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Do flips on skis feel like trampoline tricks

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Demillsta
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never sent any flips skiing, but I can do a few doubles and spin like triple fulls. Do flips and corks feel anything like doing trampoline flips?
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Nickc88
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Airtime sure, but feels like just standing on flat ground. Idk how explain it. Whatever flips are still the same you just have to try it.
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SofaKingSick
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Not really imo. The trampoline lacks the forward movement and the weight of your skis and the compression and take off

If we're talking backies, I think the closest feeling to it is a gainer off a diving board or cliff (but it's easier on skis-- a jump naturally sends you into a backy whereas doing a gainer requires jumping and THEN flipping backward)

But it sounds like your air awareness and understanding of flips and shit is GREAT if you can do that shit on a tramp. I can backy on skis in my sleep and I wouldn't even consider doing dubs or big corks on a tramp like you described
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chris.goodhue
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Definitely different, the forward momentum changes things.

But its good to know the rotation and the air awareness definitely helps
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KilaTsunami
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bump for interest
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SEABURN
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SofaKingSickNot really imo. The trampoline lacks the forward movement and the weight of your skis and the compression and take off


this. Air awareness raises the likelihood of success, but it's not a direct translation
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skimandan
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it feels pretty similar other then the speed.. if I could relate it to anything it would kinda feel like a gainer flip, I found it more mentally challenging than physical, as long as you know how to pop off the lip of a jump and have constant flips on the tramp you should be good to go

Build a poppy jump to learn makes it very easy
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DirtYStylE
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Having 20lbs strapped to your feet makes a big difference
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270on420out
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For me personally most flips feel pretty similar except for corks. They just feel way different to me on skis idk why
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skimandan
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DirtYStylEHaving 20lbs strapped to your feet makes a big difference


Yea thats probably the weirdest part, not a massive difference it just feel strange lol
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fries
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With backflips you definitely feel the weight of your skis carrying some momentum around the flip. If you’ve done a ton of stuff on trampoline and have the air awareness then you’re going to be able to adjust to compensate and get the right amount of rotation as long as you commit.
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fghtoffyrdmns
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no
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SkiAddiction
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Being able to flip on a trampoline in socks/shoes/barefoot gives you a good level of air awareness and it definitely a good step towards flipping on skis. This being said, you do lose the feel of having skis on your feet which add a fair amount of swing weight while rotating or spinning. To take it to the next level you can add in Trampoline skis to replicate this much more accurately before landing it on snow.
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Demillsta
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SkiAddictionBeing able to flip on a trampoline in socks/shoes/barefoot gives you a good level of air awareness and it definitely a good step towards flipping on skis. This being said, you do lose the feel of having skis on your feet which add a fair amount of swing weight while rotating or spinning. To take it to the next level you can add in Trampoline skis to replicate this much more accurately before landing it on snow.


Nice sales pitch, sadly I'm broke
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iskeaah
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ddemille1Nice sales pitch, sadly I'm broke

We both saw that
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