Switch front flip, switch backflip

[gaper-raper]

me and some friends were talking today about what switch would be the easier of the 2. i feel that a switch backflip would be much easier as you could get your rotation around quicker and would be easier to spot the landing than the switch frontflip. my friends argument was that there would be less rotation to spin because of the angle of the landing to lip of the jump. he also said that with forward momentum you would naturally want to spin a front flip i believe that it would be way harder to commit to a switch frontflip.

please post what trick you think would be easier.

+k to anyone that chooses

 

[trettzilla]

in diving inwards are hard so id say switch back

 

[Pool.]

i feel like switch frontflip would be a lot easier but ive seen a lot of switch backies done by pros and barely any switch fronts so idk

 

[Mr.Gaga]

sw front is 'easier' becose the jump naturaly send you that way. But it's a retarded trick, almost no body does it becose you can't see your landing at any point. Sw rodeo are much easier, trow it as a sw frontflip with some spin and you can spot your landing all the time.

 

[willy_baller]

switch front flip is way easier in my opinion. doing switch backy you have to look back uphill on the lip of the jump so you have to guess when to pop. switch front flips are super easy to commit to also.

 

[k-fred]

this statement is false.

it depends of the jump, if its a kicker then sw front would be easier but if the jump dont rly kick then a sw back would be the easiest one.

 

[stickski]

what i came here to say

 

[HolySchimmel]

I think it feels like sw frontflips are easier to do. but I really cant say since I am nowhere close to trying any of those 2

just for the fun of it: I know its a repost
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=nEj_dyCuEnA/images/flash_video_placeholder.png

 

[HolySchimmel]

yeahhhh fail....

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[Vinci]

both in here

(switch nose front at the end)

I like em both, but sw back is was easier

 

[Vinci]

embed fail...
http://player.vimeo.com/video/19119312

 

[Nikkekoivisto]

For me i would say swith frontflip would be easier (at least for me) i cant imagine switch backflip D frontflip would be kinda natural.

 

[willy_baller]

well I ski breck so I've never really done one of a jump that is poppy

 

[ESB]

Switch back is way easier to spot and land, you get to spot forever (similar to a regular backflip). However if you miss your pop, you're doomed. Switch front is easier to set but harder to spot and land.

 

[aquinn]

i know on ropeswings i find switch back easier than switch front

 

[SamwiseTheGamgee]

try both tricks on a trampoline, and you can definitely tell which one is way easier to spot and land. I think the switch backflip would be much easier

 

[bustinthejus]

How do you throw "switch" tricks on a tramp...? It would just feel like a regular frontflip/backflip...

 

[keimel]

switch front def

 

[Mister.F]

I think front would be easier but you might smash your face on the lip if youre not careful

 

[wreck_720]

This. But, you could theoretically do a "switch" front. Start on one side of the trampoline and jump backwards while you do a front flip. Like a reverse gainer.