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Backflip Jump, What do you think?

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A_Whelan
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Hey
I just finished building a small kicker in my backyard for backflips.

It will be my first time doing backflips and I wanted to know if you think the jump looks ok and if you have any final tips on how to backflip (yes ive used the search bar and its helped)

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Cheers,
-aaron
Feb 16 2006 4:48PM
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Teenage_Zero
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Looks fine to me, you'll have to giv'r like hell though.
Feb 16 2006 4:51PM
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A_W
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That would be good for backflipping a GT thats about it. But I would like to see the video of either.
Feb 16 2006 4:54PM
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Snowcase
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yea lil small but if you huck like a slut you'll make it and make sure you video tape it
Feb 16 2006 5:03PM
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Bloom.
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yeah just huck really fast and if your first learning i recomend the jump has a lot of kick
Feb 16 2006 5:06PM
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dandoy
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Is there an inrun?
Feb 16 2006 5:06PM
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Albino
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is that pile of snow your landing?
Feb 16 2006 5:11PM
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JFerg
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thats a perfect jump. itll be so easy and you wont have to huck it a ton either, just enough.
Feb 16 2006 5:13PM
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Dan-Man
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that is a sweet kicker
Feb 16 2006 5:14PM
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Mattman
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looks fine for me
Feb 16 2006 5:17PM
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A_Whelan
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Yah thats a pile of snow, so I won't break my neck.

Yah there is a in run, i'll need a tow into it tho because it isn't that big of a in run.

When you say I'll need to huck it, is that because the jump itself is small or it isn't straight up enough?
-aaron
Feb 16 2006 5:30PM
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SnowMedic
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just try it in the park
Feb 16 2006 5:36PM
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shootr
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I am guessing that you have at least done some flips into a pool, or on a tramp and such.
If you have a solid air sense that jump will be plenty big to flip from.
Feb 16 2006 6:06PM
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Antoine.
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pretty sweet man i wish i could get a jump in my back yard
Feb 16 2006 6:09PM
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LDuggan420
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that looks perfect
Feb 16 2006 6:12PM
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HAM*
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ya seriously, sack up
Feb 16 2006 6:14PM
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Calrin
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screw you andrew
Feb 16 2006 6:18PM
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7X
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dude thats fine for back flips. you dont realy need to sling it, just be patient and take it over and youll be fine. its easy to do backfllips in the moguls and that jump is alot bigger than a mogul jump so you will be fine
Feb 16 2006 6:24PM
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HAM*
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its not a difficult thing to do just scary, in my opinion, doing it off a descent sized jump the first time is very safe because there is almost no chance of under rotation
Feb 16 2006 6:29PM
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Snowcase
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what he said
Feb 16 2006 6:31PM
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Crock360
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hope u land in the gazebo.
Feb 16 2006 7:03PM
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TheStamos
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your going to hit your head on your gangster lip.. wear a helmet.
Feb 16 2006 7:06PM
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nickmcnutt
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it doesnt look very wide, but other then that it looks good
Feb 16 2006 7:08PM
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*DrewT*
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dont sling it with your head and dont flail
Feb 16 2006 7:09PM
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HAM*
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popage
Feb 16 2006 7:18PM
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Mogsbury
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ehh, gonna be close just throw yer knees to yer chest and throw yer body as fast as u can backwards
Feb 16 2006 7:19PM
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bob_dole
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number one thing to remember is to POP...if you just lean back into the lip youll rotate to fast and whack your heada into the lip like some other people said. so pop and move your whole body together into the flip, not JUST your head you know? goodluck and smart idea with the pile of snow...its like a cool version of a foam pit.
Feb 16 2006 7:37PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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how about trying it on a jump with a landing? That would be a good start, you might as well build that jump onto a road. that jump is so steep and so abrupt that even though you will undoubtably do a backflip it will be so fast and retarded that the skills you learn probably won't carry over into the park, (which I assume is where you want to toss them) go to a local rec center with build diviing boards and get your gainers dailed, then sack up and toss one of a real jump that you can float and spot, they are an extremly easy trick if you just stay calm on the inrun, air, and landing. I barley even pop on them anymore and just lean back and start looking back as far as I can, they come around. Just remember, in the air, the body follows the head.
Feb 16 2006 7:41PM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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But on the other hand if you just want to throw a backflip to tell people you know how to do backflips or put it in your profile, that jump will be perfect
Feb 16 2006 7:42PM
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A_Whelan
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Yah. I was thinking of trying one off of the end of a quarter at my hill where I've seen a guy pull a few already.

My next door neighbour has a trampoline in her house which i've backflipped on before. I wanna take some ankle weights and go do some soon before I try a black flip. I'll keep an update.
-aaron
Feb 16 2006 8:10PM
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bobs
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in her house, thats pretty sick if its not a typo
Feb 16 2006 8:18PM
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WIllW
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hennie knows whats up, no matter how many backflips you've done on a tramp, if you forget to pop, you will land on your head or chest.

on a tramp you are forced to jump to get air,so you naturally pop, on skis sometimes people forget and either end up looking like they sliped on a banana peel and huck it around,or they stall upside down so yes, POP
Feb 16 2006 8:18PM
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SmoKinSkier
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true but it doesnt mean ur gunna land safew though at all...but i agree with the under rotation idea i have never under rotated on a good size jump!! They are just fun as hell now in my opinion!
Feb 16 2006 8:21PM
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BargainBinLaden
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seriously just throw your head back and like throw your arms back too, and no matter what just keep looking backwards until you see the landing
Feb 16 2006 8:21PM
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pwallstreet
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ya im worried about speed too here!!
Feb 16 2006 8:22PM
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bobs
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the jump looks good but you will need some speed to hit that
Feb 16 2006 8:26PM
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sexy_skier_babii
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id build a lil more and some more lip unless you have alot of speed and can throw them super good.
Feb 16 2006 8:27PM
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Skipig25
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^ a little more lip? That thing is all lip. looks sick, but you gotta tuck & huck
Feb 16 2006 8:30PM
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snoopy
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haha i like it. looks pretty fun to me, good luck
Feb 16 2006 8:45PM
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snoopy
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and can you post a picture of the inrun? im interested
Feb 16 2006 8:45PM
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skiierman
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Dude you've got like 3ft.+ of powder to land in. If you did land on your head you wouldn't even feel it. Just huck it.
Feb 16 2006 8:48PM
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JockinJLoads
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yeah dude huck
Feb 16 2006 8:54PM
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Edward.
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it looks like its gonna break wen you ride over it
Feb 16 2006 9:09PM
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skidemon22
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i think thst there is gonna have to be a video for this.
Feb 16 2006 10:38PM
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HAM*
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looks like a prime setup for a sw 1440
Feb 17 2006 12:10AM
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Billiards.
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you get get it off that, got good speed?
Feb 17 2006 12:12AM
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Barmski
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pat waite and lil jon might be able to double back that and if i had chance i might try too if the landing is soft.....ha but seirously ur fine man thats insanely steep
Feb 17 2006 1:44AM
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rainingblood
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yeahhhhhhhhhhhh okayyyyyyyy!
Feb 17 2006 2:36AM
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