Are trampolines necessary for flips?

All the grabs? What does that entail? Every one?
I would learn 3s before backies but if you're truly motivated and committed backflips are technically easier.

The thing there aren’t really that many necessary prerequisites for backflips. You just need to be comfortable in the air off a decently sized jump, thats why people say that you should try to 360 first. The way I learned mine i had been doing backflips for like over 5 years previously. I had even done some on the ground but all that is definitely over kill. All i would suggest to you is to do some backflips that before you try it. Like if there a gymnastics centre, trampoline park, a diving board, literally a mattress. Your body just needs to know what its doing when you try on skis. There are also alot of good tutorials online. All this can be done with front flips aswell.

Go to one of those tramp parks or find a gymnastics gym with "open" hours and get them down if your worried.

I would not recommend trying inverts without being fully comfortable doing 360's 540's etc... I would definetly say tramplolines are a huge help in learning the basics of flips, however its not always needed depending on the person. But, I would say try everything you are not 100% confident with on a trampoline or foam pit or airbag (limits the risk of injury and can be a huge confidence boost when it comes time to take it to the snow).

No they’re not necessary but I guarantee you will eat shit learning them

You can definitely do them without trampoline training but its way easier get to the point of landing them consistently with it. On a trampoline you can do the rotation a lot with way less fatigue and risk.

I learned flips on skis before tramps. Just send it on a small-ish kicky jump into pow

Honestly, yeah, front flips are pretty straight forward, literally. Good to start. But with backflips, they pretty much go against what your body wants to do, so I would suggest going to a trampoline park or something and attempting a backie into a foam pit. It’s quite strange the first few tries, but eventually you get a feel for it. Remember to go straight back and tuck. Good luck with whatever you choose to do.

**This post was edited on Feb 27th 2020 at 6:59:33pm

Airtime is key, find the biggest jump out there and send it. Whats the worst that can happen? Yolo my dude

I can backflip. I can't 3 yet

hubbardsAll the grabs? What does that entail? Every one?
I would learn 3s before backies but if you're truly motivated and committed backflips are technically easier.

BigPurpleSkiSuitI can backflip. I can't 3 yet

to each their own... skiing mostly on the ice coast pushes me more towards rotations

BigPurpleSkiSuitI can backflip. I can't 3 yet

I can't back flip anymore but I did my first hand drag corkish 5 and 7's last night. I can also misty pretty easily but front flips are still hard for me.

AustiinI would not recommend trying inverts without being fully comfortable doing 360's 540's etc... I would definetly say tramplolines are a huge help in learning the basics of flips, however its not always needed depending on the person. But, I would say try everything you are not 100% confident with on a trampoline or foam pit or airbag (limits the risk of injury and can be a huge confidence boost when it comes time to take it to the snow).

Nah, I am hardly comfortable with 3's and can't even do 5's but backflips were EZ money once I finally went for it and committed. Only a few times landed backseat and popping off my tails onto my butt in the landing before I got them down. Of course everyone's experience is different but I'd say spins have nothing to do with ability to throw a simple invert like a backflip. It would still be good to use spins as a way to build up confidence and learn to commit in a lower stakes situation though.

Also OP, definitely do some trampoline training if you get the chance. Plenty of people do backflips on skis before ever doing the trick on trampoline, but especially if you're a less sendy person then it's going to be a big help to have some familiarity with the trick. Backflips on skis certainly feel different due to the swing weight of your boots and skis, but it helps to get comfortable with allowing your body to flip backwards in the air and being able to spot your landing as your feet pass over your head.

Good luck!!

yeap trampolines are NECESSARY. I almost fainted after trying frontflips 5 times.

theabortionatorAirtime is key, find the biggest jump out there and send it. Whats the worst that can happen? Yolo my dude

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