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hey im 14 and i'm thinkin about goin for a front...ive tried 2 off of a little 10 ft drop off by my house...but i couldnt flip fast enuf and i landed on my back...would it be easier in the park? theres no good places by my house and i cant think of any good backcountry jumping spots. If i can figure out how to flip off my 2 and a half ft porch to the ground, will it be easy on skis? theres not much powder where i ski, so im worried about falling my back and breaking my tailbone or sumthin and bein out for the season which would really suck. -thanks
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Jul 4 2002 8:55PM
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Shane_McWannabe
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Just try one, if you land on your head than you cant do them, if you land on your skis then your set.
Jul 4 2002 9:02PM
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CrystalineSkier
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shane really didn't help you there. Hehehe. WEll, i'd suggest trying them on tramps first. if you dont have a tramp, go to a pool, and do one off the diving board. if you dont have a god damned pool. . . this is taking too much time. Anyways, if you can't find any powder or any of the above options, go off a not-too steep, but sttep enough jump in the terrain park, and throw yourself forward. Try to stop when you come around.
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Jul 4 2002 9:56PM
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crimson1080
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i only have one thing to say to you. tuck. seriously man it doesnt look as good but tuck alot and it makes it wayyyy easier to learn them, then spread out. i made the mistake of not and hurt myself alot figuring that out.
Jul 4 2002 10:00PM
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dude thats my signature.....
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Jul 4 2002 10:03PM
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Drail
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yo, who made this thread... but yea - do what derek said. just do it and see where you end up. don't bother coming on here and just asking if you can do it - it's a freakin' front flip... not very technical at all.

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Jul 4 2002 10:25PM
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i just noticed i was on your signature..very exciting but yeah this dude i met in the street said he knew simon and this japenesse kid bought a penthouse and this guy in the store had a bong
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Jul 4 2002 10:29PM
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i'm making fun of you - you don't understand that?

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Jul 4 2002 10:36PM
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Jul 4 2002 10:43PM
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Durtschi
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main thing is powder:


they take a few trys to get the rotation diled in, i doubt any body has ever landed there first front,(it took me at least 5-6 times) the easiest way for starting is put your hands straight up in the air and throw down and tuck, and pray you at least make it around,if you do your confidence will be way up and youl have the balls to try it agian and think more of the about the landing and style after you know youll make it around


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Jul 5 2002 3:54AM
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NoTeefa
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my friend dieter stuck his first front flip

I say try a backflip first, it's easier cause you can spot your landing




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Jul 5 2002 3:59AM
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corked180
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yeah but for ur first flip, backflips are fucking scary.

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Jul 5 2002 5:33AM
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Zineri
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i think fronflips are harder than backs, in a backflip it's easier to spot your landing and it's easier to make it around. i was fucking scared in the air when i attempted my first front...i landed it though.

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Jul 5 2002 1:35PM
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FreeSkiorDie720
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if i can do fronts on a tramp, diving board, and off ground, should it be a breeze for me to do one on snow?
Jul 9 2002 10:58AM
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sugarloafer1990
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why not go to a mossy grass spot near where you live and try front flips with your shoes. i did that. i also did'nt have a tramp and it was spring so there was no pool. so i set up a mini tramp and frontflipped off of that.

just find some way so you can become really comfertable with frontflips.

i sh ould'nt be talkking tho cuz i cant do them...but i think im at the same level the person who made this chat is at.
Jul 9 2002 12:25PM
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QuazBotch
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Do them on your bed - thats how I learned when I was 6.

Not that I can do it on skis.
Jul 9 2002 12:37PM
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nwscholskier
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back flips are alot harder toget the rotation because you cant throw your arms and tuck as good and you tewnd to stall out if you dont throw it hard enought. with a front you can still throw it hard once your in the Air if you fuck up.
Jul 9 2002 1:15PM
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BrodyLeven
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you are alll wrong if you said fronts are easier.
they are so much harder and more dangerous
1. you are counteracting the momentum the jump gives you
2. most importnatnlt, the landing is blind until you have just over-rotated

backs you just have to have balls, but once youdo are like doing 360s, easy easy easy
just get the balls, and think about how much safer a backflip is.

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Jul 9 2002 2:07PM
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BrodyLeven
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and wear a helmet

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Jul 9 2002 2:07PM
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ski2824
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i fucked my lower back up good the begining of last season trying fronts gung ho first day out off a jump too small
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