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How do you land tre flips?

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Uncle.Badness
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Okay so whenever I treflip I land onefooted with my foot on the back bolts. How do I keep the board under me so I can fully land it?
Yeah I know I put my back foot down way to soon in this one but usually I don't.


video http://www.vimeo.com/7694526
Nov 18 2009 7:24PM
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AcidKing
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Get actual skate shoes first, it'll help a lot.

Jump forward like an ollie. You're just landing with your front foot. Try it while moving not standing still. And pop that shit.
Nov 18 2009 7:31PM
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Uncle.Badness
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aight thanks, I'll try that tomorrow.
Nov 18 2009 7:33PM
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prontocuts.com
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get real shoes and do it moving, for some reason moving always helps me
Nov 18 2009 7:33PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Any shoes you recommend?
Nov 18 2009 7:34PM
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T*Ski
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man skate shoes really don't help too much at all. lets be real, ice cream has a team that skate in ice creams all day and they fucking slay. try and keep your body over your board dude your kicking it away out infront of you and leaning back. keep your shoulders over your board!
Nov 18 2009 7:36PM
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C.R.E.A.M
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nike sb mids son
Nov 18 2009 7:37PM
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Nike SB
Vox
Nov 18 2009 7:37PM
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Dirac
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This is my room mates tip trick on it. He has a lot of good videos like this. Check it out
Nov 18 2009 7:38PM
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TGdude
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one of the most helpful skate tips i've ever gotten was from my friend who just said "kick both legs as hard as you possibly can"  and i got it down.  once you huck a few and figure out how it works you can make it a little more efficient.


Nov 18 2009 7:43PM
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Nov 18 2009 7:44PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Thanks that should help. What I think I'm gonna do is work on my backside 3 shovits while moving and then just take it to 3flip. thanks for the help everyone.
Nov 18 2009 7:56PM
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vans classics or ES theory

Best boardfeel ever

Nov 18 2009 7:57PM
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AcidKing
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It's all personal opinion. From my experience though, DC shoes are shit and wear out too fast. Vans are alright. Emerica's or ES are the winners IMO.
Nov 18 2009 7:59PM
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TGdude
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lakai or die
Nov 18 2009 8:12PM
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OhMyBosh
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dude your momentum is all wrong
Nov 18 2009 8:17PM
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GratefulDead
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Don't buy fucking nikes, get es and emerica, support the real companies that donate to comps and shit. And yea your momentum is off.
Nov 18 2009 8:20PM
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Uncle.Badness
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elaborate please?
Nov 18 2009 8:26PM
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B-VUR
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Haha interesting advice...Ok well listen up sonny! Tre flips are all about that back pocket. It looks like you sorta got that part down. Now seriously, in that video it didnt look like you tried to commit even a little. So get your toes in that pocket, not too far in though, or the board might flip outta control. Now move your front foot to wherever you would when doing a kickflip. If that footing doesnt work, try moving your foot lower/higher, when a lot of people are trying to learn they keep their front foot kinda far back, about an inch back from the center. Now you just scoop from that pocket with your back foot and just give a little flick with your front foot. The scoop is the most important part. It looks like your board might be flying out in front of you because you are trying to karate kid kick your board to space. So let up on that front foot, and just give a little flick, because the back foot is really what scoops the board into a tre. Good luck man, keep playing around with it I'm sure you'll get it! Dont give up!
Nov 18 2009 8:32PM
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jamodeo
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word MJ 3s soo sick
Nov 18 2009 8:32PM
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OhMyBosh
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noob
Nov 18 2009 8:35PM
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daytripper67
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just a joke, some dude made a thread about the possibility of a switch kang flip and said "but your momentum would probably be wrong" and everybody ran with it
Nov 18 2009 8:35PM
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SpaceTiger
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lol all of ice creams' team left trey, but all you have to do is scoop and flick with your front foot. Your front foot is just going to guide and control the flip, the scoop is really the most important element.
Nov 18 2009 8:36PM
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Twig
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its an NS joke.

Aside from that, its all in the back foot. You have the foot positioning at least mostly right, you just got to scoop the board more. Basically as you pop down you also scoop the board backwards with your foot, its that scooping motion that keeps the board under you. Its really hard to describe, but just think of scooping the board. Sorry that wasn't as helpful as i thought it might be.
Nov 18 2009 8:40PM
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Ben.
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its all in the back foot. your toes should be hanging over the tail a bit, and scoop like theres no tomorrow. theres only a little flick with the front foot, its allllllll the scoop.

learn from the man with the butteriest 360 flips ever.

Nov 18 2009 8:44PM
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strongmark
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has anyone actually tried skating a pair of puma clydes?  or do you just denounce them because they dont have them at your local skate shop?

regardless, they skate really well, keep skating in them bud.  same type of feel as adidas gazelles.  and gazelles are the second best skate shoe ever.
Nov 18 2009 8:53PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Those were so sick.
Nov 18 2009 8:53PM
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mynilla
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try putting your front foot at more of an angle
Nov 18 2009 8:57PM
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adamlukowski
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experiment with all different sorts of things
Nov 18 2009 8:58PM
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Ben.
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have you skated the stefans yet dude? amazing. so much board feel
Nov 18 2009 9:04PM
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SpaceTiger
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I heard the sizing is really wierd, I want to get a pair, but with that price tag I'd rather stick to chukka lows.
Nov 18 2009 9:06PM
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strongmark
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naww i havent yet actually.  i got a pair for chillin in, but im skating in busenitz pros now, and that shoe is a masterpiece.


Nov 18 2009 9:10PM
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Ben.
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i love them. only thing is they get blown out real fast.
Nov 18 2009 9:18PM
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Twig
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Busenitz pros are my favorite shoe ever. So damn good!
Nov 19 2009 7:21AM
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Chompo.
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i went through my lakia's in two weeks and i dont skate
Nov 19 2009 7:54AM
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sTr8_JiBbiN
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scooop the fuck out of it.
Nov 19 2009 8:08AM
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-ROY-
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ummmm tampa am/pro?? along with many others...nike sb ftw
Nov 19 2009 1:42PM
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Mayer
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Nike SB ROCKS!!
But moving, just ultra slow but still moving, really helps.
Learn to kickflip and other fun stuff at super fast speed.
Nov 19 2009 1:48PM
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