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Is a flatspin the sa,me as a rodeo?

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SpliffyJ
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me and my friend are wondering if they are the same thing. I think they are but he doesn't. are they the same?
Feb 14 2012 9:45AM
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TallTom
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What do I know but... Whilst they're nearly the same? A rodeo is where your feet go over your head, a flat is where they dont.

I will await flaming.
Feb 14 2012 9:52AM
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Dr.Gonzo
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seeing as they have differnt names... but yea. backflip is to rodeo is to flatspin what frontflip is to misty is to bio
Feb 14 2012 9:54AM
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ForeverYung
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flat spin your feet go to the side making your body flat in the air hence the name flat spin, and you spin 360. rodeo is kinda similar but your body goes less flat and you spin 540. a rodeo is like a more flippy flat spin with a 180 at the end. hope that makes sense, some else can probaly do a better description than me.

Feb 14 2012 10:12AM
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Benj.
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repost.
Feb 14 2012 10:22AM
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Dr.Gonzo
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its confusing when you say a flatspin is a 360, you can spin flat 5's aswell
Feb 14 2012 4:23PM
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EmperorKuzco
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This is true on some occasions, I have seen it before, but most flat 5s are just flat 3s with a 180 tacked on at the end.
Feb 14 2012 4:55PM
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E.C.
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what about flat 7;s and 9;s or henriks dub flat 10?
Feb 14 2012 4:56PM
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B-WASS
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same thing just add however much spin at the end, and henriks dub flat ten is like flat 5 to flat 5
Feb 14 2012 5:26PM
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rareison
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is it possible to do a Rodeo 3? Or is that a wack flip or a flat? I've seen it alot, kinda looks like a lincoln with a japan grab, or something.
Feb 14 2012 5:30PM
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PKchu
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If your talking about the lobster flip i think it's called, it is no flat spin. It's a double bio because during the off-axis rotation, his head is always facing downhill. And there is a difference between flatspins and rodeos, the major difference is the way they are set, however, the appearance is only slightly different.
Feb 14 2012 5:37PM
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Ruffles
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Dude who honestly gives a shit.
Feb 14 2012 5:41PM
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hollygrove
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I feel like a couple years ago they kind merged into one name. Flat spins used to me done mainly on hips (which were once so cool) Doesn't really matter now though, call it what you will, its a backwards rotating flip.
Feb 14 2012 5:48PM
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AJWindybanks
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I pictured you breathing really hard saying the title when I read the title
Feb 14 2012 5:52PM
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stupendous-man
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want to know this too, i always have arguments with my friends over it.
Feb 14 2012 5:52PM
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Stallis-good
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Hahahah, yes.
Feb 14 2012 5:56PM
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PKchu
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I'd call it a shitty flatspin.
Feb 14 2012 5:58PM
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EmperorKuzco
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Henrik's type of flat is unusual because he stays flat the whole time and yes I agree with you but alot of times the spin just gets added after the flat
Feb 14 2012 11:12PM
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saxon
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yeah it would be flat 3. wack flip if its juuuuust barely off axis
Feb 14 2012 11:17PM
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SpliffyJ
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so a flatspin is pretty much the same as a rodeo, but the spin is different?
Feb 15 2012 7:12AM
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84891jnf92048
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flat spin is technically supposed to be parallel with the ground, but nobody does that. so yeah, flat 3's are basically rodeo 3's
Feb 15 2012 7:22AM
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lelandsdad
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I think this is a flat 7?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cz_yDFNsqK0&feature=g-upl&context=G268013bAUAAAAAAAAAA

Feb 15 2012 7:51AM
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luc
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no...
Feb 15 2012 8:21AM
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saxon
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rodeo and flat are so similar it's often hard to tell the difference. generally though, if the "rodeo" looks more inverted than it should, it's likely flat.
Feb 15 2012 9:00AM
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owned
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could one say that a flatspin is a really corked out cork?
Feb 15 2012 9:33AM
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saxon
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i think that's d-spin
Feb 15 2012 9:47AM
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luc
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no? a rodeo is when ur feet are higher than ur head, flat is when it's same hight, so rodeo is more inverted? maybe i'm just stupid! and those backflip japan that everyone calls flat3...wtf, this is so wrong! i've seen just a few real flat 3s yet...
Feb 16 2012 4:56PM
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myllucas
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I just call em flatspins. flat 7 I did a while ago -



and flats aren't limited to a certain rotation. but once you start spinning lots they usually turn into bios.



- at 30sec Tim does flat 5,9,12
Feb 16 2012 5:09PM
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250r
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i think of rodeos as being switch rodeos which are essentially mistys but going switch(different than a switch misty which is the opposite)forward into the jump for, but facing forward i would call them flat...but it really just depends more on who you ask
Feb 16 2012 5:17PM
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T-Nutcracker
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Nearly the same, just as bobby
Feb 16 2012 5:21PM
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T-Nutcracker
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And robot ... the only difference for me is flat is more to the side, whilst rodeo more flipped kinda backwards
Feb 16 2012 5:22PM
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-emile-
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yours look more like an underflip to me
Feb 16 2012 6:57PM
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myllucas
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the grab makes it look different. and the fact that A frame is steeper than most jumps its hard to keep any trick not level
Feb 16 2012 8:21PM
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myllucas
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^any trick level*
Feb 16 2012 8:23PM
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CalebT
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Rodeo 5's and Flat 5's are the same trick.
Feb 16 2012 9:32PM
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Steezy.Ortisi
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who the fuck are you?
Feb 16 2012 9:36PM
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tBatt
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1:50 - Flatspin
2:10 - Rodeo

I think of throwing a flatspin as dropping my shoulder when I set the spin, then bringing my feet around behind me. Not inverted.

I think of a Rodeo as a backflip where I would drop my shoulder to tweak the flip out to the side, then 180 out of it. Inverted.


Feb 16 2012 10:04PM
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saxon
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ohhh hmm yeah that makes sense, my bad. but then those "flat 3s" are nearly completely invert so…? idk...
Feb 17 2012 12:31AM
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skifoo
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no it's not sa,me. I don't want to be grammar nazi, but how hard is it to check twice your title?
Feb 17 2012 1:42AM
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-emile-
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hahahahhah the irony
Feb 18 2012 5:42PM
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Ruffles
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Ruffles
Feb 18 2012 5:48PM
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tBatt
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[check the thread title]
I'm thinking it mayyyyyyy be on purpose.
maybe
Feb 18 2012 9:43PM
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