Flatspin

[UNREAL]

I want to know how to do one. I want to learn them on the trampoline first, and then maybe try some on the hill next year.

Harder or easier than cork?

Help me out here

 

[timoski]

a sideways backie. really really easy on a tramp, much harder in real life in my opinion

 

[UNREAL]

so just backflip then tilt head? or what

 

[chickenwang]

theres a big thread on the dif. between all kinds of flips and spins look for it the answers there

 

[UNREAL]

doesnt explain how to do them

 

[eheath]

Flat spin is a non-inverted rodeo. You just lay out a rodeo more sideways. Its like doing a lincoln on a different axis.

 

[timoski]

its a backie-ish rotation (how you throw it)...throw a backie so that after you pop, you will be parallel to the ground, then just keep looking at the groudn and it will come around. look at some vida and go practice, really low consequence

 

[UNREAL]

yea i have been watching some vids. Ill go try soon

 

[railsldr1242]

i think it's a rather tough rotation to do, takes some practice, good luck with it anyhow

 

[Capurnicus]

at 180, you want to have your back flat (paralell ground). so at 180 you should be able to look through your legs at the lip of the jump. get yourself into and out of that position and you'll be doing a flat spin

 

[ghetto_blaster]

soooo much easier off like a kickie step up than trampoline.

 

[billy092]

its not like a lincoln at all. its a backflip on a differnt axis.

 

[Krish]

dont listen to fat guy

 

[garrett.]

throw it like a off axis back flip... there reeeeaaaaaallly easy, i learned them first try

 

[UNREAL]

i just tryed on a tramp, its pretty hard.

I kept landing on my back, i just couldent get to my feet

Maybe i was doing it wrong?

 

[FNJ]

theyre tough for me too. i cant get off axis enough i just do slightly tilted backs

 

[UNREAL]

I might go try it again soon.

 

[Alex_G]

chris turpin told me to go 90 then throw a backie

 

[garrett.]

throw it diagonaly up and back

 

[slimbruddah]

throw ur feet diagonally up.

 

[slimbruddah]

damn i should have read before i posted

 

[DeSena]

if you can rodeo, you can flat spin, just instead of having your chestfacing the sky like on a rodeo, dont go as inverted and make your chest more of a horixzonatal angle

 

[skodeo7]

https://www.newschoolers.com/web/content/videos/id/81418/member_id/410/

Dudes...check Ben Grunow's flatspins. The sickest shit EVERRRRR.

 

[landonn]

between backflip and lincoln.

 

[Mt_P0wDerJuNkIe]

he never said it was like a lincoln. and yes he is right. you never go inverted on a flatspin.

 

[ride-rider]

it might look like this not shure if its what their talking about though. make shure you watch the whole thing the first shot is kinda bad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bffLsgoaX98

 

[Shorton]

ive tried them on tramps and they confuse me lots..

 

[Capurnicus]

yeah i'm having trouble with these on snow, not so much in the pipe, but on tables, i always go into more of a weirdo cork misty type thing, i need some insight on this.

 

[.hazen.]

i want to learn them so bad this year, they look sick and fun as hell

 

[dweezileast]

he threw some nasty flats back in the day. His cork 5's were sick too, they were up there with mickeals in my opinion.

 

[msndotwav]

When i'm trying flatspin on trampoline, it only goes in a wierd-looking backflip thing

 

[RudyGarmisch]

From what I've seen and attempted (water, not snow), flats are set almost the exact way as rodeo's are. The flat rotation is accomplished by popping and setting your backwards rotation that normally adds the invert component to your rodeo into more of a side flip. Basically, it feels like your ditching all that 'rotate back' energy to the side. I you get it going right, about .005 sec after takeoff, your should have your skis at 90, body coming close to 90 as in a lincoln loop. It might be easier to imagine this position and just try to make your body look like that right after takeoff, the rest of the rotation will follow.

 

[skodeo7]

Couldn't agree more. I wish Grunow still competitively skied. Dude is so fucking nasty and has the best style ever.

 

[buchanan.]

probably the easyest flip other than a backflip. all i do is huck like a lincon but try to look over my sholder. thats how i throw em on the tramp and snow

 

[Ceru]

yes.