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I need help learning new tricks

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Cameron*
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This ski season coming up i want to learn flat 3's but I cant do a backflip. What trick should I learn first and can I have some advice on how to throw these tricks. What size jumps should i attempt these tricks on. thanks
Aug 14 2011 10:10PM
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Crispy.
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For jump size i'd say at least 30 feet. AT LEAST
Aug 14 2011 10:15PM
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leifdanenhauer
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Second
Aug 14 2011 10:23PM
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.Max.
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Are you serious?
Aug 14 2011 10:28PM
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leifdanenhauer
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No learn flat first I can't back either
Aug 14 2011 10:29PM
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Kreech
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Yeah 30+ feet. But I would learn backflips first for sure. The movements between them are easy enough to distinguish between. Think about this: When you're sitting on a floor, if you can roll backwards straight over your head, that's a backflip, compared to rolling back over one shoulder, which is the flat 3. To learn a backflip, I would first suggest trying them on a diving board. Stand with your back to the water, bounce once, then throw your body up and back. Have your arms out straight so that they are ~ 90 degrees from your starting position and parallel to the water. At this point, kick your knees up to your arms and tuck. It's very important that you dont bring your arms down to your knees, because you will backflop and be red and it'll hurt. Once you get those down, start throwing the backflip over one shoulder, then gradually tweak it more and more until you're fully off axis and flatspinning. Then you just have to put skis on and do it. No big deal.
Aug 14 2011 10:35PM
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Cameron*
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ya im serious im just learning inverted tricks for real. thanks for those who replied

Aug 14 2011 10:36PM
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.Max.
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Oh haha I thought you were claiming second reply in this thread...

I say just go for whatever you're comfertable with, not everyone has the same learing process. If you want to lincoln, lincoln, if you want to backflip, backflip, if you want to do a little bit of both flat 3. Just gotta send it.
Aug 14 2011 10:41PM
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Kreech
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or cork 3 lol

It would be impressive as fuck if someone learned cork 3s for their first trick
Aug 14 2011 10:45PM
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NJurkiewicz
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that would be fucking amazing hahaha
Aug 14 2011 11:36PM
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Blake.P
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go for backflips first. they are actially pretty easy. also lincolns are a pretty easy trick becasue you can spot your landing the whole way around
Aug 15 2011 12:37AM
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JibbaTheHutt
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out of the pipe? or try and build a super kicky jump
Aug 15 2011 2:40PM
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Crehm
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for me learning flat 3s on a tramp was a s simple as learning backflips, then grabbing japan on backflips, then hucking the grab and going off axis super easy steezy and fun trick, i would def say learning a backie first would help
Aug 15 2011 4:14PM
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k-fred
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learn lincoln first.you can always spot your landing. easiest to learn without breaking anything
Aug 15 2011 4:30PM
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Cameron*
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ok thanks so i should do lincolns or backflips first?
thanks everybody i appreciate it

Aug 16 2011 5:30PM
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Nathan_the_G
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my first inverted trick was a cork 540 they are easyier than a cork three's but like try a cork 5 or three first you can look up some vids on youtube of how
Aug 16 2011 6:25PM
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90053
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backflip was my first proper trick (excluding 180s and 3s) if you can do them on the trampoline they are easy as fuck just throw harder than you think you need to.
Aug 16 2011 7:27PM
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leifdanenhauer
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Linconloop that was my first invert
Aug 17 2011 1:25AM
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dispatchQ_main
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I notice this alot, but people on this site are really bad at sizing jumps. 30 would be a little big for trying a trick like that. I can back on like a 3 ft jump... a 15 would be a good size. Im guonna say learn back's first to get the feeling of inverts unless you dan do others.
Aug 17 2011 2:39AM
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Bateman
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30 ft jump,

1 start doing backflips, and japans
2 then backflip japan
3 try to drop your shoulder more and more in thos backflips.
4. youll get the hang of it! =D
Aug 17 2011 7:39AM
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pDails
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I second this process. Its how I learned. Although along with backflips i learned rodeos first. Rodeos were really easy for some reason and help with the whole off axis/not normal flip axis thing.

Rodeos for me were literally jump, reach for japan, open leading shoulder and spot landing
Aug 17 2011 4:20PM
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Noah_W
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For learning tricks like a flat 3 you don't need a 30 footer, Just a poppy side booter into some pow would be great for you
Aug 17 2011 5:27PM
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coledorma
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I second this too. 30 is way too big for learning. When I first learned inverts I learned a backflip and I did it off of a 15 ft jump. Its harder on bigger jumps because you have to rotate slower and sometimes you wont rotate fast or slow enough so if you do it off of a smaller jump first then if you do wipe then it wont be nearly as bad if you wiped on a 30 ft jump. Thats just my opinion because I can huck backflips like gnarly fast aha, but I would say to try it off a 15 first.
Aug 17 2011 6:58PM
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Cameron*
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thats what im talking about for advice im already learning without being on the slopes
Aug 17 2011 9:15PM
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Jibbin_Ur_Face
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Hey man I learned flat 3's before backflips. I just started out trying to do lincoln loops, and eventaully those turned into flat 3's its basically a backflip but you drop one shoulder. I go about doing them by kicking my right leg up towards my left shoulder and then grab japan.
Aug 18 2011 1:30AM
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-emile-
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i did , apart from ones and 360 first air trick i leanred was a cork 3
Aug 18 2011 1:50AM
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Jahrassicpark
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Yeah my first off axis trick was cork three too
Aug 18 2011 2:10AM
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Bateman
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Yeah same for me. My first Off axis trick or flip was the misty 5, witch i did when i tried rodeo for the first time. Then i pracced it some and learned misty 5 critical etc, and since it was pretty the same movement for me i just dropped my shoulders, added rotation and reached for the japan.

If ur trying misty id sudgest just throwing a sideflip - only frontwards, so when uve reached air you add rotation. Super easy - Not so steezy trick.
Aug 18 2011 7:35AM
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