Back flip advice

dont frontflip by accident.

if you havent grown up with a trampoline in the backyard wait for the airbag

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huck first ask questions last bro

Make sure to pop off the jump. I've seen so many people slam their head on the jump.

pop, huck, and fuck.

Pop head back knees up to your chest and you will be ariund

do it like you do it in trampoline, try to grab your knees and it should spin fairly easily if you have done it before. do it! goodluck!

scariest part is right when you're taking off the lip of the jump. then in .002 seconds you can already see your landing and you stomp so hard you will overflow in pussy

Just go for it. If you break your neck you will respawn Call of Duty style.

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Don't be a bitch I tried one lady weekend. No prior knowledge of flipping and I got dam code

wanna try again in english this time?

Last* close* on my phone and in a hurry

dude, love lady weekend, good to kno u got dat code 2

Does "close" mean you caught your tips and slammed your face?

if you just keep looking up theres very little chance of getting hurt because you'll see your landing in half a second

just lean back and spot your landing. if you through it a bit too hard and get in trouble then just tuck for double. words i live by....

This.

Or die by

Honestly its easier than a 360, you just gotta commit. Build up a decent sized jump with a good lip somewhere you can land in some soft snow and then go for it. Got two of my buddies to throw their first bflips like that today, and neither of them had done anything with trampolines and such beforehand. They both stomped

Gotta be honest, I can't get past the "being a pussy" stage of just sitting there staring at a jump, yelling at myself, and then eventually saying fuck it only to end up straight airing with my neck thrown into my back. How the fuck do I clear my mind enough to avoid thinking about consequences to send it? Also what is a good size to throw your first one off?

you're a pussy then. i learned backflips on my friends tramp on a thursday and then put them to snow the following saturday

there wasn't enough snow to build a jump so i couldn't do it so i guess ill just have to wait

smoke pot.

do a backflip then land it

Commitment is key. If you're not going to commit 100% don't think about trying it. But if you are then yeah I would say build your own jump so you can get it feeling exactly right for you and just go for it man!

dont do this unless your really under rotating. this douche at my school was trying his first and tucked super hard, over rotated and broke his wrist two weeks ago. spot the landing early and adjust your flipping speed.

1. learn backflip

huck it n tuck it

STEP 1: FUCK IT

STEP 2: HUCK IT

STEP 3: DROWN IN THE PUSSY

In all seriousness, does anyone else on here do their backflips blind? I feel like I never really spot my landing, I just do the thing based on feel and body awareness and they always come around when they need to. I guess I'll work on spotting and laying them out more this year.

Practice trampoline first until you can do it confidently, no bounce, off stuff, flat ground, etc... After that if you think you're ready build an adequate jump (Pops you back and sends you out a bit as well) Find a powdery/soft landing, wear lighter clothes if you feel more confident like that, and remember once you start going of the lip follow through with your actions. Pussing out will only hurt you more. Don't try to open your tuck have way to catch yourself and ending up landing face first. Open when you start to straighten again and can spot your landing. It sounds like a lot of things to do, but it happens within 3 seconds and feels a lot more smooth. Good luck and be safe!

Get pumped, don't stand at the top for so long. You second guess yourself even if you know you're perfectly capable.. Overthinking is the worst. Backflips are 80% mindset. You cannot teach balls.

Don't sit at the top of the inrun and over-think it. just stand there and say to yourself "I'm gonna backflip" and go. Let your only thought be stomping the trick, even if in the back of your head you know that you might not land it. First time I tried a back flip I was thinking I was going to do a front while I was dropping in. My buddy had just thrown a backflip before me so I said fuck it half way to the jump. Went better than expected and making the decision while I was already skiing was a lot easier than making that decision while standing at the top of the run.

If you can do one on a trampoline or into a pool you pretty much got it. If not and you have access to one try it out. If not I'd recommend doing some backrolls on a matt or in the snow just to get an understanding for the rotation.


The biggest thing with a backflip is commitment. The majority of the failed attempts are people not fully committing.

1. Find or build the right jump. If you want a powder landing you'll have to build something. If it's in the park find a jump you're comfortable. You want to be able to get at least 3 feet above the lip.

2. Hit the jump several times just straight airing. Even pulling in your knees and tucking. Once you get a feel for it try to imagine the point at which you'll throw the flip, and how it will feel.

3. Visualize that shit. You know how the jump feels you know how the rotation feels. Visualize the point at which you'll pop, how hard you need to throw to make it around.

4. Make sure to throw directly back. You want to look behind you as if to see the ground in back of you but looking straight back. If you throw yourself or turn your head to either side things will get weird fast.

5. When you're ready to go for it MAKE SURE YOU GO FOR IT. Every new trick can be scary and it's easy to psych yourself out, especially with a backflip. The thing is, a backflip is actually much safer if you go for it 100%. A lot of people run into problems because they were scared and didn't commit. You have to understand that actually doing the damn thing is much safer.

6. When you get to the take off bend your knees like you're going to pop up. Have your arms down low and upper body forward a bit. I'd recommend learning without poles.

7. When you get to the place you're popping. Throw both arms your arms upper body and head directly backwards and start looking for the landing as if you could curl around 360 and see forward again. When you throw your back pop up hard like you were doing on the practice runs.


8. Let your knees come into your chest and grab them if you want and look for the landing.

9. Depending on how much air time you have you may or may not have enough time to spot the landing. The nice thing about the backflip is that halfway through you see the landing and can get ready. If you feel you're going to under rotate pull your knees in more. If you feel you're going to over rotate open up and straighten out as much as you can. The landing is generally the hardest part about learning. You need to feel comfortable with the flip and how it feels in the air. Once you start landing them keep doing them and they'll soon become the easiest and possibly most fun trick out there.

On bigger jumps you can bend your body more and hang upside down to keep from over rotating then snap your legs back under you.

Good luck OP. You'll have them down this winter.