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Backflip or Frontflip?

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tdollo
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I want to do a flip but I don't know if I should do a Backflip or a Frontflip.
Oct 11 2011 9:34AM
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Relish_man
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i started with frontflips because i feel they are less scary to huck, but once you sack up backflips are easier. get em down on tramp and youre good to go son
Oct 11 2011 9:35AM
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why
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whichever your more comfortable doing on a tramp (i like fronts)
Oct 11 2011 9:36AM
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SwitchMisty540
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backs are way easier on skis
Oct 11 2011 9:37AM
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tdollo
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Thanks,i like Backflips on tramp so this winter I'm gonna huck a Backflip.
Oct 11 2011 9:38AM
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saxon
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try them on tramp and see which you are most comfortable with.
Oct 11 2011 9:38AM
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I_Am_Mod
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^^this, also try lincolns while you're at it, i find those the easiest by far ...
Oct 11 2011 9:41AM
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coldcuts69
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frontflips are cooler
Oct 11 2011 9:44AM
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Shifties4Dayz
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i think fronts are easier and less scary. unless you over-rotate and land on yo gangsta grillz
Oct 11 2011 9:46AM
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SwitchMisty540
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ummmmm....you're supposed to be studying for a law exam
Oct 11 2011 10:49AM
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Tinga
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true story. Lincolns are also a viable option.
Oct 11 2011 11:16AM
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coldcuts69
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bahahahah win
Oct 11 2011 11:22AM
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GBS
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What about misty 540's?
Oct 11 2011 11:34AM
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Hakkalugi
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what about switch misty 540's?
Oct 11 2011 3:58PM
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sierraskier.
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Once you can make yourself rotate backwards, it is much easier than doing a front flip. Your inertia is already rotating backwards when you go off the lip, and its much easier to spot your landing.
Oct 11 2011 4:27PM
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ILLinoisance
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what about switch double misty 1440s?
Oct 11 2011 4:51PM
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ChuckTesta
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is doing a backflip off a jump like doing a gainer of a diving board or backflip on a tramp
Oct 11 2011 4:53PM
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tdollo
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Yeah il try that
Oct 11 2011 5:12PM
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JakobS
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Backflips are the best to start with I say. You won't get as disoriented as in a frontflip, so it will bea way easier to spot your landing.

Also, overrotate a backflip is not that bad, you just land on your back, overrotate a frontflip and it won't be as nice..
Oct 11 2011 7:19PM
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Inline.
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rodeo
Oct 11 2011 7:23PM
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Krokodile
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Speaking of over-rotating, just remember, when in trouble tuck for double!
Oct 11 2011 8:43PM
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SacZiplock
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For sure this
Oct 11 2011 8:45PM
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Big.Bird
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great saying
Oct 11 2011 8:46PM
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ActualNinja
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I think lincolns are good cause when you screw up, you can just land on your back.
Oct 11 2011 9:02PM
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smeeze
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frontflip?
Oct 11 2011 9:05PM
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Crispy.
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That doesn't sound like so much fun to me.
Oct 11 2011 9:06PM
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CassiusClay
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Might be better than knocking yourself out/knocking the wind out of yourself (backflip overrotate) or knocking yourself out/knocking the wind out of yourself and breaking a few ribs/your sternum.
Oct 11 2011 9:13PM
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SacZiplock
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This discouraged me for trying backs this year lol or even fronts , breaking a few ribs doesn'tsound coool at all lol ! So painful! But by landing on your back you can break alot of things no? I fell on my back/ ass one time and i still have sequels from it and i lost 1 month of story, definitively v
Oct 11 2011 11:10PM
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SacZiplock
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Damn i hate mobile ns ! Haha : i was saying , when in trouble , definitively tuck for double , or tripple?
Oct 11 2011 11:11PM
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crab_pretzel
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on a tramp or on snow? or both?

i find lincolns the easiest of the three by far on a tramp, but ive never done one on snow.
Oct 11 2011 11:25PM
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crab_pretzel
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lolwut?
Oct 11 2011 11:26PM
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SacZiplock
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Srry ipod lag , : i lost 1 month of ski , ... Then after definitively i hit enter on my ipod keyboard , ahh stupid mobile ns :)
Oct 11 2011 11:37PM
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H-Slice
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whatever ur more comfortable with on a tramp do first
Oct 12 2011 12:49AM
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monkatizer
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if you wanna do a front, please learn from my mistakes and save your back by popping.

i think a back is easier because when doing fronts i think there's just more to think about and more that can go wrong.
Oct 15 2011 5:54PM
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monkatizer
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fml.


heres the vid of me screwing up

Oct 15 2011 5:55PM
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SacZiplock
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this is mad lolzzzzz ! but you landed it after so respect :)
Oct 15 2011 6:06PM
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G_Adams
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Front is way less scary i'd say but you have much less control in the air because you don't really see your landing until you land (always a nice little surprise when you feel your feet hit the snow tho).
Oct 15 2011 6:35PM
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Utard
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searchbarflip
Oct 15 2011 6:50PM
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CassiusClay
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Oct 18 2011 10:27PM
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-KJ-
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i choose front flip first.. then i got my backflip on a tramp and backflips are WAY easyer
Oct 18 2011 10:32PM
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