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AltaUtah
Posts: 56 - Karma: 73
Which one is easier??? im planning on trying one in a week or two... so opinions??
Jan 29 2007 8:12PM
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Ski_Unit_19
Posts: 8188 - Karma: 38
if you are talking about flips, which i assume you are, then it has to be a backflip
Jan 29 2007 8:13PM
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R-Bertsch
Posts: 4719 - Karma: 20
definitely back...think about it when you're going off a jump your already starting the motion for it
Jan 29 2007 8:13PM
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Albino
Posts: 1400 - Karma: 123
depends on context.
cornice huck = fronts
park = def backs
Jan 29 2007 8:14PM
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Vicrum
Posts: 59 - Karma: 10
anybody got any suggestions on doing a backflip im also in the market...
Jan 29 2007 8:14PM
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Bigwoods
Posts: 3116 - Karma: 76
backflip first
Jan 29 2007 8:18PM
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AltaUtah
Posts: 56 - Karma: 73
Yeah wat motions do u have to go through before and while in the air.
Jan 29 2007 8:18PM
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drewishish
Posts: 3710 - Karma: 23
i cnat do them but..... lean back and commit.
Jan 29 2007 8:19PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
backflips are easier because they are a more natural flip.
Jan 29 2007 8:30PM
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garrett.
Posts: 9304 - Karma: 3,670
flips are easy u just have to commit
Jan 29 2007 8:35PM
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3ski6guy0
Posts: 9201 - Karma: 134
depends on what you are better at. ive sucked at backs until recently i took gymnastics. on the tramp i can do frontflips like its nothing and ive landed them everytime on snow but the bad thing is you cant spot your landing. backs are nice cause you see it the whole way but its easy to freak out. its up to you. for fronts learn on at least a 30 footer
Jan 29 2007 8:36PM
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Skipig25
Posts: 10729 - Karma: 256
try it on a trampoline or diving board first. do a gainer off a diving board. now do the same thing off the jump, and COMMIT to your huck. DON'T pussy out half way through, or you get hurt
Jan 29 2007 8:37PM
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617jibber
Posts: 2391 - Karma: 28
switch fronts
Jan 29 2007 8:39PM
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hollygrove
Posts: 7845 - Karma: 93
backs are easier then three's. with the proper jump.
Jan 29 2007 8:40PM
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Rez4frederick
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find a jump that pops you really high up in the air, dont just huck it, pop first and then just start your flip rotation spotting your landing as soon as you can, but you have to look straight over and get your body to follow.  So find a steep kicker and some powder to be safest on your first trys, fronts and backs seem to have pretty high consequences if you wreck, but once you do a few, they arent hard.
Jan 29 2007 8:41PM
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Goobie
Posts: 615 - Karma: 30
id say backflip but on a trampoline i find front flips easier
Jan 29 2007 8:41PM
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Albino
Posts: 1400 - Karma: 123
thats a shortcut too concussion.
Jan 29 2007 8:42PM
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philipc
Posts: 6651 - Karma: 1,286
i would say backs are easier, not that i can front but my advice is to huck and commit and make sure the jump you have is pretty lippy with a decent landing
Jan 29 2007 8:43PM
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nedward
Posts: 841 - Karma: 15
is a backflip hard'? how does it compare to other tricks like a 360
Jan 29 2007 8:44PM
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Canuker
Posts: 4730 - Karma: 165
back flip, for sure just commit to it
Jan 29 2007 8:59PM
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Rusticles
Posts: 2180 - Karma: 1,337
Don't huck you'll over rotate and that can hurt. Try one on a powder booter first (providing you can do them on tramps and diving boards) Don't over think them they are just as easy as 3s on really big jumps. Pop off the jump, throw your hips forward and your shoulders backwards and relax until you see the landing
Jan 29 2007 9:05PM
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Vicrum
Posts: 59 - Karma: 10
how big of a jump do you recommend for a flip? Ive seen em done on really small jumps
Jan 29 2007 9:09PM
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colin13
Posts: 2201 - Karma: 216
its not the size that matters most of the time, for flips you need something that gives u a good kick. if ur learning them then u also want it to be short
Jan 29 2007 9:14PM
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chewy15
Posts: 674 - Karma: 60
easier and much sicker
Jan 29 2007 9:15PM
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Silence
Posts: 16030 - Karma: 150
you can eat so much shit on fronts + backs

imagine casing an overrotated frontflip
Jan 29 2007 9:16PM
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Rusticles
Posts: 2180 - Karma: 1,337
I honestly learnt on jumps that were no bigger than a big mogul and used to trow them off any cut up or cat track I seen and landed maybe 50%, It hurt alot. Then I sacked up and threw one off of a 50 footer and have never missed one off a big jump since. Honestly if you can do gainers comfortably off of diving platforms try a bigger jump in the park and lay it out. if not build a kicker with some powder. Its all commitment and after you do your first one youll be sad that it took that long and how easy it is.
Jan 29 2007 9:17PM
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Skipig25
Posts: 10729 - Karma: 256
depends on how much lip there is. I have like a 4' jump on my lawn that has so much lip it's almost a quarterpipe, and my friend threw a back off of it
Jan 29 2007 9:18PM
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Jr-o-c
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yea, deosnt surprise me, just need a good strong lip.
Jan 29 2007 9:24PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,889
both....at the same time
Jan 29 2007 9:46PM
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dangerdad
Posts: 2228 - Karma: 317
I first thought fronts were easier, but u have to try them off a bigger jump with less kick. then i learned backflips and they r really easy. once u commit ur all good. u really do have to commit, because if u go half way, ur fucked. i even did a buch of them toady on my nordic skis, sooo fun. try learning both.
Jan 29 2007 10:02PM
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