Rodeos vs. Backflips?

[b.e.n.]

hey guys, so i'm lookin to learn a new flip and i wanna learn rodeo 5's really bad before the end of the season. but i dont know if i should try backflips first just to get comfortable with rodeos, and i was wondering if rodeos are a hard trick to learn or what...just need some advice...thanks guys

 

[FerrisBueller]

if you can rodeo and backflip on a tramp then you can in theory take it to snow. just learning backflips on snow will make you get the feel for back rotations, and then rodeo. i cannot backflip on snow but i can cork, and i just progressed without backflipping so its possible.

 

[Lapander]

This: When I first learned rodeos, corks, flats, etc on tramp I couldn't do a backflip.. I know it was pretty fucked up learning process, but anyways. Possible on tramp, but on skis I will not commit a backflip in a long time. I can do flats and corks tho..

 

[Bateman]

yeah, that seems right, but i learned rodeos first cause i thought backflips was hella scary. After getting the rodeo 5's down clean i went to other flips.. Still getting the hang of backflips, cant say i land em every time.

You learned to cork first as first invert?

 

[b.e.n.]

I can rodeo, flat, cork, backfliip on a trampoline, i have done corks on skis but i just dont like to do them, and i can stomo frontflips on skis pretty easily, so i think i can get a rodeo, i just dont know the motiion or how to do it really..

 

[aguywhoskiz]

i'd go with backflip first to get used to flipping on skis. then if you want huck a rodeo...this late in the season landings are pretty soft, provided you dont land on your head you can't get hurt that bad.

 

[Bock]

Going strait to rodeo 5 is kinda tough. Try a backflip then flatspin 3 which is basically an off axis backlio then a rodeo 5 is just a flat 3 with an extra 180 at the end

 

[technique.]

i learned in this order...

misty 5

frontflip

rodeo 5

backflip

flat 3

 

[PattyC]

I learned cork 5 first They arnt that scary but they take a while to get right

 

[L.G.P.]

just go for it theres not much left in the season anyway and youll probably be landing on slush

 

[yuck]

backflips are scary, rodeos are not. both are pretty easy. I learned rodeos without ever doing a backflip on snow (did them on a tramp) so i say just go for rodeo.

 

[kungfusteeze]

I'd say Rode 5s and Flat 3s are not as scary IMO. I almost broke my neck trying a backie on a tramp and now I just hesitate when trying. But off axis inversions don't scare me much. So, do whatever feels right to you. Chances are if you can't do it on a tramp, you aren't putting it to snow without going down alot.

 

[WI_Personallty]

I think that back flips would just be scarier because it is a completely blind flip more more than half teh rotation

 

[owenoc118]

if u cant flat 3 on a tramp, get them or lincolns down, then throw them on snow. flat 3's aren't that scary to throw and they come around pretty easy, or just lincoln

 

[Squeenerd]

i learned flat 3 before back flips. its all about what you're comfortable with