Front Flip or Link and Loop

Fronts is by far easier than lincolns! Lincolns is harder to throw because of your strength, and you tend to turn your body.
 
for all the people that are correcting him and telling him its not a link and loop but a lincoln loop. its a lincon loop not a lincoln loop.
 
Plus K for knowing your History. Ed just passed away last year. He was an innovator for sure.

This thread truly makes me lawl though. Keep it going.
 
video search lincon loop on here. about half of them say lincoln and half say lincon so i dont know for sure but im pretty sure that its lincon. oh well. its not a big deal anyways...
 
all of the threads on the front page say link and loop so you wouldn't know for sure. If it wasn't that big of a deal why would you try to correct anyone?
 
I agree that Fronts are easier but I have a friend that could do lincolns before fronts. I've never actually tried a lincoln tho, because fronts are just some much less intimidating to me.

But I would say lincoln= harder to throw front=harder to land
 
haha its definitely not link and loop. it was named after eddie lincon, or lincoln. but ya idk. i dont always think everything out before i say it i guess... haha
 
To stop the stupid discussion about a name: Named after Eddie Lincoln, the 70s Hot Dogging Pioneer, the Lincoln Loop is doing a cartwheel or sideways roll in the air. Make sure that you are already comfortable in doing jumps off a ramp before doing this trick.
 
So frontflips are really easy, like super easy. Here's video proof. https://newschoolers.com/web/content/viewvideo/id/305023/
And this "link and loop" you speak of reminds me of a lincoln loop, which also isn't too hard

 
Youre right about the no blind spot thing.

With Lincolns you just look where youre going, and kinda use your head as the pivot spot for the rest of your body, so you can always see where youre going. Frontflips are totally blind until you're almost around, thats why Lincolns are easier for me.
 
Man, it was funny when one or two people say "link and loop, that is great...blahblahblah", but then a bunch of unoriginals followed and it is pretty dumb now.

Anyway, to answer the question:

A) Backflips are easiest in terms of the pure science of it. Your body and momentum all already headed that direction. Watch anyone go off a jump who doesn't know how to pop. But, they are by far the most mentally difficult of the three because of the consequences of not commiting fully.

B) Front flips are in the middle, in my opinion. They aren't easy or hard both physically and mentally. You can't really see your landing well, which woul dbe the only sketch part, but if you are doing them into powder then coming up a little short or over rotating a little aren't too bad. But still, your momentum is not with you.

C) Lincolns are in my opinion the easiest and what I learned first. You an always see your landing and it is pretty easy to get the momentum to do it. Body control is easier because you can always spot the landing.
 
^this dude guilted me into giving you a legit answer.

fronts are the hardest of all three basic flips, but take the least amount of balls to try. less consequences too

backs are simplest, scariest and highest consequences.

lincolns are probably the easiest once you learn them. easy to spot, simple rotation, tons of fun etc... its really all personal though. i can lincoln like no ones business on tramp, but it took me forever to get them on snow. do what works for you.
 
Let Luke van the man tell all of yall what to do..

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The truth is that both are pretty easy. Its mainly a matter of putting the time into learning them. I think that lincolns are way more comfortable and fun in the back country and i never throw either int he park. As far as which is cooler, I would say that either will get you pretty massive credit if you do it in front of a crowd. So I go for lincolns
 
I really didn't want to bring hate to ski gabber but you sir are retarded. You come in here all high and mighty trying to correct everyone when you have no idea what you're talking about. You get corrected and you won't accept that you're wrong so you just say "ya idk" after everything you say.

Then you gave up for a little bit until that video was posted. That is how your properly pronounce lincoln, the L is silent.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/lincoln

Unless English is your secondary language, just stop now.

Have a wonderful day
 
lincoln is easier to learn and in my opinion is nicer than front flips, maybe not in the park but off cliffs and whatnot lincolns especially with the mid-loop kick (oldschool seth style) look way cooler...

IMO
 
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