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building a kicker for backflips
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what kind of jump would be best for training backflips?
it's gonna be an indoor jump for my first backflip attempt so the landing is gonna bevery icy
need a good type of jump so crash chances are reduced
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get a steep takeoff, and a steep landing, that way it won't hurt so much when you land bad.
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you need a kicker which is steep, that will help you with the rotation...a kicker which 'kicks' and does not 'float'... that's the way i build my first backy kicker...it kicked so much that you landed on your back if you tried to hit it normal, the first time i hit it i lost one ski...the second time i pulled a flip around and the third time i broke my femur...but not due to the kicker, it's been the deep hard snow and a shitty rossignol binding which did not release...
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you broke your femeur !!! that pretty hard core shit !!
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you broke your femeur !!! that pretty hard core shit !!
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NH_Line:ya oakleys skis are no rumor!!!!!!!!! offffff the hook, the are coming out with the Osama Pros, and t-hall is leaving Armada to ride them, they also will come with a free bling bling necklace
ArmadaFreerider8:Where can you get a pic of the new oakley skis?
Ds91260: i already got my osama pros, i stole them from a cave in afganistan
ArmadaFreerider8: Why would tanner hall leave armada after he just helped start it
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um...i would say....BUILD a REGULAR KICKER...you wont ever be able to throw a backflip right if you just build some ariel jump
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regular jump just commit to it
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hey man, i broke my femur too, and it is hardcore shit.
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im no expert on backflips but they work best off a jump with a little kick to em, to throw u back, but it doesnt need to much
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My first backflip i didnt throw it hard enough and landed on my chest, i think i bruised a rib, but got up and did it again and landed it
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try an 80 foot cliff like seth morrison... but really, that just proves you can do em off anything, i did mine off a little side hill jump, butt checked the first one, stuck the second, backflips arent hard, just commit and huck it smooth like.
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your better off just snifin some cocaine and hittin the biggest jump around, well thats my advice yo
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just build a normal booter and huck a back
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I tried my first back this spring off a like 12 foot hip jump and i dot know what happened but when I saw blue for too long I knew i fucked up and I ended up landing on my face 2/3 rotation. it was pretty gay and I should have got up and tried it again but my neck really hurt.
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dude...ice is scary...my first attempt i landed on my neck...then i just got up ...tried again and stuck it
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Do you have to do it on ice !? It's not the best conditions to begin, it would be much better to wait for a little pow pow and a nice BC kicker... At leat train getting it right over water or on a trampoline first...
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ya it''s ice, i live in belgium and we have some indoor snow (read ice) slopes, i know i stick backs on a tramp but with with ski's is a whole lot different i think
don't want to wait for a pow day so it's gonna be the ice
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Not that different in fact... Just have to get the right inpulse but if you can deal it with no problem on a tramp, you shouldn't have any with skis. In fact, the impulse is almost the same, the shape of the kicker usually compensates the extra weight of the skis.
I guess Belgium isn't quite the best place for pow you're right... ;)
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steep powder kicker with a fairly steez landing
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haha.. i meant steep landing, and i said steez... so it turned out to be good aNYWYAS
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I wouldent know about jumps.. im guessing something steep with a steep landing.
Im going to try inverts this coming season when i get the chance.. been practicing into a pool barefoot ever since i got back from camp of champions. Mabye get the feeling of fliping backwards down first.. you could try a springboard diving board, or just something high into water.
Water is good, as the worst you will get at low highs is a slap-rash and a mouthful of water.
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you just have to try it thats the only way to go just say fuck this and do it
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All you need is a decent size jump that sends you at least double your hieght. If your just learning you should put extra kick on the lip. This way you will get naturally hucked back into the flip. You can also put your hands behind your knees and just huck back of the jump and make sure you follow with your head or you will never get around.
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