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What happened to superman frontflips?

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Thom4s
Posts: 213 - Karma: 1,079
Let's be real. It seems like every year these get less and less cool and are performed less frequently. What happened to what was once the coolest trick in the game? We need to bring the superman frontflip back before it goes extinct.
Jan 21 2016 7:59AM
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neleson
Posts: 386 - Karma: 1,091
Got over used and died out still remember watching this so many times

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Jan 21 2016 10:39AM
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neleson
Posts: 386 - Karma: 1,091
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-nkxHmQOmo
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Jan 21 2016 10:40AM
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Ghostaz0r
Posts: 7 - Karma: 34
Dumont's like a photographer now and doesn't ski. That's what happened.
Jan 21 2016 3:50PM
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270on420out
Posts: 7514 - Karma: 51,161
I love them. Pretty much the only cool way to do a frontflip
Jan 21 2016 3:58PM
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PontusOlssonSNOW
Posts: 66 - Karma: 771
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/778504/Switch-Triple-Frontflip

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Jan 21 2016 4:24PM
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jakeordie
Posts: 664 - Karma: 3,277
Trick got retired in honor of Stein Eriksen, the OG badass of superman front flips SIP
Jan 21 2016 4:44PM
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RicDeLorenzi
Posts: 159 - Karma: 690
If it's not superman, it's not a frontflip!

And remember: it doesn't exist a jump too small when you believe inside your heart you're superman! (https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/780760/14and15---Self-Edit 00:39! Sorry if I don't embed but I don't know how to do it on smartphone)
Jan 21 2016 4:46PM
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MassHorrid
Posts: 15 - Karma: 85
PontusOlssonSNOWhttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/778504/Switch-Triple-Frontflip

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God dayum, those switch triples were fucking disgusting
Jan 21 2016 4:52PM
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unknowndeath
Posts: 393 - Karma: 220
they're 6 feet under, right where they belong
Jan 21 2016 4:53PM
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Illumilama
Posts: 4 - Karma: 370
I still do them, they are really fun!
Jan 21 2016 5:23PM
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therealsassy
Posts: 85 - Karma: 336
david wise did one whilst holding a fucking huge sword at nine knights a while back (i think the same year jesper threw that double backie) haha shit was so funny... ill try find the video
Jan 21 2016 7:09PM
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therealsassy
Posts: 85 - Karma: 336
oh its not david wise, and it was 2013... but anyway sick as
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/807898/Nine-Knights-Ski-2013---FULL-HIGHLIGHT-CLIP
Jan 21 2016 7:43PM
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therealsassy
Posts: 85 - Karma: 336
around 4 mins in
Jan 21 2016 7:44PM
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dyer
Posts: 619 - Karma: 964
Goepper just did a double superman
Jan 21 2016 7:49PM
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Bski96
Posts: 19 - Karma: 406
Superman Front-flip is the only trick i can do lol
Jan 21 2016 7:50PM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13110 - Karma: 18,936
Superman frontflip is the technically correct way to perform a front flip. The rest is style.
Jan 21 2016 7:50PM
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Casey
Posts: 7875 - Karma: 24,674
LAWN DART!
Jan 21 2016 9:42PM
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Jon_Taffer
Posts: 1374 - Karma: 5,383
what happened to daffy's? the next generation (us, in a couple years) will be saying "what happened to copying the bunch"
its always the same
Jan 21 2016 11:06PM
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edai
Posts: 4990 - Karma: 4,677
One of my friends just started working on them. Our jumps not big enough for him to really achieve the effect, but i think they looked sick still. Heres an instagram edit i made for him with one

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Jan 21 2016 11:13PM
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Bennett.
Posts: 176 - Karma: 945
It's usually my "go to" but Wisconsin doesn't have the right jumps for them yet
Jan 21 2016 11:14PM
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Hideyamama
Posts: 70 - Karma: 902
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/719999/Break-Da-Bank

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Maybe not the the prettiest but damn it's fun ! give you that flyin feelin for a bit
Jan 22 2016 1:51AM
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MassHorrid
Posts: 15 - Karma: 85
edaiOne of my friends just started working on them. Our jumps not big enough for him to really achieve the effect, but i think they looked sick still. Heres an instagram edit i made for him with one

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Got my vote, I thought it looked pretty tight.
Jan 22 2016 10:11AM
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skijib10
Posts: 74 - Karma: 220
https://vimeo.com/12008013

This kid doesn't go a day without doing 1 front flip. He used to do them all the time at cannon and loon
Jan 24 2016 6:06PM
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Schmaelzle
Posts: 272 - Karma: 547
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/686254/First-Dub-of-the-Season--irideparkcity

They never left, dawg. Just gotta know where to look.
Jan 25 2016 11:13AM
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_salty_
Posts: 672 - Karma: 1,034
Dumont's superman frontflip is what got me into park skiing.
Jan 26 2016 1:58PM
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