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The legendary backflip

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e-blair
Posts: 9 - Karma: 10
i want to do backs, but im afraid that the skis will make it hard. i can do it on tramps and off diving boards. Im just scared that the skis will make it really hard to rotate
Dec 5 2005 9:56PM
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skier27
Posts: 7238 - Karma: 32
do it on a tramp with skis if your really scared..its mad easy and helps you commit to when you do it off a jump
Dec 5 2005 9:58PM
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Tinga
Posts: 11349 - Karma: 2,333
does any one land on their knees when they do back flips on tramps cause i can never seem to land on my feet
Dec 5 2005 10:00PM
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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
it easier than a 3 thats all i can say
Dec 5 2005 10:01PM
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timmi
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i have heard people say that. but i find it hard to beleive. i guess it just takes a certain amount of balls
Dec 5 2005 10:05PM
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1440ski
Posts: 2049 - Karma: 1,110
Ya i believe that it is easier than a 3 to you just have to lean back. And dont stop rotating.
Dec 5 2005 10:08PM
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duhamelski
Posts: 3842 - Karma: 192
little known fact, Dash Longe has never thrown a backflip
Dec 5 2005 10:20PM
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duhamelski
Posts: 3842 - Karma: 192
i mean never one in the park, but it sounds better to leave that part out
Dec 5 2005 10:21PM
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mmm4twintips
Posts: 1186 - Karma: 11
back is easy if you land on your knees just means you rotate slow so just commit and throw hard.
Dec 5 2005 10:23PM
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sexy_skier_babii
Posts: 2490 - Karma: 15
do it where theres powder, build a nice decent jump and for your first time throw back hard to make sure you make it. but if your gonna do it you have to commit.
Dec 5 2005 10:24PM
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AKjibbarailer
Posts: 98 - Karma: 9
uhh you eat shit worse if you try to backflip with skis on a tramp unless your a gay snowblader.
Dec 5 2005 10:33PM
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rockymountainmilitia
Posts: 2706 - Karma: 12
3 things

1. pop
2. tuck knees
3. commit to rotate

spot your land then stomp it. after a couple time you can leave your knees behind and really lay them out. do it in pow if you can. i caught my tips the first time. ive cought them abunch on tables too. as long as you have the correct speen and a smooth table then when you catch you tips its just like sliding into a base in baseball on your stomach. that shit doesnt even hurt. honest ive gotten fucked up way more times on spins then on back flips.
Dec 6 2005 2:24AM
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GotamaBCshredder
Posts: 5062 - Karma: 424
um lean back and look man, just commit if you see the landing you are there.
Dec 6 2005 2:27AM
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jibs
Posts: 2529 - Karma: 48
Try building a jump with a steeeeep tranny, like an arials jump. Get a lot of snow on the landing and giver.
Dec 6 2005 10:03AM
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the_hawk_of_europe
Posts: 510 - Karma: 51
do you need more of a lippy jump or a smooth one? i'm so afraid of breaking my neck
Dec 6 2005 10:48AM
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mmm4twintips
Posts: 1186 - Karma: 11
Powder a nice inrun with a decent lip steep landing like a drop off a cat track then you dont need as much speed hit the lip and for your first attempt you want to throw it as hard as possible and keep looking for the landing!
Stick It!
Dec 6 2005 12:01PM
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trama1260
Posts: 941 - Karma: 10
easiest trick in the world
Dec 6 2005 12:01PM
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Maxfreeride
Posts: 1185 - Karma: 13
whenever i do them on the inrun i just say to myself comit comit comit, and then pop and it'll come natural just keep your head back looking for the landing and you've got it
Dec 6 2005 12:04PM
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freeskibum82
Posts: 6355 - Karma: 5,057
its all about committing to the flip. most people get half way and stop. just keep the head looking and spot your landing. 3's are the same deal.. just have to open up at around 270 to slow down the rotation. and never, never spin off the lip.
Dec 6 2005 12:09PM
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skier27
Posts: 7238 - Karma: 32
no you dont..its mad easy thats how i learned... dont be a pussy
Dec 6 2005 12:15PM
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TheStamos
Posts: 9311 - Karma: 910
super easy, 3's are redick easy to.
Dec 6 2005 12:20PM
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k2yeags
Posts: 2320 - Karma: 27
i got a tramp this summer and i'm looking for a good chance to throw one this season
Dec 6 2005 12:55PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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I think easier than 3's is a load of shit not that they are much harder but I mean they definetly are.

If you fuck a 3 up you can turn it into a 5 or a 180, if you fuck a backflip up you can turn it into a life in a wheelchair
Dec 6 2005 12:59PM
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Erie
Posts: 1439 - Karma: 15
lippy, its easyer than a 3 if you have the balls
Dec 6 2005 1:05PM
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CORKED
Posts: 320 - Karma: 16
yeah just commit, easier than a 3
Dec 6 2005 1:28PM
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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
true but it is easier
Dec 6 2005 3:54PM
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airhead1263
Posts: 103 - Karma: 10
definatly not shit that its easier than a 3 just harder to commmit to once u learn it its cake
Dec 6 2005 3:59PM
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eZrider330
Posts: 27 - Karma: 10
practice on a tramp first then go for the jump
Dec 6 2005 4:02PM
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MLB
Posts: 4462 - Karma: 298
it is easy to do one sooo i am told, but it is the fear to fuck up.
Dec 6 2005 4:22PM
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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
just throw it don't be a pussy if my step brother can do one anyone can JACK back me up on this
Dec 6 2005 4:25PM
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Latch
Posts: 499 - Karma: 10
If you have it on a tramp then build a kicker that's 4-5 feet with pow landing, and give it just a little more lip than normal. When you go off, imagine a fine girl standing right on the lip and hump her like you mean it while looking over backwards with your head.

If you have enough air then you'll pretty much stick it because you can see the landing for a long time and it's easy to tuck up or let out to control your spin.

Good luck!
Dec 6 2005 4:47PM
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e-blair
Posts: 9 - Karma: 10
how bout lincolns???
Dec 6 2005 7:02PM
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SkiBM680
Posts: 888 - Karma: 13
this applys for all tricks but in the end you jsut gotta go for it. You ill never do anything if you jsut sit ontop of the hill and think about what might happen if ypu fall you jsut gotta go for it. Shur you might fall a few times but you will stick it in the end. After one run throu the park to test out jumps and warm up jsut do it. The more time you spend thinking about it the mroe you will phyc yoursealf out.
Dec 6 2005 7:15PM
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Wafflez
Posts: 388 - Karma: 10
but takes more balls
Dec 6 2005 7:59PM
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ecski73
Posts: 840 - Karma: 12
push your weight down onto your tails right before you pop off the lip. Also dont be afraid of speed, it will get you higher and you will have more time to rotate. you should also check the landing before you do one to see if it is icy. make sure the snow is somewhat soft, then just tuck and commit.
Dec 6 2005 8:11PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
Yeah just a tad though. My friend learned them and he hardly skis at all. The next season, first jump of the first run for him, he tosses one over the biggest jump in the park and stomps it.
Dec 6 2005 9:36PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
That is of course, after you learn them.
Dec 6 2005 9:40PM
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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
i don't think i'm going to do them again till i go out west i landed on my neck thankfully it was a spine and i just slid down the side but it messed my neck up enough that i feel it everyday
Dec 6 2005 9:42PM
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SNOWMAN17
Posts: 1797 - Karma: 54
anyone overrotate there first time, with all this talk about throwing it as hard as you can and tucking your kness seems like more kdis would overrotate there flips, thats almost worse that underrotating
Dec 6 2005 9:52PM
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Snowcase
Posts: 11456 - Karma: 634
yea a few kids have
Dec 7 2005 11:36AM
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WIfreeskier
Posts: 8125 - Karma: 65
man, backflips are so easy. once you try your first one you'll be way surprised how easy they are... for mine I just build a real lippy jump into a lot of powder, just balls out go for it real fast and pop off the lip just as you'd jump on the tramp, do it the exact same as on the tramp and you will see the landing in no time, from there open up or tuck in depending on height from ground, how much rotated, etc... that's natural though. easier than 3s in my opinion, i landed my first try
Dec 7 2005 12:36PM
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*ThaMovment*
Posts: 564 - Karma: 50
VINCENT DORIAN CAN NOT DO BACKFLIPS!
Dec 7 2005 12:38PM
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Treestman
Posts: 3049 - Karma: 300
what do i do, i havent ever skied powder deeper than a foot
Dec 7 2005 12:43PM
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thecounty
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 290
holy shit they are so easy all you have to do is look back real far and just keep looking back and you will do it but if you stop looking back your fucked cause that will stop your rotation
Dec 7 2005 1:09PM
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lineskier07
Posts: 331 - Karma: 10
ive seen dash do backflips
Dec 7 2005 1:53PM
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skibum311
Posts: 277 - Karma: 10
backflips are easier than you'd think. much easier than spinning but also not as cool. I was landing them consistently before I could land anything else really. Don't do that. try it, you'll get em like the first time, but don't obsess with them. learn the other tricks too.
Dec 7 2005 2:22PM
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espen^R
Posts: 2330 - Karma: 192
I dont even care to learn backflips. Im all going for corks and switch spins and stuff.
Dec 7 2005 2:36PM
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AndrewZ
Posts: 759 - Karma: 36
Its kinda funny, i can do 3's 5's cork 7's and i cant do backflips, i know i just need to commit but mentally i cant do it, i tried once and just grunted really loud and landed on my back!
Dec 7 2005 3:17PM
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