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Backflip Advice

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Schibbles
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Started doing backflips this week for the first time and I'm struggling not to overflip. Any advice on how to slow my spin for when I'm landing so I can make it cleaner? Do I untuck earlier?

https://www.newschoolers.com/membervideo/684212.0/Backflip-Niseko?s=212707

Any advice would be appreciated thanks guys.
Jan 14 2014 11:35PM
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CaptainObvious.
Posts: 5712 - Karma: 20,638
Just a heads up, this should go in the ski gabber forum.  you can find it here:

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/forumthreads/cat_id/1/

And there have been a lot of threads made about this.  If you use the searchbar at the top and just search "backflip", you'll probably find your answer.  If not, you can just pick a relevant one, bump it, and get your question answered without 90 percent smart ass remarks.
Jan 14 2014 11:44PM
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SoCore
Posts: 141 - Karma: 222
You're not popping at all. If you watch the video, you're just slinging your upper body backwards and hoping that you get it around. You need to pop off the jump and then set the flip.

A lot of people try to lay out their first backflip just because that's what they see the pros do and it looks cool, but work on getting one tucked first with the propper pop and then you can progress to laying it out from there.
Jan 15 2014 11:53AM
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