How many of you learned a backflip on skis?

elchupacabras · 2011-10-16 14:43:47

I'm just curious because I plan on starting inverts this year and I can do front flips super easy like no one's business on a tramp, but backflips are the bane of my existence. So I pose the question how many of you just tried a backflip on skis without ever doing one previously on a trampoline or diving board?

Mr.Gaga

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This is a bad idea, do it on tramp first.

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why

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i did a frontflip last year but I've never done a backflip on tramp or skis

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HeathR

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I can do them on skis no problem but not on a tramp. Then again i cant do anything on a tramp.

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jason...

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me. learned on snow 3 or 4 years ago, still cant do it on a tramp, still cant gainer anything.

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danbrown

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do a million of em on the tramp first and youll stomp your first one

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Clark_Griswold

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For the sake of skiing as many days as possible, try it on the tramp first. Normally a tramp is much more forgiving than snow.

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TheButterHashira

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learn it on a tramp.

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Wheaty214

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Backflips are so much easier than frontflips, just practice them a shit ton on your tramp like D.Brown said. Get your awareness in the air down and you'll be ready to go when you try it for the first time. And if you feel sketched out by doing a backflip on your trampoline set up some chair cushions behind you for cushioning if you land weird.

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corona

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same, sorta. I learned on diving board then next weekend went and stomped one on a 30ft jump. was pulling them off everything for a season, then the next year 3rd attempt fucked up really bad and ended the season. haven't done them on skies since.

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backflips waaaay easier on snow I dont do them on tramps cause I can never stay in one spot and usually end up bouncing off the trampoline.
snow = way less scary

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Pow.yuHdig*

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atleast do some on a diving board or try some gainers

you are in the most likley group of people to break their necks trying tho

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Stose

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I learned to backflip on skis before i learned on the trampoline. I find the two don't translate very well because for me a backflip on skis feels nothing like on the trampoline

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i attempted my first ever invert on skis like 3 or 4 years ago and it was a backflip. it went terribly wrong (landed on my head). my buddy however didnt hurt himself. i was, until last year, scared of doing inverts on skis, whereas that buddy had been doing them ever since the first time we both tried a backflip.

so my advice, is learn how to go upside down and not freak out (backflips feel a lot different compared to front flips) . go to a trampoline place for a couple hours, and ask one of the instructors just to help you to do your first couple of backflips on a tramp. he/she will stand beside you so that if you stall upside down, they will push you around the rest of the way so you dont land on your head. once they realize they dont have to push you around anymore, they will stand beside the tramp and let you do a few by yourself until you feel comfortable doing them.

after that, go try it on skis and remember to pop up as opposed to just throwing your head backwards (thats when you hit your head on the lip of the jump)

goodluck !

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I'd never done one before last year when I did on skis.
If you build a nice jump, it can do a lot of the work for you to start off with. Try learning on a powder day so if you land badly it won't matter.

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Don't worry about it, just go for it. I can't do shit on trampolines, just look for your landing

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I did my first one on skis... just make sure you have some pow :)

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B.Lyfe

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Backflips on jumps are easier than tramps for me. The jump does all the work. Stretch your head behind you until you spot your landing. The feet will follow.

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mikk

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when u take off, lean your hips forward, kind a like a banana.. lean your nape back not like leaning your chin against the chest while your doing frontflip

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Orrin

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I learned backs on skis last year and haven't actually attempted one on my tramp yet LOL.

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T.Hartman

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learn a gainer on a diving board and you are set

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The tramp is great for your aerial awareness but I don't really think that a backflip on a tramp is anything like it is on skis, powder day is the perfect way to start. My main advice would be that your most likely to hurt yourself if you dont fully commit to the flip. If you go in half hearted you'll just hang upside down and nobody wants that!

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yup i learned it on snow before tramp. I never really tried though, just started hitting the tramps this year

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Dr.Newschoolers

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I can do a backflip on a trampoline but not on skis...might try this year

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on a jump youve hit a bunch of times, try doing a few straight airs and zeros without looking at the landing very much, if at all. this will make you more comfortable with the feeling of flying through the air but not seeing where youre going. when a lot of people do their first backflip, they get nervous at the lip and keep looking at the landing, therefore not looking back, and they only go over half way before they snap their neck. so get real comfortable with not looking where youre going, and then follow everyones advise about arching youre back and looking back.

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MichaelAlsid

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landing on your head on snow will hurt more than on a tramp. try it on tramp first

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listen to him^

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Very bad idea. I caught my tips and shattered my face. I have another friend who caught his tips as well and now gets fed by his parents. Do not throw one unless your sure and any fuckin tard on here that tells you otherwise ain't gonna make it far in life. I have 5 plates and 34 screws currently holding my face together cause I "jus went for it". Do yourself a favor and get trained by a gymnast before you throw something that could potentially turn you into a vegetable ok?

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Don't ski beyond your capacity or "just go for it." You need to visually see it if you're not going to try it on a trampoline. I would suggest trying to backflip off of a wall or something to get the feel down first if you don't want to tramp it.

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mountainviper

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Beyond your capacity there boy genius? And try it off a wall first? Amazing! First off I've been skiing a loooong time. The jump I wrecked my face on was one I'd hit many times before doing the same thing. So I really hope your not referring to me by saying "don't ski beyond your capacity". Stellar advice though. Try it off a wall. Haha. To the OP- don't try something without proper training. 9/10 tards will throw a backflip and get lucky. Do you really want to be the one who comes up short? Do I need to mention my bud that's a vegetable again? How bout all the hardware in my face and the skin and bone grafts and full face headaches that come and go at the worst times? Don't be a frigging moron. At the very very least, if you can't throw it on a tramp, don't attempt it without a full face helmet and a liat neck brace.

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Actually, you don't need to mention those things, we remember them from your first post. In fact, most people are generally aware that skiing is a dangerous sport, where people get hurt. I'd challenge you to find anyone this forum who hasn't has some sort of injury from skiing. While I respect the gravity of your situation and especially your friend's, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone, I would say that it's dramatic and over-exaggerated to continually throw that at people.

You've always got some sort of problem; I recall your thread about Line in China. Instead of axes, try grinding some rails or a cutie at the club next time.

As for backflips, they're the funnest trick you can do on skis. Trampolines are useful for learning them because they make you pop straight UP. If you're drifting on the tramp, you're not popping straight up, and the same set on skis will be what makes you whack your head on the lip or over-rotate.

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Aww thanks mr Internet guy.

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mountainviper

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I always have a problem? Dude that line post was valid and I've also helped alot of people out on here. Would you prefer I told the kid "fuck it huck it"? Your an ass.

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skinakedfast

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I learned them first on snow off the side of a pipe at the end. just gotta send it really and be sure to commit like any other trick you will get it around be scared shitless most likey fall but it will be fun.

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peyton

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i couldnt flip on anything before i was doing them on skis. just do it on snow:)

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-KJ-

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i can do every thing on a tramp but a backflip.. i just dont have the balls to do one lol

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learned it on skis

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Reddit!

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Tramps have been killing me lately. I find myself getting hurt way more on tramps than on skis. Nothing too serious but enough that I find it better to just go for it on skis now.

But everyones different

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