Switch 5 vs. backflip

[Ski_Unit_19]

if a slow smooth switch 5 with a grab was thrown in a comp should it beat a hucked backflip?

 

[cool_catskier]

no way, backflips are inverted dude.

 

[thatoneguyattyrol]

always, especially the way you phrased it......

 

[JackBach]

I believe so.

 

[Elijah.]

If the switch 5 is a little corked

 

[ajax]

definitely

 

[JesseWest]

if the backflips tiny it wins. bflips are the best trick ever. if you wanna get serious then switch 5 is the best trick ever

 

[$tezzyStu]

ya for sure, most comps a backflip is liek a 3

 

[Ice-Is-Scary]

backflips are easier than a switch 5 although they are sketchier

 

[Anathema]

i learned backflips before i learned 180s. i certainly hope switch 5's would be scored higher..

 

[Download-My-Apps]

depends whos judging it, if its someone that knows their stuff I think a switch 5 would be. But at like a local comp with like done by the loadest cheer type thing i bet a backflip would take it, cuz I swear some people who dont know much about skiing think a backflip is the hardest trick in the world.

 

[Woodland]

dude go for the 5. Backflips have to be huge to sick

 

[triebby]

i would definetly take the switch 5

 

[gab_mori7]

switch five

 

[Edorf]

It realy depends on the jump to.. cuz a smooth backflip on a BIG jump is more scetchier and cooler than i switch5. even though backflip is easier to learn than the switch 5.

 

[AKoblitz]

switch 5... but it really depends on the style on both jumps, but yeah judging in comps being wack? what are u talking about? they are always correct....

 

[pag]

I would go for the switch 5

 

[five0]

i dont see how u can even compare the two...switch 5 def

 

[crazyfuck]

word, a technical trick vs. a non-technical trick. hmmm.... that's difficult to decide.

sw 5 every day of the week, unless it's Morrison sending it off an 80 footer.

 

[FUUUCK]

it also depends on the jump, but almost always the switch 5 wins

 

[skisebski]

that question is biased

 

[SteveStepp]

backflips arent a competition trick. theres not much you can do with a backflip, its kinda boring

 

[crazyfuck]

no way! how on earth did you figure that out?

 

[Thomson.]

If it didn't, there would be "Fuck the Backflip" threads.

 

[hollygrove]

Backflips are so damn cool. No one has anything on backflips.

 

[freeride724]

check out j.p. auclair's backflips. How about a tweaked mute grab? that can be done with a backflip

 

[DanyeW420]

5 better win, a backflip is just about as hard as self gratification

motivate

d-e-r-n

 

[tsuji]

switch 5 will score higher. in most comps, backflips are scored like a 360 cuz they arent that technical, they just take nuts.

 

[STAUSS]

cab 5

 

[Ski_Unit_19]

yeah thats what i thought too... i just hope they dont score on the wow factor

 

[lukew06]

sw 5. 3 words: spin to win!

 

[Edward.]

it depends what kind of comp and how the trick is thrown, if i was a judge and saw a good bflip and a good switch 5, i think i would choose the switch 5, once someone starts riding switch, everyone goes, "o my god! hes riding backwards!", but a backflip is always crazy, if the judges know a lot about freeskiing and how much harder a switch 5 is than a backflip, the switch 5 would win

 

[C-Burg]

what about a switch bckflp

 

[JibEarth]

how are backs sketchy? if you know how to do them you can make them look wicked

 

[K2_Pubz_360]

sw 5

 

[dynastarskier71]

backflips are just a crowd pleaser to people who dont ski and realize wat else can be thrown

 

[JayDope]

id say a swicth 5

 

[Billiards.]

fucken yeah!! jk I definately would say that switch 5 would win.

 

[Switchstyle]

dont really understand this. a 360 doesnt reall take nuts but i see where you are coming from with the backflip just taking balls. switch 5 is an ill trick it should always win.

 

[tsuji]

ya, i dk but in a comp one of my friends entered earlier this year, thats what the judges said.

 

[Desjardins]

it depends how big you throw them, but if the switch 5 is exaclty the way you described it, then that wins

 

[free]dumb[skier]

switch 5

 

[MNS]

you dont have any tricks if they dont have style. a stylish switch 5 should beat a 1080 pencil steezer.

 

[canudoa9]

sw five

 

[4-Front]

well if the backflip is super hucked then yes it should win. ( is your question even a serious one?)

 

[i_ski_switch]

Switch 5

 

[reggyboy]

if the 5 had more style than go the 5

 

[extahoenyc]

am i the only whos more comfortable with the switch 5? back flips on big jumps scare me. spinning 5 isnt really so hard....

 

[Bergluft]

do a sw rodeo 5 and beat them both!

 

[K2skier12001]

i can do 7's but yet i still cant backflip like every time...i can do them sometimes...

 

[K2skier12001]

sorry i kinda forgot to answer the question...but backflips arnt compitition tricks so switch 5 should win...