Help needed with backflips.

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Kecks

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Hey,so its my first year skiing and I really want to do a backflip this Sunday.I can do a backflip on a tramp but i never did an inverted trick on ski should I do a frontflip first or just go with back Also,I don't know where to do it,should i do it on a 24" big air or a smaller poppy kicker.
 
Small poppy kicker, do a backie first cause you can spot your landing, really all you have to make sure you do is commit. If you're doubting don't fucking try yr gonna fuck yourself up by under rotating or worse. Better to huck a lil too hard ur first time n back slap rather than deciding halfway u can't n snap ur neck. It's an easy trick it just takes cajones ur first time. Both honestly there are cooler tricks. If I were u I'd focus on shit like floaty cork 3s or big shifty zero spins.
 
I'm in the same boat as you, planning on doing my first flip. I've heard some people say the easiest first flip is the flat 3. I reckon if you can do them flawlessly over and over on the tramp then doing them on skis will be like 5% skill and 95% balls.
 
Make sure you know how to rotate a full backflip without your skis first. Practice backflipping at the edge of a pool or diving board starting with your back to the water. Once you are landing on your feet on the water consistently you should have no problem with doing it on skis. And yes, commit.
 
Honestly backflips are just as hard as a 540. They are pretty much the same as on a tramp but you just got to really commit. I would try it on a small but poppy jump.
 
I'm just going to say it, backflips aren't hard. That part that is hard, is committing to it. I landed my first backie this season, and every run before it I told my friends I was going to do it, but I didn't feel confident so I didn't try. I finally manned up and told myself to stomp it and I did. They are so easy once you land your first one, but you just need to huck it on a small/medium poppy kicker. Don't underrotate, if you do? it's going to hurt. Over rotating is the way to go. Back slap and ride away. Stomp it your next run. Keep your legs about shoulder width apart, knees bent, pressure on your shins, when you are on the edge of the kicker pop and throw your arms up and tilt your head back. Here was mine, hopefully, it will help. Jake Muller and a few others have good tutorials out there also. If you don't tell yourself you are going to stomp it or you don't mean it, don't do it. This trick requires commitment. You got this bro, just commit and you got it. Let's see a video after it's done.[video]https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/854677/First-Backflip[/video]
 
Pro tip: look for the landing. A lot of people there first go around don't do this and barely make it around with their head in the balls. This will also help you get the rotation. Around
 
13789886:Swandog7 said:
Pro tip: look for the landing. A lot of people there first go around don't do this and barely make it around with their head in the balls. This will also help you get the rotation. Around
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This.

I learned how to throw the backie at Woodward Copper summer camp. I couldn't throw it very well on a tramp but I could do it well off the ski ramp to foam. The first backie I threw on snow I remembered to pop up through my hips and look back to spot the landing. After what seemed like a long time, I saw the knuckle go by and knew I could bring it to my feet. I landed on my skies but was so surprised that I relaxed and back slapped. It was the first trick I could do in the park. Also, my coach made me do it on the second jump in the jump line (20'?) so I wouldn't have to huck it and would have plenty of time to come around. Good call on his part as I could think my way through the trick instead of just hucking and hoping for the best without really knowing what just happened.
 
I went big on my first backflip and landed it. I went big because I wanted to be able to react and save my self if I somehow didn't get a good rotation.

As for advice, I say practice a lot on the tramp, diving boards and maybe take a gymnastics class.

When I did my first backflip I was doing Capoeria and had learned back handsprings, backflips and gainers on the ground. But a gymnastic class would work too, probably better. Just get really really comfortable with backflips and you should have no trouble transfering the trick to snow.
 
UPDATE:I didn't have the chance to try it because I stretched something in my thigh while doing the barrel just before the jump.But I'll definitely try it in 4 weeks.
 
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