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Pool flips?

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toominator
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anyone practise flips off the dive boards at the pool?

i dont have a tramp so would this be a good alternative or is it a bad idea to be landing bad onto water?
Feb 23 2007 2:35AM
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bedheadben
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Landing bad on water hurts like a mother. Take it from a man with experience.
Feb 23 2007 2:43AM
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philly@MT
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i jsut of of them because it is fun not really to practace.
Feb 23 2007 2:47AM
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philly@MT
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wow i cant type
Feb 23 2007 2:48AM
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bedheadben
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what was that?
Feb 23 2007 2:53AM
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Luckyscs
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I do 1 1/2 off diving boards but that wouldnt work on skis
Feb 23 2007 9:49AM
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Steezysmurf
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i can do 7s into standing beside the pool
Feb 23 2007 12:40PM
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N.Diddy
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hurts alot
when landing on ur back
Feb 23 2007 1:06PM
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suji.fnacks
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yeah when it comes to doing backflips if you can do them on a trampoline of diving board you should be able to do it on ski's if you pratice it seems. I cant even do it on a trampoline no idea why
Feb 23 2007 1:11PM
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SlickRick.
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yea but at least you can upside down and not be dead, like with trampolines
Feb 23 2007 3:36PM
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steevner
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i can cork 5 all 4 ways, and cork 7 reg. and switch. i can also do front's and 180 fronts. my 1 and a halfs are watery faceplants
Feb 23 2007 3:38PM
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big+white
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ya i do but tramps are really fun though..i just finished landing a cork 9
Feb 23 2007 3:52PM
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iskilibertys
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yea i do them a bunch, cork 7, cork 9, lincon, backflip, front, underflip, misty, i awnna learn rodeo though
Feb 23 2007 4:05PM
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Rez4frederick
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yea, I've done it, but wear a noseplug. It starts to hurt your nose badly to get blasted every jump.
Feb 23 2007 4:11PM
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Eastcoast157
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yea
Feb 23 2007 6:16PM
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bobtheskier05
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yah all the time
Feb 23 2007 6:16PM
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IHOP
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Pools are really great for learning flips, spinning is a little hard though.
Feb 23 2007 6:25PM
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k2peskieruk
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I can do 3's into the pool (and back and front flips) but normally just end up doing a straight high dive (from high up obviously)...
Feb 23 2007 6:36PM
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poofartpee
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only forward momentum tricks like fronts, mistys, bios and also lincolns
Feb 23 2007 6:50PM
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TomK1
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We were at the pool today and some kid tried a double gainer and hit his head on the board, he split his head open and bled everywere in the pool. It sucked.
Feb 23 2007 7:29PM
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Holte
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i have no problem doing corks, rodeos, and flats. you've just got to jump out a little ways.
Feb 23 2007 7:32PM
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cab_D
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flips and ski tricks at the pool is so fun, going to calgary for a flips session at the pool tomorrow, so stoked!!!
Feb 23 2007 7:57PM
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TomK1
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It also helps to set the tension all the way up on the board so its stiffer and youll be able to take your tricks up better.
Feb 23 2007 7:57PM
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shagalabagala
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hahahahaha
unless you have huuge nostrils i dont know how your nose gets blasted
Feb 23 2007 8:00PM
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forrestisthabomb
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its actually fun i can do lincolns gainers 1 and a halfs corks rodeos mistys and random original flips
May 29 2009 10:58AM
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Mr.Huck
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I just do all of my tricks with my fingers up my nose, so I don't have that problem.
May 29 2009 11:25AM
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Jwalk
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i can double front *claim*
May 29 2009 11:31AM
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Powdered_Donuts
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dood you could win the xgames!
May 29 2009 11:59AM
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the-big-lepowski
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I can backflip, but fronts are definately the easiest because the spring of the board brings you about so quickly.  Last summer, I learned a front with a 180 twist, so i landed backwards in the water.  Is this a misty 1, or something else?  
May 29 2009 1:31PM
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Snowgoner
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so can i they're easy.

oh wait i just realized this thread is over 2 years old
May 29 2009 1:36PM
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nick_GAPER
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diving boards are fun...
May 29 2009 1:40PM
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zagfan5
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sure it could. you just have to launch off the jump in the handstand position.
May 29 2009 3:25PM
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Gibbon
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time for that:

http://shredbc.com/tv/lions-bay.shtml

:P
May 29 2009 3:27PM
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Gibbon
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http://shredbc.com/tv/lions-bay.shtml

soooorry! :)
May 29 2009 3:27PM
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Mathieu.fr
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Hello !
I am using with some friends to usa a tramp that we put inclinated near the pool and we "land" tricks like flat5 or 7, and 9s.
i dont really no if its a good training way for skiing, but its damn fun :) (and obsviously, as NS boys said, it hurts as hell when you land on the back or bad landing...)
I could post a pics if you would of the "setup"
May 29 2009 3:30PM
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Raptor.
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i accidentally did a 1 1/4 flip off a diving board and i couldn't breath well for about 10 minutes after that
so I wouldn't reccomend it
May 29 2009 3:31PM
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Gibbon
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yeha post it!
May 31 2009 10:11AM
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Aaaron.
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misty 540
360 degrees of flip+180 degrees of spin
May 31 2009 10:18AM
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Shlogan
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the pain isn't worth it man, just find a tramp.
May 31 2009 10:30AM
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the-big-lepowski
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thanks man.  I wouldn't have thought that you add degrees flipped and spun, but whatever.  How hard would a lincoln loop be?  Obviously on a board, not from a pool edge.
May 31 2009 10:40AM
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BootySpunk.
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Lincolns are suuper easy. Just keep your eyes on a single spot and throw your whole body a way and grab your legs if needed.

I tried a double front off a little ass backyard pool diving board and landed upside down sideways and my ear was ringing for a good minute.

But I can do just Misty 5/7,lincoln, front, backflip(standing backwards), and maybe cork but I havent gotten to a big diving board yet.
May 31 2009 11:37AM
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inactive
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or start backwards, like switch corks or rodeos.
May 31 2009 11:46AM
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Blurst
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i did a number on my ear drum trying a double front
May 31 2009 1:13PM
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OneLove_skier
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i spent the whole afternoon yesterday with a bunch of bros at the pool and we were throwing down big stuff and not once did any of us hurt our backs that bad, but if you fuck up hard it does suck
May 31 2009 1:57PM
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jason...
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There is a couple guys on this website who I go to the pool with sometimes who are very very good at diving board tricks. One of them can kangaroo flip the high dive, he also tried to double cork it, which didnt go well.
May 31 2009 2:17PM
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cashdebt
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i'm scared shitless of high dives, if you land on anything but your feet, your done, it even hurts if you land on your feet just a little funny,

i mean unless your a 28 pound chinese girl who can do like 10 flips off one
May 31 2009 2:43PM
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Ben.
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it works, but mostly just for air sense. like i can do gainer doubles and front triples. but that doesnt mean that i can do those on skis
May 31 2009 3:08PM
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BReed
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its probably better then tramps cause your momentum is going forward
May 31 2009 4:13PM
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Casey
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you get less jumps in than on a tramp, and hitting the board sucks balls. But anything that you do to get your air sense dialed in is going to help you on skis. Plus if you have a tall spring board you can do tricks closer to the size that you'd be doing them on skis.
May 31 2009 4:19PM
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207
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Last year I did some minimal flips ie: Frontflips, corks.

This year, I'm going all out haha Misty, and other stuff like that.
May 31 2009 4:22PM
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.SimonB.
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i love how you can land on your neck and not die.
May 31 2009 4:59PM
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