To do a better back flip

It's not easier as such, if anything it's harder. It just looks a lot cleaner - if it's done properly.

^ Yeah this guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Laid out backies are way easier.

DIRTYBUBBLE^ Yeah this guy doesn't know what he's talking about. Laid out backies are way easier.

Right okay.... OP, as this guy pointed out, laid out backflips off large jumps are wayyyy easier, off you to go to chad's gap. You'll nail it first time

In fairness it's all down to the size of the kicker. If it's big enough you'll find yourself naturally laying out, to slow rotation, But on small kickers you're gonna need to tuck to get around fast enough before you faceplant- which I'm sure most people on this forum have done at least once, including me haha.

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it's easier in that you don't have to whip it around like you have to on a tiny jump, you can pop like normal and flip and spot the landing suuper early into the air

no it prob wont be easier on the biggest jump in the area but theyre def easier (imo) on the biggest jump youre super comfortable on

jmckay7Right okay.... OP, as this guy pointed out, laid out backflips off large jumps are wayyyy easier, off you to go to chad's gap. You'll nail it first time

In fairness it's all down to the size of the kicker. If it's big enough you'll find yourself naturally laying out, to slow rotation, But on small kickers you're gonna need to tuck to get around fast enough before you faceplant- which I'm sure most people on this forum have done at least once, including me haha.

**This post was edited on Sep 8th 2017 at 8:27:42am

a layout is just as easy as a tuck imo, theyre both pretty simple. honestly tucked backies aren't as fun as layed out and if you have to huck a tucked backie then you probably shouldnt be doing a backie on that jump. personally ive done layed out on probably a 10-15 footer with like 6ft of air and i had enough air time so you might wanna learn to spin faster. ive only over rotated backies not faceplant lol.

yurtya layout is just as easy as a tuck imo, theyre both pretty simple. honestly tucked backies aren't as fun as layed out and if you have to huck a tucked backie then you probably shouldnt be doing a backie on that jump. personally ive done layed out on probably a 10-15 footer with like 6ft of air and i had enough air time so you might wanna learn to spin faster. ive only over rotated backies not faceplant lol.

agree 100% layed out backies look and feel better

The only reason I said they aren't easier than tucked backflips was because if you're learning to backflip - you're gonna want to tuck- that's how everyone does them for the first time, it's only when you're comfortable in the air when you can start thinking about stretching out to get the style down. I've over-rotated and under rotated on a few occasions, easily done haha. Live and learn eh