Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!
Easier to learn off the knuckle of a table jump, or on a mini jump (small like 5 foot table)?
Do these need a lot of speed and air or can they be thrown with only a small amount of speed, on a small jump/table?
Im pretty sure there was a thread exactly like this not to many days ago...
Havn't had my chance to try one yet but im gonna try on a small jump... Ill tell you how it turns out
the other thread was messed up electronically, and it didn't answer the questions I posted
any help is appreciated
I would go with the mini jump. For me its easier to have a little bit of kick/pop to work with as opposed to throwing it straight from flat off of a roller.
He knows there was another thread but like he said it got messed up and left peoples questions ( like myself ) unanswere so hes doing this out of the goodness of his heart ( well im guessing he wants to throw them too ) and asking the unanswered questions.
so yea how much speed is necessary
Well how would i speed check, like id know how much speed i need to hit a lip and clear the deck of a jump, but off a roller id be really nervous for speed checking
One of my local hills has a horrible park crew, the jumps they make our just outright dangerous.
They have a decent sized lip, small deck and a steep small landing ( basically its just asking for someone to over shoot the fuck out of it, im sure its alreayd happened ) anyways although i do not feel comfortable hitting these doing any other tricks, i just realized that this steep landing may be perfect for punch front ( the knuckle is steep, it just sort of drops off )
Im hopefully trying them tomorrow, ill let everyone know how it goes and my adivce, wish me luck :p
I think im going to give them a go tomorrow, the only problem is the hill im going to has pretty small jump.
Can be seen here at 2:21
Cold metal edit from charles labbe on Vimeo.
Do you pepl tik tii flipable?
Should i go for a normal front flip or more of apunch front but just off the lip instead of the knuckle,to be honest im scared i might over-rotate
One thing that i keep in mind when throwing them is focusing on throwing my arms and shoulders forward as opposed to just straight down, sort of like a quick superman to a very tight tuck. I find that its much easier to get a good clean pop and a more solid throw that way.
Here's a quick vid of me doing one last week
Learning Fronts from Drew Clark on Vimeo.
So i ended up not trying them today, im kind of pissed i didnt but no one i was skiing with skied park so i didnt want to go out alone.
I really regret not trying it though because i dont want to put it off, ohwell hopefully im going skiing this weekend so i will try then.
not for me, reading this thread made me realise how easy it is.
I just need to man up, i know i can do it thats the thing, i can flip fast and this may sound cocky but i wouldnt be suprised if i got it first try. I just need to ballsa up before i drop in and make the decision to try it, i realize after landing it ill loose my fear of it but its always the first one thats the hardest.
