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THURSTY
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I'm the biggest fucking pussy when it comes to fliping into water especially because I always through flats usually flat 5. I got a few of a platform about a meter over a pool but some kids can just huck backies and stuff of huge 20ft cliffs . I've landed wrong in the water before and it hurts like fuck! that's why I'm such a pussy! help? +k
May 7 2012 11:18AM
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theBearJew
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Dont front flip. When you over rotate a front flip into the water you smash your face and bite your tongue. Or atleast dont front flip till you feel very comfortable with the drop/jump.
May 7 2012 11:19AM
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Ali.
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just keep doing what you're doing, eventually you'll begin to feel more confident and once your confidence increases you'll be more willing to try a flip. And when you eventually try one you'll find that their actually really easy and you could do them with your eyes closed. It's just about confidence and commitment.
May 7 2012 11:31AM
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alvy.
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You have to stop giving a fuck
May 7 2012 11:36AM
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e_strapp
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Just do it, YOLO
May 7 2012 12:19PM
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no_steeze
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you can front flip slowly enough that the weight of your legs will land you in the proper position and avoid a belly flop

i'm bad at backflips, they still scare me since i tagged my foot on a diving board doing a reverse and ripped off all my toenails
May 7 2012 12:30PM
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jamers
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misty 5 son. easiest shit ever
May 7 2012 12:52PM
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Anathema
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get drunk first
May 7 2012 12:56PM
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Randy_Quench
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It's all timing. Once you are confident in knowing how far you have to fall youll be fine. I find backies easiest to learn on cliffs because it's easiest to spot your landing.
May 7 2012 12:57PM
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steezyjibber
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i think this is relevant here. watch this, then say "hey, flipping into a pool or whatever isn't too bad"

May 7 2012 1:51PM
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NinetyFour
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This. First time learning to flip off a diving board ewing buds I smashed my face and eyes into the water alot of times. Hurt like hell. The painful nose and face smash sensation stayed with me for a week and on the last day I vomited all over my shag carpet. Had to be cleaned up with a wet/dry shop vac. I learned my lesson about spotting landings.
May 7 2012 2:03PM
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Benji.
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Key to success right here ^^
May 7 2012 2:27PM
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deleted5
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don't listen to this guy you do a front flip 180 you'll be fine
May 7 2012 2:29PM
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deleted5
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im going to go ahead and call it now you can not set that with your head never throw a reverse with your head you will smack.
May 7 2012 2:34PM
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JakeAssBeatClap
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Please, for the love of god, learn to put a proper sentence together. At least use punctuation to get your point across.
May 7 2012 2:40PM
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.AR6rider.
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Fucking this.
May 7 2012 2:44PM
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ChuckTesta
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what?

May 7 2012 2:46PM
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7-3instacall
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its just water dude, unless you're 76 ft high, you wont get REALLY hurt

May 7 2012 2:46PM
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nkmo.
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Gainers.

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They might seem scary at first, but they're the best thing to do off cliffs. Keeps you occupied so you don't flail or hit the water seated. Just get a couple steps in, hips out, knees up and look for the landing.
May 7 2012 2:51PM
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theabortionator
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nah, do front flip. I remember fucking around trying front trying 107's off the 1 meter. belly flopped so many times



also had some nice dub corks and my fav, the cork 7 hail hitler air.


god practice was fun.
May 7 2012 2:56PM
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extravert
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so you're saying a backflip would be easier? Seems like there is a lot more potential for hitting your head on the board in a backflip.
May 7 2012 3:17PM
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theBearJew
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Dont jump straight up. Im not saying anything is easy when jumping off a cliff/platform or anything. But in my experience frontflip sucked when I was doing it. Nearly bit my tongue off.
May 7 2012 3:20PM
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deleted5
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sorry i forget i cant use diving lingo here when you hit the board it's because, when you leave the board a lot of people set(throw the dive their doing) on a reverse(when you jump forward and do a back flip) with there head meaning the look back before they jump out you are not supposed to look back with your head you throw out first then flip.
May 7 2012 3:22PM
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.AR6rider.
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May 7 2012 4:05PM
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deleted5
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May 7 2012 4:07PM
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.AR6rider.
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You should stick to memes. At least that way, people can understand what you're trying to say.
May 7 2012 4:09PM
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feihlination
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diver lingo
May 7 2012 4:19PM
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deleted5
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Click for larger image however its not Portuguese either.
May 7 2012 4:21PM
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spkillah.
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hahahahah some of the worst english i've ever seen. please tell me you're either 12 or don't speak english as a first language. It's quite obvious that you guess everytime "there,their,they're" comes up and you seem to be guessing wrong everytime.
May 7 2012 4:23PM
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feihlination
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he said that its not his first language. and for that its quite ok. obviously in other languages its sometimes more common to use longer sentences or youre used to use them becquse you master the language. and its just not a good idea to do that in a second language. i also was thrown into ns grammar nazi concentration camps a few times. but who cares. everybodz knows what he meant. it was just funny when he thought that the "diver lingo" was the confusing part
May 8 2012 1:47AM
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sugar~glider
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i am fucking terrified of a backwards flip.
May 8 2012 2:02AM
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.AR6rider.
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That's because you're a pussy.
May 8 2012 2:07AM
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sugar~glider
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May 8 2012 2:11AM
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sir_drums_a_lot
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that is so fuckin gnarly...  but yea if you've got enough height then don't tuck the front flip because you'll rotate a lot slower and therefore won't belly flop as easily.  Don't try and backflip you're fist few times because its a pretty scary sensation at first
May 8 2012 2:15AM
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.AR6rider.
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Yes.
May 8 2012 2:21AM
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ChuckTesta
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shit just got real
May 8 2012 5:34PM
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SShield
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Bio 5/7. Still looks cool. You'll never belly flop
May 8 2012 6:03PM
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Steeze_Minister
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Try misty 5's, they are so easy I'm usually more comfortable doing them than straight airing. I tried bringing it into a dub misty 9 last year but lost track of where I was and opened up to early and slammed which was super painful.
May 8 2012 6:42PM
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Caspaaa
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lol

first flip i ever did off of my schools high dive was a frontflip... by the third time i was going for maximum spring and superman frontflipping it, i love frontflips because (atleast in my experience) the momentum is much easier to break than that of a backflip.
May 8 2012 6:44PM
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Lolocaust.
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YOLO
May 8 2012 6:45PM
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JWeinstock
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thats the first flip i ever do
May 8 2012 6:48PM
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Panda_with_Guns
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lol
May 8 2012 6:50PM
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