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WoFlowzYeah on a flat spin or atleast how I think of a flat spin the shoulder goes forward
MalcolmstoddartSo how does setting a Flatspin differ from how you set a bio?
Found this and modified it a little
poofartpeeAs someone that has done both Flatspins and bio's I can tell you they are totally different tricks. Sometimes they may look similar in video or get mislabelled cause people can throw them with slite variations, but they feel and are throwen very different off the lip, here are the basics
Bio - Bio in simple terms is a forward cork. Instead of going of axis with your feet in front towards the landing your feet go behind towards the lip. The throw is forward off the lip very similar to a misty but not nearly as inverted.
Flatspin/Rodeo - so much debate on this but I am pretty firm on the stance these are pretty much the same trick that can be throwin with some varience. For this I throw my weight backwards off the lip unlike the bio. I spin left so I drop my right shoulder and open up my chest towards the sky, while in a cork I would drop my left shoulder and bring my chest down.
See examples below
Bio 7 - 2:11
Bio 9 - 3:04
Flat/Rode 3 - 2:25
Flat/Rode 5 - 2:57
Cork 3 - 0:52
Cork 5 - 1:28
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skierman_jackTL:DR
bio: off axis set forward
flat: off axis set backward
cork: off axis set to the side
misty: bio that inverts
rodeo: flat that inverts
theres also whack flips and Lincoln loops and all sorts of otha shid but those are the basic/common ones
MoneyMakerMikeThis ain’t it. Corks should be set backwards or else your gonna end with a poor set which hinders future progression. Also a flat spin isn’t exactly set back. You kinda set it more sideways/forwards. I tend to think of it as an orbital rotation more than a spin.
galardogodhttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/975968/How-to-FLATSPIN-360-on-skis-with-Oscar-Westerflatspin
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/630148/Rodeo-5
rodeo
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/994410/How-To-Bio-540-On-Skis
bio
MalcolmstoddartWait, that Flatspin was inverted (which I thought was rode), and that rodeo was not inverted (which I thought was more "flat").
I am thoroughly confused on what a "Flatspin" is. Looking at the comments it seems like many people have different ideas of what it is haha. Is it just a rodeo?!
BLandz_IMO***** in order from forward to backwards, it goes. frontflip, misty, bio, upright, cork, rodeo, backflip.
Flatspin is a term used to describe a rodeo that is more “flat”. Just like D spin describes a cork that is more flippy. Ive been saying for a while now but flatspins arent real and everybody rips me for it but ONE DAY im going to convince ppl. Watch.
The thing is if you truly wants the rodeo to be more “flat” you basically have to kinda almost set it like a bio in order to achieve that axis so it is definitely confusing. If youve ever actually tried to do a real flatspin then u know what im talking about. As far as saying a a crooked backie is a flat 3 idk where tf that started from but you can’t have both hahaha. The thing is, its just been used in that way for so long that ppl have accepted it. Tbh, I used to be the guy that cared about trick names but I realized as long as ppl know what you’re trying to do it doesnt really matter at all
BLandz_IMO***** in order from forward to backwards, it goes. frontflip, misty, bio, upright, cork, rodeo, backflip.
Flatspin is a term used to describe a rodeo that is more “flat”. Just like D spin describes a cork that is more flippy. Ive been saying for a while now but flatspins arent real and everybody rips me for it but ONE DAY im going to convince ppl. Watch.
The thing is if you truly wants the rodeo to be more “flat” you basically have to kinda almost set it like a bio in order to achieve that axis so it is definitely confusing. If youve ever actually tried to do a real flatspin then u know what im talking about. As far as saying a a crooked backie is a flat 3 idk where tf that started from but you can’t have both hahaha. The thing is, its just been used in that way for so long that ppl have accepted it. Tbh, I used to be the guy that cared about trick names but I realized as long as ppl know what you’re trying to do it doesnt really matter at all
BLandz_IMO***** in order from forward to backwards, it goes. frontflip, misty, bio, upright, cork, rodeo, backflip.
Flatspin is a term used to describe a rodeo that is more “flat”. Just like D spin describes a cork that is more flippy. Ive been saying for a while now but flatspins arent real and everybody rips me for it but ONE DAY im going to convince ppl. Watch.
The thing is if you truly wants the rodeo to be more “flat” you basically have to kinda almost set it like a bio in order to achieve that axis so it is definitely confusing. If youve ever actually tried to do a real flatspin then u know what im talking about. As far as saying a a crooked backie is a flat 3 idk where tf that started from but you can’t have both hahaha. The thing is, its just been used in that way for so long that ppl have accepted it. Tbh, I used to be the guy that cared about trick names but I realized as long as ppl know what you’re trying to do it doesnt really matter at all
