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Why can’t I land a backflip

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evanball
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It feels pretty comfortable and easy coming around but I lose the landing every time
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/999629/trim-7D283E50-8446-4DCA-A486-F27991E30547-MOV


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/999630/trim-54DB6F67-C766-4125-8912-C7B471E3ABE0-MOV
Should I just do it on an actual jump with an actual landing instead of this qp?
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MiIfHunter
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Need more pop and tuck ur knees more
4 years ago
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cucula17
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Bro, your rotation is good, and even when you land on the first one it looks forward and then you let your skis keep going without trying to keep going with them. Put some more strength on your ankles and knees when you land, and use your core to stop the rotation, you definitely gonna get it.

You can try on a jump if you want but that feature is pretty good already, once you got comfortable landing there try to backflip everywhere
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dolanslebensraum
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Malcolmstoddart
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More pop I'd say. Honestly it'll come around soon, I had the same issue, I think it's just cause your momentum is still going so all the weight goes to the back seat and you usually slide out when that happens on a flip. More pop will help that a lot, and just some more goes at it. When you can pop more you can also slow the rotation down a bit at the end by opening up which helps a lot.
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teabag
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don't trust me but i think you should pop more and open the tuck more before landing so you won't be so backseat
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JAHn
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Go a little bigger and focus on spotting your landing. When you b flip that small you have to slip your feet out a bit on takeoff and then your landing window becomes really small. Get a good vertical pop and try to spot.

I personally think everyone should learn to lay it out first, in which case pop, thrust the hips forward, arch the back and look with you head, and stomp.

Yours honestly looks pretty good. Give it a few more goes and you got it.
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theabortionator
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Go bigger and lay it out more. You look comfortable enough but you're flipping to hard causing you to overrotate. Even if you throw it similarly focus on the landing at the end to help stall out, also if you get decent air open up a little bit more. If you really start getting some height arch your back a bit and lay it out, then pull your legs under you to land.

That's the beauty of backflips, being able to stall them out over any sized jump much easier than front flips.

Looking good though, stay at it!
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evanball
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theabortionatorGo bigger and lay it out more. You look comfortable enough but you're flipping to hard causing you to overrotate. Even if you throw it similarly focus on the landing at the end to help stall out, also if you get decent air open up a little bit more. If you really start getting some height arch your back a bit and lay it out, then pull your legs under you to land.

That's the beauty of backflips, being able to stall them out over any sized jump much easier than front flips.

Looking good though, stay at it!


Thanks, I think this is exactly what’s happening I’ll try it on a 10 foot jump Monday :)
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b0ss
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Do more sit ups
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