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I'm Sick Of Kangaroo Flips

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Parker.
Posts: 1637 - Karma: 108
...anybody else feel the same way?  Sure it's good, but i don't like how Jon is winning every contest with it.
Nov 8 2007 9:33PM
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SteevJee
Posts: 1916 - Karma: 144
i used to feel that way but now hes steppin it up and doin it switch, and plus it is such a sick trick.
Nov 8 2007 9:36PM
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C.J.
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well it kinda says something about the trick, when only a few people can do it. Unlike a cab 10. I think it should win every time until someone else does it better, like switch, or the whiskey flip.  All of which jon can do. I would say he deserves to win, until someone does better.
Nov 8 2007 9:36PM
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SirFryanator
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It's not about trying the new stuff in comps, it's about doing the stuff you know you can do and you know will win.
Nov 8 2007 9:38PM
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P.J.S.
Posts: 1782 - Karma: 11
I got tired of the same old spin to win, switch 10, contest bullshit.  But, at the same time, I really dislike Jon's double flips.
Nov 8 2007 9:49PM
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alpineplease
Posts: 2791 - Karma: 1,786
Im sick of progression too!!!!!!!!!!111111111one1111!!!!!!!!1111111!!! US open big air should be won with a leftside 3 mute, thats what skiing is all about. 
Nov 8 2007 10:00PM
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liquidsword
Posts: 566 - Karma: 10
tight trick but its played out
Nov 8 2007 10:01PM
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Rbamf
Posts: 792 - Karma: 15
i feel bad for you
Nov 8 2007 10:17PM
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TechnoPotamus
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kinda is getting played out.  but according to his interview and the clips in 7 Sunny Days, he's learned some new shit and some spinoffs from the kangaroo flip so maybe it will turn into something new pretty soon
Nov 8 2007 10:18PM
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Bentley@DOSMedia
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i agree. like i cover events and film them and its like.  the x games it was cool but it started to get over used  and stuff.
and like its cool seeing it in person, but 3 runs in a row at the icer air was just over killing it for sure.
i thought someone like T Rains who was doing super styleish 10s was more entertaining.  or somehting new like wutever the hell Sean Field tried

Nov 8 2007 10:26PM
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landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385
who the fuck do u think you are.
Nov 8 2007 10:30PM
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Ronix
Posts: 1396 - Karma: 33
Ya man, fuck progression.
Nov 8 2007 10:31PM
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shoenice22
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2 contests over three seasons are so many of the contests
Nov 8 2007 10:53PM
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Kevski
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This way we see a million switch 10s and a kanga flip. Better than just a million switch 10s, I think.
They're getting more stylie, too.
Nov 8 2007 11:50PM
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landonn
Posts: 2913 - Karma: 385
andreas hatveit throws the sickest kangaroo. its way smooth with a nose mute. it looks so sick.
Nov 8 2007 11:51PM
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constpapa
Posts: 835 - Karma: 327
jesus christ man, he's winning so many contests because it's such a technical trick! I think he's pushing the sport in the right direction....
Nov 8 2007 11:53PM
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Holte
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I'm sick of people not calling it a double flat 9.
Nov 8 2007 11:55PM
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slimbruddah
Posts: 2611 - Karma: 25
yeah, i dont like theses double flips. I hope all skiers that want to compete aren't forced to learn them. You can't do super duper cool blunts in them either.

way to crazy
Nov 9 2007 1:22AM
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slimbruddah
Posts: 2611 - Karma: 25
yeah, it sounds cooler if you just call it double flat 9. Instead of kangaroo.
Nov 9 2007 1:24AM
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Alex_G
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I can see where you get your opinion, but have you actually seen it in real life? I felt the exact same way until on November 3rd, 2007 I saw it with my own eyes at Icer Air. I shit a chicken. It was seriously the most amazing thing I have ever seen on skis with my own eyes. Once you see it in real life, you will respect the trick that much more.

Nov 9 2007 1:29AM
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Matty_C
Posts: 2598 - Karma: 236
except that gives the impression that its 1800 degrees or rotation...
if you must call it by its correct name, its flat 3 to flat 5 but thats a bit of a mouthful, so kangaroo flip it must be.
Nov 9 2007 4:37AM
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alpineplease
Posts: 2791 - Karma: 1,786
Sean Field went for a kang. It was more of a backflip into an underflip, but that is 2 flips back and 1 half sideways rotaition. Jacob does em different than Jon. Spriggs does em different too, as does Hatviet. The more dubs we see the more varitey we will see grace the slopes. bring guns to big air comps when they start doing triples, cuz that will be the cause of many teenage skier deaths. 
Nov 9 2007 5:01AM
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TONYDANZA
Posts: 181 - Karma: 2
I would much rather see a K flip rather than spinning till to hit.  Inverts with spins is where is at, and are much more risky!  Its fine for people to say they on't like this or that, most times it means they can't even come close to doing any part of the trick.
Nov 9 2007 11:57AM
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freshlyDIPPED
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like omg like you are like so gay like are so legit like serious peace
Nov 9 2007 12:04PM
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followCam
Posts: 1907 - Karma: 446
The bottom line of it is that in competitions, you do what the judges want to see. It's not about if the trick is played or whatever. The kangaroo flip is really technical and sick, the judges score it highly so Jon keeps doing it, and winning.
He's making a living out of it so i don't see why he shouldn't keep doing the double if it wins.
Nov 9 2007 12:12PM
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Parker.
Posts: 1637 - Karma: 108
that's true, i guess if it's working for him there's no reason to change it.  and i also agree with whoever said invert spins are better than just wildly spinning like a top.  I guess things could be worse
Nov 9 2007 1:53PM
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Karcher
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i think it gets cooler everytime!!!!! its so smooth and awesome. I prefer a kangaroo flip over the same old switch ten anyday...
Nov 9 2007 2:21PM
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nhjibber
Posts: 761 - Karma: 38
he just needs new grabs, that japan gets boring. japan is a very safe grab for that trick, if jon started grabbing other parts of his ski(tips tails, truck, critical, high mute etc) that would give the trick some new life
Nov 9 2007 2:33PM
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Dustin.
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Ya i mean they've been around for a whole year. Wow.  There are 2 people who do it anyway.
Nov 9 2007 3:39PM
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jwhyte
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I used to think that way. Than i tried a few on ramps and ...they're a lot harder than you think
Nov 9 2007 4:14PM
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strongmark
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im sick of kangaYOU flips!
Nov 9 2007 4:20PM
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Bodeau.
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I like the kangaroo flips but it seems like he has no variety, and i would like to see different stuff out of him...
Nov 9 2007 4:29PM
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dangerdad
Posts: 2228 - Karma: 317
its not that its the same trick over and over. its that he does it the same way over and over again. he needs to throw some new grabs in it and stuff
Nov 9 2007 4:45PM
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gab_mori7
Posts: 1099 - Karma: 55
kangoroo flips are hot!
I just think he could have done it only at his final jump at the icer air
Yeaht he imporves it everytime he does it, but what will happen is that if he do this again in a comp, everytime he will drop win, we will be: oh jon is throwing a kangoroo
I like the surprise that you don't know what trick is going to be thrown
Nov 9 2007 4:46PM
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liaosongfang
Posts: 385 - Karma: 43
i'm just kinda sick of seeing em too.  they would look pretty sick with a truckdriver or double nose though.
Nov 9 2007 5:00PM
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Parker.
Posts: 1637 - Karma: 108
again you forget to love one another.
i'm beginning to question how much of a peace coaster you really are...
Nov 9 2007 5:09PM
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strongmark
Posts: 3278 - Karma: 883
dont be so quick to judge...love works in mysterious ways, as they say.
Nov 9 2007 5:33PM
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Parker.
Posts: 1637 - Karma: 108
good point.  i guess you deserve another chance
Nov 9 2007 5:39PM
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doublexl
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yeah im sick of all double flips. so played.
Nov 9 2007 6:48PM
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theoz
Posts: 2379 - Karma: 128
Jon is a pimp.. and his kangaroo flips are FUKIN SICK... end of story you kids hate way too much.. if you had a sick trick and you could win every comp with it youd do it too.. its not like job is a 1 trick pony, he andreas and maybe gangier are the only guys who can do everysingle trick out there, the guy has  fakie dspin, 10s; fakie misty 10s. fakie right side 10s forward left 10s, right forward 10s, crazy doubles kills big mountain and amazing cab cork 5's why hate?? do snowboarder hate on travis rice for alwayss doing the double cork and winning comps? no they give him mad mad props casue he is a PIMP...
Nov 9 2007 7:13PM
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gaydar
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BEEP
Nov 9 2007 7:18PM
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quebecfreestyler
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hating on a trick cause it win comps is just as stupid as hating on a chick cause she is hotter then your girlfriend.
Nov 9 2007 7:42PM
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SIX
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wow, could not have been said any better than that^. haha end of thread
Nov 9 2007 7:46PM
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cj
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period.
Nov 9 2007 8:03PM
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solitaryman
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dude, report back to this forum once you can do one, for now stop whining.
Nov 9 2007 8:09PM
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Caleb_F
Posts: 197 - Karma: 156
Super played out...Let's go back to winning EVERY contest with a switch 10...(dripping with sarcasm)
Nov 9 2007 8:54PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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I don't know it just feels to much like aerial skiing to me.
Nov 9 2007 9:57PM
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gab_mori7
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you always got the right word!

you know this guy is a gym teacher?
Nov 9 2007 10:04PM
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pho[tog]rapher
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hating on jon and 'roo flips?! adam, i thought better of you!
Nov 10 2007 3:09AM
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MarkieR
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dot com. 

and to the dude earlier who said it seems like calling it a double flat nine makes it seem like an eighteen hundo...  did the double cork ten travis rice did over chad's a few years back sound like a twenty-one-sixty?  no.  the double refers to the word following it, not the numbers finalizing the trick nomenclature. 
Nov 10 2007 4:17AM
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