
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cork 5...so much hotter

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Jul 12 2005 7:55PM
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vincepru
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yes! i can do that one but not the others. wierd ey?

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Jul 12 2005 8:25PM
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TheWorst
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i can easily do all that shit into a pool... ive just heard its different on skis

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Jul 20 2005 9:47PM
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DannyJ
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haha you sound like my grandma. But i guess i can agree that what you say is at least true

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Jul 20 2005 9:51PM
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lineskier129
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u have to be commited my freind did it last year but he stop tryen to rotate after he seen his landing n his feet didnt come aroudn n he bailed but probly a back i would still think

Jul 20 2005 10:29PM
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sauce171
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depends, with everything, u gotta see the worst thats gonna happen, backflips, if u screw up and worst comes to worst, you land on your head....your spine curls naturally that direction so the injury is going to be LESS sever as if the same happend while trying a front flip, which you could land half way around on your head, and dig your face while your feet swing around and break ur back....i'd go backflip unless you are positive you can get at least to your back....and remember-a frontflip over a jump is more like a 1 1/2 flip and a back flip is more 3/4 flip....go back flip

Jul 21 2005 1:06AM
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E-ZRider
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yeah


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Jul 21 2005 5:05PM
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hm personally havent done any flips, but my friend started with lincolns


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Jul 21 2005 5:14PM
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t_walker
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def learn it on a tramp or pool first so u know the motion and your not scared to commit

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Jul 22 2005 6:40AM
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Dilla
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straight flips are dumb unless its a moonflip (switch frontflip) jsut try a cork or misty. i think that they are safer too.



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Jul 22 2005 8:02AM
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rippinbumpskier
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didnt seth morrison used to do switch fronts?

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Jul 22 2005 2:20PM
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