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Easiest flip or inverted trick

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GNARSHRALPER
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This is my third year skiing and last year I started doing some jumps and boxes. This year I have wanted to start doing some bigger tricks, and learned how to do 5s and some rails. Now I want to try some bigger tricks and wanted to know what the easiest flip or inverted trick was. I've heard backflips are really easy but I suck at them on a tramp and it seems like a cork 3 or 5 is easier.
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Blurst
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backflips.
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Blurst
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Just look.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/744789/Ski-Backflip-Tip-Catch
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Twandos
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Learn Backflips first!

the reason I say that is because air awareness is key when throwing inverted tricks and being able to spot your landing once you take your eyes off it during the rotation.

Trust me you will want to start with inverted spins on one axis before off axis spins.
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Hughkelly28
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BlurstJust look.

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/744789/Ski-Backflip-Tip-Catch

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kemosabe
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Flat spin is easiest to learn IMO. On both tranp and on skis. But backflip is need to learn a flat spin on tramp. Then you can take it to snow
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suup
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Marcus.AFlat spin is easiest to learn IMO. On both tranp and on skis. But backflip is need to learn a flat spin on tramp. Then you can take it to snow

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kung_powpow
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wackflip is pretty easy, like a backflip but drop a shoulder. If you under rotate, you'll fall on your hip instead of your head
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jackdonovan
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backflip
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theabortionator
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kung_powpowwackflip is pretty easy, like a backflip but drop a shoulder. If you under rotate, you'll fall on your hip instead of your head


You don't fall on your head by under rotating. You fall on your head by not committing.

Way more people eat it turning to the side.

If you commit, and aren't a potato you have a pretty good shot with a backflip.

Some people prefer lincolns, some people fronts, some people flats. I think backs are a good place to start but it's all about what youre into.

If you go down that route

https://www.newschoolers.com/forum/thread/779494/How-To-Backflip

Regardless of what you try, commitment is the biggest thing. Pick a good jump, visualize it, then make it happen.
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-WZ-
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my personal take on it: front flips are the easiest to commit to, lincolns are the least scary because you see your landing the whole time and backflips are the easiest to do because most jumps kick you back into the rotation anyways. commitment is everything.
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270on420out
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I've been doing only backflips for the past couple of days. I have rekindled my love for them
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THEE_wizard
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I started with backflips because I was the best at them on tramp and learned standing backflips a while ago. We all have differing trick history circumstances so to speak and everyone will be different. I would say just go with what you feel the most comfortable trying. Also IMO they are the easiest to spot your landing.
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Toaster-Tony
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Depends. On smaller jumps I would guess backflips, but on bigger ones cork 3's and flat spins come pretty naturally.
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suup
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Kickflip
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MitchT
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If you have at least some confidence, do a backflip first cause you'll probably come closer than you think.

If you just wanna chuck, do a frontflip and just launch it, comes around pretty quick.
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G3ns
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Frontflips!
Huck it and you'll get it :)
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dingus
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Front flips are nice because you can throw one off almost anything. I've front flipped on Snow Blades, and I kinda landed it.
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Stose
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Marcus.AFlat spin is easiest to learn IMO. On both tranp and on skis. But backflip is need to learn a flat spin on tramp. Then you can take it to snow


I think flatspins are the easiest trick to throw, but backflip is easiest to learn.
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shin-bang
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StoseI think flatspins are the easiest trick to throw, but backflip is easiest to learn.


so true. heres an insta vid, but i totally ate crap on the flat 3/5 ish thing. double ejected, face to snow. http://instagram.com/p/wSlnOaLTBZ/?modal=true
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