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Gainer/backflip

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sSsmith
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i never really found a thread about someone asking if you need to be able to do a gainer to do a backflip. So do you need to be able to do a gainer..to do a backflip on skis?

Jan 12 2010 4:22PM
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.Max.
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no.
Jan 12 2010 4:24PM
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Simmo
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no

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Jan 12 2010 4:24PM
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.Jack_S.
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no a backflip on skis is nothing like a gainer because of ur momentum already going forward.
Jan 12 2010 4:32PM
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sSsmith
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yea but i can only do a backflip on a trampoline or into a pool. so would i be able to do one on skis?
Jan 12 2010 4:35PM
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Simmo
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If you commit fully then most likely yes.

Try it first on an airbag if you have access, if you don't then try it first into powder if you have access.
If you don't have powder then best of luck to you because 1st try most people either under rotate and face plant or throw it too hard and land on their backs.
Jan 12 2010 4:41PM
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sSsmith
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were are airbags...eastcoast
Jan 12 2010 4:43PM
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.Max.
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nowhere, find a powdery jump made from wind into a quarter pipe like shape which will make the landing nice and soft, then just commit.
Jan 12 2010 4:46PM
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sSsmith
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someone told me i should try it out of a halfpipe

Jan 12 2010 4:48PM
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45cal
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windham mountain (catskill, NY) has an airbag.. it is an additional $10 on top of the lift ticket. open friday - sunday...

http://www.windhammountain.com/mountain/big-air-bag/
Jan 12 2010 4:50PM
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sSsmith
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to far away

Jan 12 2010 4:52PM
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Beepboop123
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plus it says no inverts
Jan 12 2010 4:54PM
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Tinga
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this helps actually. go towards the end and find a place that still has some nice vert but isnt the height of the whole pipe.
Jan 12 2010 4:54PM
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sSsmith
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but theirs also  a really good jump for backflips...everyone is doing them off this jump..idk if i should try out of a pipe or this jump with a good lip and its not big
Jan 12 2010 5:00PM
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