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Rodeos vs. Backflips?

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b.e.n.
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hey guys, so i'm lookin to learn a new flip and i wanna learn rodeo 5's really bad before the end of the season. but i dont know if i should try backflips first just to get comfortable with rodeos, and i was wondering if rodeos are a hard trick to learn or what...just need some advice...thanks guys
Mar 13 2012 7:23PM
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FerrisBueller
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if you can rodeo and backflip on a tramp then you can in theory take it to snow. just learning backflips on snow will make you get the feel for back rotations, and then rodeo. i cannot backflip on snow but i can cork, and i just progressed without backflipping so its possible.
Mar 13 2012 7:30PM
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Lapander
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This: When I first learned rodeos, corks, flats, etc on tramp I couldn't do a backflip.. I know it was pretty fucked up learning process, but anyways. Possible on tramp, but on skis I will not commit a backflip in a long time. I can do flats and corks tho..
Mar 14 2012 8:13AM
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Bateman
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yeah, that seems right, but i learned rodeos first cause i thought backflips was hella scary. After getting the rodeo 5's down clean i went to other flips.. Still getting the hang of backflips, cant say i land em every time.


You learned to cork first as first invert?
Mar 14 2012 8:23AM
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b.e.n.
Posts: 120 - Karma: 91
I can rodeo, flat, cork, backfliip on a trampoline, i have done corks on skis but i just dont like to do them, and i can stomo frontflips on skis pretty easily, so i think i can get a rodeo, i just dont know the motiion or how to do it really..
Mar 14 2012 9:30AM
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aguywhoskiz
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i'd go with backflip first to get used to flipping on skis. then if you want huck a rodeo...this late in the season landings are pretty soft, provided you dont land on your head you can't get hurt that bad.
Mar 14 2012 9:42AM
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Bock
Posts: 748 - Karma: 1,652
Going strait to rodeo 5 is kinda tough. Try a backflip then flatspin 3 which is basically an off axis backlio then a rodeo 5 is just a flat 3 with an extra 180 at the end
Mar 14 2012 10:09AM
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technique.
Posts: 1538 - Karma: 308
i learned in this order...

misty 5
frontflip
rodeo 5
backflip
flat 3


Mar 14 2012 11:27AM
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PattyC
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I learned cork 5 first They arnt that scary but they take a while to get right
Mar 14 2012 11:36AM
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L.G.P.
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just go for it theres not much left in the season anyway and youll probably be landing on slush
Mar 15 2012 11:58AM
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yuck
Posts: 8384 - Karma: 2,090
backflips are scary, rodeos are not. both are pretty easy. I learned rodeos without ever doing a backflip on snow (did them on a tramp) so i say just go for rodeo.
Mar 15 2012 1:17PM
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kungfusteeze
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I'd say Rode 5s and Flat 3s are not as scary IMO. I almost broke my neck trying a backie on a tramp and now I just hesitate when trying. But off axis inversions don't scare me much. So, do whatever feels right to you. Chances are if you can't do it on a tramp, you aren't putting it to snow without going down alot.
Mar 15 2012 3:10PM
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WI_Personallty
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I think that back flips would just be scarier because it is a completely blind flip more more than half teh rotation
Mar 15 2012 3:12PM
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owenoc118
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if u cant flat 3 on a tramp, get them or lincolns down, then throw them on snow. flat 3's aren't that scary to throw and they come around pretty easy, or just lincoln
Mar 15 2012 4:33PM
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Squeenerd
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i learned flat 3 before back flips. its all about what you're comfortable with
Mar 15 2012 5:52PM
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