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Backflip, Frontflip or 360?

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jibbinc
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I can do 360's of the L at my mountain ( 45' Step down) and the setp up ( mor liek a roller but its 25')
I want to try a backflip or a frontflip!
would it be easier to do a back or a front, and is just hucking a front beside the jump onto the trany easy?

OH, and what about lincons?
Feb 28 2009 2:45PM
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freestyler540
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Here's a good piece of advice, just give up on the flips. Just because you saw Simon Dumont pull two off in the X games does not mean you can do it safely.

Feb 28 2009 3:43PM
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ginty
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before you do any flip make sure your comfortable in the air.
you dont want to find your self upside down and then panic
Feb 28 2009 3:45PM
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jfbolieuvaldi
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backflip easier

fonrflip less scary    

Feb 28 2009 3:46PM
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bpalmer
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dont be a dick dude, how did you learn flips? safely?



just find a decent 20 ft table, turn on a good song, do a backflip, and commit to it. wear a helmet, try not to die, and you'll get it. how do you think anyone learns flips. i would do the backie before the front though.
Feb 28 2009 3:47PM
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jibbinc
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ive been reading about them all over ns.
and yeah the look hard to me, but apparently there easy?
i just wanted some feedback.

and yeah thanks, that what i thoguht backflip easy but im to bitch becuase i know im just not goign to comit and kill myslef.
Feb 28 2009 3:48PM
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drewski180
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I plan to try a backflip and linkin on my hut trip this week.  I really don't think that either will be that hard (linkin even easier than the back).  Really just worried I wont make the rotation and dig my tips into the snow.  That wont happen with the linkin though.
Feb 28 2009 4:10PM
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jibbinc
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Exactly.

Should i wait for a pow day and build a booter aand try it?
Feb 28 2009 4:12PM
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J-mo44
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yes
Feb 28 2009 4:14PM
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Swaggermager
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can you flip on a tramp?
Feb 28 2009 4:16PM
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Gnarshred
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Word.  I learned backies on tramps, then that next weekend I threw them on the hill and landed my second attempt.

All Ican say is DO NOT CLOSE YOUR EYES!! Thats why i didnt land the first haha

Feb 28 2009 4:49PM
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jibbinc
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oh yeah
back, fronts, lincons, corks, whatever.

is it similer?

me and my friend did have old ass plasic skis taped ot shoes and we juped with that on my tramp, that was two years ago though when i didnt even hit park so i didnt try anything
Feb 28 2009 4:57PM
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pjbauer
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bingo..

try lincoln for the first invert but make sure you have them on the tramp
Feb 28 2009 5:14PM
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canudoa9
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backflips are way easier but really scary the first time

frontflips are less scary but harder, but once you can do them you can do them off almost anything

Feb 28 2009 5:22PM
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freestyler540
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15 years experience of skiing, 4 years of training and 2 years of water ramping before attempting my first front flip, and another year for the backflip.
I was doing 720s before learning the flips
Feb 28 2009 6:06PM
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mizzike
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lol thats pathetic.

Just practice on a trampoline until you can do them every time. Then find a good jump, that you're pretty comfortable with. I would recomend that backflip first because its the physically easiest trick you can do. Just pop throw your head back and kick your feet over. Chances are you'll land on your first try. Frontflips are easier to commit to, but are hard to get around. POP throw your hands down and look at your crotch, you can feel your self come around.

Gooodluck! Flips are sooo much fun!
Feb 28 2009 6:27PM
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hedgehog
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lincolns are ALOT of fun.
Feb 28 2009 7:02PM
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pjbauer
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they are soo much fun!
Feb 28 2009 7:06PM
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jibbinc
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but how hard are they?
Mar 1 2009 7:16PM
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Balto
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did my first flip last year, but i was already comfortable in the air, and i learned in the side country into waist deep pow, did a front flip, alot harder then on a tramp. dont try them, just do them. remember, do or do not, there is no try
Mar 1 2009 7:20PM
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inactive
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ya know, everyone in this thread is like, oh you will land on your second try it's easy.

i have been trying for a while, and landed on my head over a dozen times
Mar 1 2009 7:40PM
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Alex_G
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easy as fuck but if you think they are hard then you will never get them so start visualizing them and when you feel like it will be an easy thing to do then go for it.
Mar 1 2009 7:50PM
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Skibumsmith
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yes
you want to get comfortable doing them off random suff all over the mountain before you kill yourself on a big park jump. i did them for a whole year and still hurt myself when i did it in the park

Mar 1 2009 7:58PM
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jfletcher
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well thats just you cause i just learned how to frontflip this week, didn't do it on a trampoline, just did it off a park jump, fell twice and then stuck it. its all about commitment
Mar 1 2009 8:22PM
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Derailed
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wow.... no offence but somebody needs to man up a little lol, flips aren't rocket science and their also not nearly as dangerous as they might seem. They are just fun ways of getting adrenaline fast, learn em on the tramp one day then throw them on the snow lol
Mar 1 2009 8:24PM
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hartig
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hahahahahaha.. hilarious. i kinda hope you're joking..


i'd say go for a lincoln. for my first flip, i tried a lincoln, but it ended up turning into a rodeo 5 (haha, even better). then after the first few rodeos i learned to keep my shoulders closed and i got lincolns down.

still have to try fronts/backs

OH, also, this was on like a 7 ft jump (no lie)
Mar 1 2009 8:28PM
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jibbinc
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Sick guys thanks for the input

ill wait for a powder day and try lincons, after that rodeo 5s, frontslips and then backflips.

Mar 2 2009 12:35PM
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rMahn
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Backflip is easier than a front flip, because when you hit a jump you are already heading in the direction of a backflip. When you do a front flip, you need to reverse your upwards momentum.
Mar 2 2009 4:21PM
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50in07
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i would suggest finding about a 15 foot jump and hucking a front i just tried it and it worked fine my first try i just laded back seat and washed out
Mar 2 2009 5:42PM
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ParkE
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haha i remember my first front flip. it was unintentional and ended in pain.

it was off a clif at killy in the woods not actual woods trail but me and my buds were charting new territory. so there was this cliff and my friends hit it all not doing anything big off it, they told me i really needed to lear forward on the take off so i did, leaned way to much right onto my neck

good times

Mar 2 2009 6:01PM
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