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Backflips vs corks?

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miroz
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Although I am not good enough to do either (hope lingers on the horizon), people are telling me that you should learn backflips before going cork. Is this true and how hard are they (backflips/cork)
Mar 3 2007 10:26PM
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Colbs
Posts: 393 - Karma: 20
ive never tried backflips, but they seem easier than corks. THen again i have never tried corks....but still. Corks seem like there would be alot more worry about getting off axis, then back on, while backflip you just throw it and ur basically still on the....y axis? (math talk warning)

point is backflip seems easier. I backflip off everything else (stumps, buildings, tramps, platforms into water, etc...) im bound to try them first on skis.
Mar 3 2007 10:37PM
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zylstra
Posts: 3613 - Karma: 125
backlflip first cause then you get a feel for invertedness, or rather, not being in a regular rotation

Mar 3 2007 10:57PM
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poofartpee
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i learned corks first and only yo...i'm not an invert guy, i mean i try a lincoln and end up doing a rodeo 3 WHAT THE FUCK!?
Mar 3 2007 11:14PM
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*DrewT*
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backflips are easier but scarier and have a higher bad crash rate on the first try
Mar 3 2007 11:52PM
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kristie
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backflips are easy
Mar 4 2007 1:09AM
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SHastatahoe
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So are corks.
Mar 4 2007 1:48AM
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BigJew
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There are some people (myself) who just can't do cork. When I set cork I go Flatspin... which would make backflips easier. Backflips require you only to know how to do them on a tramp, while in a cork you need to know how to spin first and how to set cork.
Mar 4 2007 1:50AM
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steezyjibber
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are frontflips the easiest?
Mar 4 2007 9:16AM
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fugi800
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no
Mar 4 2007 9:40AM
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littlebrainer
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Front flips are death if your not ready. You cant spot your landing as your coming around
Mar 4 2007 3:44PM
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1990
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"rodeo 3" so you tried a lincoln and did a backflip instead. great...
Mar 4 2007 3:53PM
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Black-Bandanna
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The first cork/inverted type of trick I learned was a cork 5.
Mar 4 2007 3:56PM
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ZavierV
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backflip is easier than 3 therefor if you get the sense of going inverted before going cork and such, it should be easier.
Mar 4 2007 4:10PM
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philipc
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your easy


ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh damnnnnnnnnn
Mar 4 2007 5:29PM
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c+ald
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owned him
Mar 4 2007 5:31PM
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WoodyE
Posts: 230 - Karma: 15
backflips are soooo easy, and as long as you keep your head coming around and dont over rotate you wont eat shit and ive never gone cork cus im a pussy but i would try a back first jus cuz there easy
Apr 15 2007 3:28PM
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parkchilla
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Backflips are easier than corks but corks look so fucking sick
Apr 15 2007 3:33PM
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AKburns
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I havent tried any corks yet but, the rotation and getting off axis and back on axis seems pretty natural. grab a football or something like that and "cork 720" it and you'll see what I mean.
Apr 15 2007 3:39PM
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garrett.
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learn backflips so u get the feeling for being up side down then try for cork 5s
Apr 15 2007 3:40PM
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Alkyy
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back flips scare me, i have never even tried one, but corks and rodeos arnt that hard at all just commit and you wont have a problem with any trick really
Apr 15 2007 3:45PM
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philipc
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backflips are nothing like corks
Apr 15 2007 3:47PM
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Capurnicus
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these two tricks couldn't be more unrelated
Apr 15 2007 3:50PM
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JibEarth
Posts: 753 - Karma: 26
they are completly diffent bacf;lip is 100 times eazier lern flips to get the fell of not being up right then for corks jsut drop a shoulder and hope for the best
learn it on diving boardsand tramps fisrt
Apr 15 2007 4:26PM
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Rajna
Posts: 3824 - Karma: 90
backflips are so fun.
Apr 15 2007 6:26PM
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Corkster
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backflips are easyer for sure but you dont need to know how to do them to do corks. they are compleatly different tricks
Apr 15 2007 6:30PM
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ski_powpow
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umm i prefer backflips i sappose but corks can be safer depending on how big of a spin your doing
Apr 15 2007 6:30PM
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DopeSauce
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yeah exactly. I can flip on trampoline but not cork
Apr 15 2007 6:39PM
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DJSTEVEINNIAMIXX
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backflip are the most overrated tricks.they are so incredably easy to do that u will be amazed when u try 1.
Apr 15 2007 7:21PM
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ijibgoremtn
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everyone says backflips are easier than spinning a 3 and that may be true but its way hard to sack up and do a backflip but spinning a 3 is redic. easy
Apr 15 2007 7:43PM
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Duncan*
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go cork
Jul 19 2007 9:06PM
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Sophia_Schwartz
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Well Backflips are great for learning how to use the curve of the jump. Corks have the same set as a 7 but use the curve of the jump the same as a backflip. That make sense?
Jul 19 2007 9:23PM
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Elijah.
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They are pretty different feels, I guess they might have the same air sense, but backflips feel way more natural because you go with the jump, corks are a tad different. But you can learn both in one day.
Jul 20 2007 1:31AM
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Duncan*
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no jk
Jul 20 2007 1:14PM
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ColbyV
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well when you learn them backflips are more consistant than 3's - in moguls
Jul 20 2007 1:19PM
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hawaiiansteeze
Posts: 3255 - Karma: 3,226
i can do backflips on tramps and used to do corks now i cant get the rotation/axis right its wierd ass hell. backflips are all commitment but corks are "harder" in a skill sense
Jul 20 2007 1:21PM
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mariob
Posts: 1036 - Karma: 36
i can do backflips way easier then corks. start with backs they are a little more dangerous but easier to do, same with linclons i can do them to they are easier to do then corks and i think backflips maybe.


ps. this is coming from a kid that fractured his spleen doing b-flips.
:)
Jul 20 2007 2:23PM
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Shorton
Posts: 2889 - Karma: 13
i cant say ive tried eiter myself but it sounds the right way to go, just make a really poppy kicker into powder and commit to a backflip, and try then on tramps/diving boards first to get used to the rotation and stuff
Jul 20 2007 4:26PM
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*rkp*
Posts: 8198 - Karma: 258
personally, you don't need to learn backs before you go cork, since it's a very different feel when you take off.    i find corks easier anyways.
Jul 20 2007 4:42PM
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Holte
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you certainly don't need to learn backflips before corks. It's like asking if you should learn lincoln loops before learning zero spins.
Jul 20 2007 4:56PM
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*monsterskier*
Posts: 2671 - Karma: 61
i learned backflips before corks..it srta helped..so i think u should go for backflips and then corks
Jul 20 2007 5:07PM
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Alex_G
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a backflip is basically an inverted straight air. a cork is an inverted spin. hmmmmm...
Jul 20 2007 6:13PM
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3ski6guy0
Posts: 9201 - Karma: 134
backflips are super easy just takes balls. i mean we taught my friend hanna who never skis park at all, never jumps, to do a backflip in 4 tries and her bro in 3
Jul 20 2007 6:17PM
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comeatmebro
Posts: 10720 - Karma: 66
except it was a her.

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeedddddddddddddddddd
Jul 20 2007 6:18PM
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tSki
Posts: 956 - Karma: 171
i can cork 7, but not backflip.
Jul 20 2007 6:19PM
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EastSteez.
Posts: 1037 - Karma: 59
cork is easier
Jul 20 2007 6:37PM
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[~_~]
Posts: 20239 - Karma: 1,273
Backflips are easier than 360s, and they're much slothier.
Jul 20 2007 6:57PM
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MadSteezin
Posts: 4572 - Karma: 936
Their both fucking easy as shit. Just backflips are a more mental thing. And why would you need to learn a backflip before a cork? You don't even go inverted when doing a corked spin, you go off axis like this / ,thats corked.
Jul 20 2007 7:49PM
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Ceru
Posts: 1879 - Karma: 101
backflips are real easy, just sack up and try it, i guarentee if you commit the whole way around you will stick it in at most 3 times, no lie. ive neevr tried corks, im gunna try a cork 7 or a 5 this year idk
Jul 21 2007 12:29AM
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ScrappyJoeYoung
Posts: 1407 - Karma: 1,277
id say cork
Jul 21 2007 3:40AM
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landonn
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i didnt land my first backflip but landed my first cork 7.
Jul 21 2007 4:38AM
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