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so yesterday we got some snow and i was going to try a punch front into some pow. We ended up build a jump and i thought why not just go for the frontflip instead. So after three attempts of landing on my back i landed the front. I have always been told that backflips are way easier becuase going off a jump causes you to lean back and little.
So my question is did anyone else do what i do and land a front flip first before landing there first backflip?
Like previously said, backflips are very simple, not so simple to commit too. I think everyone was/ still is scared to do them. Hell i made a little 3 ft jump with a shit load of kick to it and thats how i did my first backy, that was 2 years ago and i still havnt tried them in the park. I know i can its just a mental block , the fact that its not on a small jump scares me.
basically all you have to do to land a backflip is:
Commit, ride in, commit , pop, commit, tuck, keep commiting, land, AFTERBANG
backies are easier you can spot your landing
backflips are sooooooooo much easier than fronts,,,, all you have to do is lean back. really hard.
ive yet to do a frontflip. and i doubt i will before march. theyre stupid
the logic: frontflips your going against the jumps natural curve. you cant spot your landing. you have less of a chance of BREAKING YOUR NECK
backflips the jump assists you. you can spot your landing. higher chance of breaking your neck.
both are likely to cause injury anyways.
i find backflips SO easy other then landing, which isnt hard at all anyways.
yea so i decided to bring my frontflip to are big jump in the park yesterday and it was definately different. It was harder to commit because the run in was super long and i had to throw it super hard to get it.
I got my rotation but didnt stand up to absorb the landing. I landed sitting down and i litterly couldnt walk for 2 hours from the shin bang.
So some advice to ppl wanting to try it frontfliping a bigger jump is........ commit, throw as hard as you can, remember to come out of your tuck to absorb the landing
video of my attempt
realized video not working
here's link: https://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/viewvideo/id/317450/
i have done frontflips but its hard for me because i telemark
also finding easy jumps to frontflip on is tough
secondly ive never been able to commit to a backflip
fuck the searchbar!
such a mission, i think if people like u have a cry about the search bar then the site would come to a stop and there would be nothing to talk about and give advise to different people so i say fuck the search bar. it would stop being an active site
BUT... yes i did the same, i got absoultly smashed on backs coz i didnt commit and the jump we built sucked! but fronts where fun! :)
MATT DEAN EPIC FAIL from cam bumsted on Vimeo.
