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Are kangaroo flips overrated

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VinniCash
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I thinkk that they are
Jul 1 2008 7:19PM
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JCon
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nope
Jul 1 2008 7:21PM
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T.F
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i think their starting to become alil bit over rated.
Jul 1 2008 7:21PM
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landonn
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not at all.  your just a wannabe so what do you know.  sometimes i think it is ridiculous if they look like shit but i think they are a pretty sick trick.  but people need to start doing them with a different grab, i have only seen andreas throw it with a mute and every other kangaroo was with a japan. 
Jul 1 2008 7:23PM
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cmeriptahoe
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Nope definitely not. I was gonna say something smart ass like "Since you can't do them, then no." But I've decided against it since I can't do one either and I guess it doesn't really matter.
Jul 1 2008 7:26PM
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anthony_B
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Personally I think there sick, and I will never have balls big enough to even attempt one. Then again I haven't ridden park that much for the past two years. It's much difficult to throw these tricks when you ski  the back. I would love to throw one once in my life, but in this lifetime it will never happen.

However, Never say never. ahaha
Jul 1 2008 7:31PM
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comeatmebro
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but you still said it?



and no
Jul 1 2008 7:32PM
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gkenworthy
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I dunno if I think they are truly overrated, but they are definitely starting to get a little bit played out...
Jul 1 2008 7:38PM
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.makuma.
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^good way to say put it. theyre in bewtween normal and overrated: played
Jul 1 2008 7:40PM
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juanborlando
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same thing i was gonna say
Jul 1 2008 7:42PM
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LuchoR
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maybe a bit played out true, but they're fun. isn;t it all about the fun? hope some day i can land one, that would be really fun for me! props to do whatever trick is fun to you
Jul 1 2008 7:48PM
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real-deal
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Nope!  Hard trick.  just because it's 2 years old and more folks are doing them dosent make the kango overrated.  And the trick has progressed into all kind of other variations. 

Jul 1 2008 8:10PM
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STwoops
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great thread. I think the fact the jon still won comps last year with the same flip he learned like 2-3 years ago isn't right. I think jacob wester and jossi are movin in the right direction by adding extra rotation and difficulty to the overused kangaroo. It's not an easy trick, but i think jon has worn it out, and that's why he's been workin on the dj flip, because he knows it's overused. I don't want to see the kangaroo win any big comps like us open or xgames anymore unless it's jacob wester style. Like cosco and schiller can do them, but wester gets the mute in there and holds it the entire time.
Jul 1 2008 8:25PM
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i.ski.troll.
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yes they are, people just need to throw new variations in to em and they wouldnt be so bad but there all the same

and they kinda look like shit
Jul 1 2008 8:31PM
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JuliusJ
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does jacob wester do them with mutes? the only one i've seen was andreas haviet.
Jul 1 2008 8:34PM
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BASS_PRO_SHOP
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you guys are bitches. such a scary trick and impressive as fuck. just cause you see a lot more tossing it doesnt mean its overrated one bit.
Jul 1 2008 8:34PM
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i.ski.troll.
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yeah it does
it looks so messed up and ugly, just not as bad as the fucked up pistol flip
Jul 1 2008 8:36PM
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VinniCash
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for me a steezy sw 1080 should score more in a comp than a kangaroo flip
Jul 1 2008 8:39PM
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BASS_PRO_SHOP
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aight go toss a kang flip, film it, stomp it on snow ass to balls, then form an opinion on it.
Jul 1 2008 8:42PM
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STwoops
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yup, check out the claim teaser, that's him in the blue.
Jul 1 2008 8:47PM
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STwoops
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i know, the trick is hard as fuck and i don't think i'll ever even try it on snow, but i'm just sayin skiers like jon and the best skiers in the world need to progress from where they've come because that trick is behind them. It's a legit trick for everyone who's not elite, i just wanna see the best in the world do it jacob style because everyone knows they can
Jul 1 2008 8:49PM
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i.ski.troll.
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no, im not going to, its looks like total and complete shit

can you do em? lets see
Jul 1 2008 8:49PM
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i.ski.troll.
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and im not saying its hard as hell
i give em props for throwin it
it just looks like shit
Jul 1 2008 8:52PM
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Alex_G
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No way, seeing them in real life are awesome.
Jul 1 2008 8:52PM
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BASS_PRO_SHOP
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sooo... same logic applies to anything you throw then huh? oh well except for the part about people giving you props.

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Jul 1 2008 9:00PM
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i.ski.troll.
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hey now, i know i suck at skiing
Jul 1 2008 9:32PM
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BASS_PRO_SHOP
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then why hate on something that makes your shit seem more worthless than a quadriplegic baby?
Jul 1 2008 9:40PM
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i.ski.troll.
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because it looks like total shit
Jul 1 2008 9:46PM
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gkenworthy
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Actually your not quite right... That is Jacob is the blue, but he's doing a double cork 12 mute, and not a kangaroo...
Jul 1 2008 9:49PM
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BASS_PRO_SHOP
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makes sense seeing you know style and everything... god you look like a total jackass now.
Jul 1 2008 9:53PM
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Karcher
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they are definitely not overrated, but a lot of people do them so it would seem that way. double flips are tough, but more and more people are starting to do them
Jul 1 2008 9:53PM
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STwoops
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yeah, that's what i mean. He has innovated the kangaroo into something sicker, but ur right i did forget to call it by the correct name-dub cork 12. Double corks are the future, get on the shit G, one up him and make it a 1440, if u haven't already, which i wouldn't doubt.
Jul 1 2008 9:57PM
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Celone
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no they are simply overused, but they are not overrated, because they are a very hard trick to do, I personally cant do them on skis, but on the trampoline they are definetly one of the hardest tricks to do.
Jul 1 2008 9:59PM
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VinniCash
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the only way that a double flip would be cool would be if they start doing them unnatural and putting some double grabs in them, double flip are not the future of skiing
Jul 1 2008 10:02PM
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STwoops
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dub corks are, the spins are only going to get bigger, grabs are going to get harder-like i wouldn't be surprised in like 5 years if i heard about someone throwin down a dub cork 12 octo as crazy as that shit sounds, ur right that would be sooo sick, and that's where double flips are goin
Jul 1 2008 10:05PM
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ski93
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 i can definatly say that i see alot of people doing them but they look really cool and i don't have a problem with them
Jul 1 2008 10:06PM
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ButteredToast.
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They're an extremely difficult and impressive trick, but we've seen them so many times with no variation they get a little boring.

They'd look sick with a truck I must say.
Jul 1 2008 10:07PM
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STwoops
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o, i have a question, why is jacob wester not a pro on the armada team, just an am? seems kinda weird cause he's really good.
Jul 1 2008 10:14PM
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dweezileast
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armada is super specific about who is on the pro team. look at the list, everyone but tj has been there since the beginning, and tj was discovered by jp himself. jacob is at their level, but wasn't one of the founding fathers, and correct me if im wrong but i dont think he takes a managerial position with the team
Jul 1 2008 10:19PM
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VinniCash
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first of all double flips and double corks are the exact same thing both, they both look really ugly, and their not the future of the sport, if you want to see the future of the sport just look at PK, 720 to cork 540 that's the sickest shit ever, its not a double cork, its a spin to a cork, its the sickest shit ever and he's the only one doing it and he puts an high mute in it
Jul 1 2008 10:37PM
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schism
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have you seen michael clarke's dub cork 12?
it's so steezy and amazing
Jul 1 2008 10:47PM
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STwoops
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i agree, pk's grabs are the steeziest things out there, but skiing has two sides to it, the tech side and the style side, like jon and pk, one is tech and the other has a bunch of style-skiing needs both, jon needed the double flip to help him progress, that's just the way he does it. The best thing would be of someone could combine steez and technical skiing, like a dub cork pk tweak or something. But i think skiing needs both, whether you think tech looks shitty or not.
Jul 1 2008 10:48PM
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VinniCash
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PK does a spin to a flip, its the sickest ever, it kills doubles
Jul 1 2008 10:51PM
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smooticus
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All i have to say is, can you do one? lol
Jul 1 2008 10:55PM
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STwoops
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if only kids who knew how to do them posted on this thread, this thread would be very, very short
Jul 1 2008 10:58PM
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VinniCash
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i can't right now but i'll try next year
Jul 1 2008 10:58PM
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eastAR5
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ITS A REALL GAY NAME
Jul 1 2008 11:22PM
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saucybiscuits
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they were cool until they became atrociously overrated
Jul 1 2008 11:25PM
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LuchoR
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obviously, and thanks to the progress rider las andreas and jacob are doing with new tweaks and spins, grabs and style the double flips, that;s all about keep progresing and trying to have their own style! mike clarke;s are sick too!
Jul 1 2008 11:33PM
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skiingonskis
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yeah, shit, just because its the most common double doesnt make it played.  the fact that it hasnt been done with a bunch of grabs just shows that it is still in its infancy, on the way to becoming a solid slope trick...i mean this is like saying.."spinning both ways is played" or "360's are overrated"...its a dope ass double that will be invilved in winning comps for many years to come.
Jul 2 2008 1:21AM
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ButteredToast.
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someone knows his shit
Jul 2 2008 1:29AM
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