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The backflip

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bumtribe
Posts: 56 - Karma: 10
hey any 1 can tell me how to learn the flip and other inverts and if you got any pictures that would help loadzz

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Oct 30 2006 3:21PM
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bumtribe
Posts: 56 - Karma: 10
i gotta lern it bye december
Oct 30 2006 3:24PM
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invaderskier36
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STEPS
1)you go up to the top click the search bar
2)then type in backflip
3)you have to commit to the results
4)click one of the many threads like this
5)Get your read on then walk away
Oct 30 2006 3:31PM
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Matty_C
Posts: 2598 - Karma: 236
chill with the bold there buddy, you could burst a blood vessel.

The three crucial steps to learn a backflip:

1] build a nice kicker into some fluffy powpow- big enough to allow you to get around: not so big that you're gonna panic. don't try it first time in the park.

2] commit. like any spin/flip, you have to really go for it. any doubt or hesitation and you'll eat shit- believe you can do it.

3] tuck. you'll keep in control and keep the flip straight.

I would add to arch your neck to spot the landing, but to be honest the first time will be about timing- the adrenaline will make shit go blurred and you prolly won't be able to spot it...

remember- believe in yourself: when you stomp it you'll feel like the shit, claim it, go crazy, whatever. good luck!
Oct 30 2006 3:50PM
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MrScruff
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That's some fucking zen shit right there!
Oct 30 2006 3:56PM
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Holte
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Rasta is right. The first time you land a bflip you are allowed and encouraged to claim it like there's no tomorrow.
Oct 30 2006 3:57PM
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chapz
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word, and make sure theres enough pow so if you fall, you wont kill yourslef
Oct 30 2006 4:05PM
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grams.
Posts: 7406 - Karma: 186
hahahaha "you have to commit to the results" ahhhh
Oct 30 2006 4:09PM
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fcskier27
Posts: 736 - Karma: 11
thats actually really good advice, thanks rasta
Oct 30 2006 4:22PM
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reeski
Posts: 1021 - Karma: 1,559
Thats good advice, the kid wanted help and someone was nice enough to give solid advice instead of being a dick!! If you don't like the question skip it. Don't be a dick no one wants to read your imature answers. Remeber its skiing guys
Oct 30 2006 4:36PM
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CorkWormTurn
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too bad that advice only applies to the west
Oct 30 2006 5:06PM
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Matty_C
Posts: 2598 - Karma: 236
ya, fair point, i guess you might not have the luxury of fluffy pow all the time in the east! maybe the next best thing is a water ramp to get the feel of it then take it to snow. i really wouldn't advise someone to go for it in the park first time though, at least get it down on a tramp first.
Oct 30 2006 5:10PM
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SIX
Posts: 4595 - Karma: 506
yea, the important part is to commit. Don't decide that you're scared to do it at the last second.
Oct 30 2006 5:14PM
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philipc
Posts: 6651 - Karma: 1,286
huck and commit

make sure you think you can do it cause if you dont believe in yourself you might bail in the middle. bailing on a backflip is not good
Oct 30 2006 5:43PM
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Andre.B
Posts: 1638 - Karma: 155
yeah word. well put! when i learnt, i learnt to spot the landing, just so you can speed up/slow down
Oct 30 2006 5:49PM
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poofartpee
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this guys got it right
Oct 30 2006 6:39PM
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steezeninja
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Yeah. Thats pretty much it. But the most important thing is that you have to commit.
Oct 30 2006 7:08PM
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grams.
Posts: 7406 - Karma: 186
i tried one today on the tramp and landed on top of my head, it felt funny, reallly really scary though my body went into like crazy mode for a sec.
Oct 30 2006 7:23PM
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skimtb1
Posts: 69 - Karma: 10
just SEND IT!
Oct 30 2006 7:23PM
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i0z
Posts: 896 - Karma: 40
is it harder to do just a backflip standing on the ground or on skis off a jump??
Oct 30 2006 7:25PM
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Andre.B
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i think its easyer on skis
Oct 30 2006 7:33PM
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sktrkdo7
Posts: 1920 - Karma: 182
id def say standing on the ground
Oct 30 2006 7:45PM
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bumtribe
Posts: 56 - Karma: 10
dudes thanks alot and yh i got the answer i wanted and you were nice enuff to help me thanks guys
Oct 31 2006 1:05PM
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*snowman*
Posts: 217 - Karma: 10
bulid a jump and go for it
Oct 31 2006 1:09PM
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MHW
Posts: 476 - Karma: 10
hey fuck you and your search bar. this is what newschoolers was about in the beginning. good luck with your backflip any questions feel free to post and drop a line.
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Oct 31 2006 1:11PM
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Sholte
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haha
Oct 31 2006 5:14PM
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MarkieR
Posts: 5337 - Karma: 98
you'll be so pumped when you do it for the first time. i was yelling like a school girl. and you'll also be mad at yourself for not doing backflips 8 years ago. they're so easy.
Oct 31 2006 5:33PM
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dwalk
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just whip your head back and you will do the rotation garunteed
Oct 31 2006 6:25PM
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Potatoes
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yeah definitely
Oct 31 2006 7:41PM
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bumtribe
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hahahahaha how manys snowboarders!!!!!!!!!!1
Nov 1 2006 5:01PM
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KillerMonkey
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chances are you wont commit the first time, no offense but its just human nature. You will probably spazz out midway through the air. You'll be upside down and probably start "flipping out" and land on your side. But the next time will be easier and so forth. So make sure u find some pow.
Nov 1 2006 6:44PM
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jmason
Posts: 1595 - Karma: 136
do exactly this. know that if you have enough powder you can basically do anything and the worst that'll come out might be a bruise or two.

it's funny tho cuz my friend first tried a backflip off the biggest jump in the park and he was on 191 GS race skis and he completely stoped the shit out of it. was pretty sick
Nov 1 2006 7:01PM
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K.C.Deane
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whatever you do, make sure you keep looking, not to freak you out, BUT, I have seen some kids get owned because they looked only half way and took it to the dome.
Nov 1 2006 8:59PM
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bumtribe
Posts: 56 - Karma: 10
yh this thread helped me loadz apart from the dick at the front. stomp the results wat a bender
Nov 2 2006 3:26PM
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manabadman
Posts: 615 - Karma: 255
haha bumtribe skis all the way.
Nov 2 2006 3:51PM
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lil_cote_93
Posts: 50 - Karma: 16
i can do them on the trampoline noooo problem, i am just scared of doing them with skis on, cause they slow down ur rotation allot im sure
Dec 10 2006 5:29PM
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lil_cote_93
Posts: 50 - Karma: 16
does it?
Dec 10 2006 5:35PM
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OhioRiderSPK5
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at snowtrails in ohio we have a halfpipe that they never blow snow into or nething but when we get enough snow we make a kicker out of it and thats where i learned my first backflip
Dec 10 2006 7:31PM
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EClay46
Posts: 2499 - Karma: 69
make sure it isnt first snow pow, cause that pow is just rocks with a little bit of snow on top
Dec 10 2006 7:45PM
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thejackal1177
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dont do it at all learn a dope lookin 3
Dec 10 2006 7:56PM
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CJHski
Posts: 2384 - Karma: 126
lots of people think that they are easier that 3's, all you got to do is go for it if you condradict your self on the jump or somthin you will eat shit very hard....so just commit
Dec 10 2006 8:00PM
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slimbruddah
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Find some water ramps. Do like 80 there. Then do it on a table during the winter.

That's what I did. I did one my first day skiing this season and stomped it. It was awesome.

So, go to water ramps.
Dec 10 2006 10:14PM
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kingsskier
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backflip is 90% balls and 10% skill...
Dec 10 2006 10:19PM
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McGill-X
Posts: 561 - Karma: 53
ok so i learnt it first on tramps. The key is to put ur hips into it. If you look at Liam in LSS, he has the smoothest gainers and he always put his hips into it (shit that sounds so gay)...good luck and dont remember you HAVE to commi or ur fucked
Dec 10 2006 10:55PM
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