First backie on a park jump?

mitchey

mitchey

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Would it be a bad idea to throw my first ever backflip on a park jump? I feel like I see a lot of first backflip attempt videos on sketchy backcountry self-made booters that are too small. If I have a park jump that I feel comfortable with, would it be a bad idea to huck it on said jump? Granted, when the time comes I probably won't have the balls for that, but seems like it could make sense
 
A park jump won't have the same kick that a backie booter will have. Tbh they're easier on a smaller booter with lower consequence but if you find a jump you're comfortable with, go for it. Just be ready to get a good pop and pull it around.
 
A park jump might not set your rotation as automatically as a custom built booter, but unless you know your stuff for building one it won't make a difference and a park jump is almost def gonna be safer. I'd say send it. Make sure you got them down on a tramp first tho
 
It will be scarier but more rewarding. And then you can just throw backflips at your own discretion rather than needing a personalized booter every time. That’s how a lot of my friends are. They will throw corks off of sketchy ass homemade jumps but they shit their pants at the thought of doing a 3 on a park jump.
 
i tried my first one on a park jump. underrotated and probably bruised some ribs haha. later that day i went to a wind lip and landed it. nothing wrong with trying the park first but i would find a super lippy jump just to make sure you get around.
 
It's not as bad as you'd think. Sometimes the easiest things to learn on are steep wind lips or decking out on a hip in the park.

Honestly a lot of people pearn on really shitty booters because they end up having a little sesh with friends.

The biggest thing is commitment regardless of where you try it. Remember if you have it dialed on the tramp etc you can do it. Sonjust fully commit when you go for it.

The upside of decking out on a hip especially is that you have a steep take off and a flat landing. For me that was an easy start. You can easily dial in speed to get like 3.5-4.5' feet of air and deck out. Decking out sounds dumb but you don't have the forward momentum which csn be helpful. Even if you rotate weird ir something you just kind of fall over. The mellower the jump the harder. It won't help set the rotaion and if you come around weird, under rotate etc, you have a bunch more speed plus the slope you're landing in.

I've seen some really nice windlips that sre perfect too but they csn be harder to find at the random mtn. Sometimes a cut up can iffer the same thing but a lot if times those get blown out by heavy use and people hitting then really weird like wedger kids etc. Sometimes they'll have a weird dip before it and or the take off will be totaly scooped out. You nught be able to hit it, but when you go a little faster and try to set for the flip, that scoop can throw you off really weird and set you upside down and stopped kind if. I've seen it happen a bunch and it's happened to me. Actually why i stopped flipping those for the most part. So they csn be used but just choose wisely or fix it if you need to.

A lot of park jumps have steeper takeoffs and landing anyway. You might be traveling 20 feet or so but a nice pop can set you into it. First one might feel a little weird if you aren't used to gainers but usually not too bad and most people kind of hold a weird tuck al the way around at the beginning so it's not like you're necessarily laying it out. I think laying it out is a lot easier but do whatever works till you get comfortable. Learning to lay them out isn't too hard once you're comfortable doing them. Just make sure you're getting good rotation if laying it out to avoid tip catch etc.

The biggest thing is that backflips aren't really hard. It just takes full commitment and getting that first attempt out if the way. Most people come damn close to leanding the first one and ride out of one of the first 3.

Have fun with it. Great trick to learn. The 1st one and the 10,000 one will bith put a huge snike on your face. Get the squad together and oush each other while learning them. Get stoked, and maybe come out being able to do some flip trains through the jump line by the spring.

Good luck man!
 
It's confirmed. They are fully dialed on the tramp so sounds like I'm going to have to send it. Heading out to Colorado for a while on December 5th. Hopefully some videos to come shortly after!
 
Just remember to commit man most of backies failed when trying them first are just not committing to it properly.
 
The steeper the jump, the easier it is, which is why a windlip would be best. But really, if you can do a gainer on a diving board or a trampoline, you can do it everywhere. If you want to do it for the first time on a park jump, it's better to wait for the spring slush.

Protip : push your hips up, open your chest, and that's it, you're set.
 
i threw my first (and only, it didn't go all that well so maybe don't listen to me) backie on a park jump, like most have said, park jumps are often flatter and won't set the rotation as well but it will be more consistent than homemade booters, be sure to really commit and push your hips around if on a park jump
 
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They will throw corks off of sketchy ass homemade jumps but they shit their pants at the thought of doing a 3 on a park jump.
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lol wtf
 
14200188:270on420out said:
It will be scarier but more rewarding. And then you can just throw backflips at your own discretion rather than needing a personalized booter every time. That’s how a lot of my friends are. They will throw corks off of sketchy ass homemade jumps but they shit their pants at the thought of doing a 3 on a park jump.
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I feel that to an extent. I learned alll my tricks on smaller booters i made. So getting used to throwing them on real jumps was actually a little difficult.
 
The first time I tried a backflip I almost did 2, because I had no idea what I was doing. It would have been a pretty nasty crash had it not been into bottomless fluff. So my vote is for BC jump.
 
I sent my friend down a dry slope kicker to try his first backie, he had them super dialled on the tramp so I told him to do the same thing but kick those chins up to the sky a little harder to make up for the extra weight and he stomped it
 
topic:mitchey said:
Would it be a bad idea to throw my first ever backflip on a park jump? I feel like I see a lot of first backflip attempt videos on sketchy backcountry self-made booters that are too small. If I have a park jump that I feel comfortable with, would it be a bad idea to huck it on said jump? Granted, when the time comes I probably won't have the balls for that, but seems like it could make sense
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Echoing the rest of this thread: COMMIT, arch your back/neck to find the landing asap, and push your hips forward! If you do those things you'll stomp first try!!
 
I helped like 6 of my friends throw their first backflips a few seasons ago. I wanted to avoid the risk of a packed out landing so I built them a jump. I also wanted to avoid the aforementioned shitty homemade jump risk, so I built it with a kicky lip a few feet back from the top edge of a steep and deep bowl. I also made them drop in from about 10 feet higher than was necessary to get the flip around. The result was all 6 of them going bigger than needed on their first tries to get comfortable with the feeling of flipping backwards while moving forwards. By about noon we were backflip training that jump together all day long
 
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