Which is harder

both are pretty easy to huck and hope and get lucky, but a 5 is much easier to spot the landing. as long as you can ski switch a little, i would say a 5 is easier for most people on most jumps. but hey why not learn both?
 
A front flip came around easier for me but they are both pretty simple with some practice.
 
Personally I'd say front flip. Maybe if you're used to doing them on the tramp or whatever a front could be easier, but with no prior experience learning a front flip is like learning a 360. Once you learn it it'll be the easiest thing you do, but it will take a lot of trial and error to learn it.

I stomped my first 540 I ever tried and it took a couple years before I fell doing one. Definitely didn't come too close to landing my first frontie though.

I'd agree with the person that said a front flip is easier to do on small jumps and 540 on big jumps
 
540, it's different then the ground because height isnt an option. Takes more commitment to do a front but more effort on a 540
 
540, just throw your 360 a little harder but not too hard. When i was learning 540s i set way to hard and did these weird pencil 630 things. Frontflips are harder i think because they're weird and you cant see anything while your in the air, also shin bang is the worst.
 
13131616:humpty said:
540, just throw your 360 a little harder but not too hard. When i was learning 540s i set way to hard and did these weird pencil 630 things. Frontflips are harder i think because they're weird and you cant see anything while your in the air, also shin bang is the worst.
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boots that fit/ proper technique my friend
 
13131699:JenniferGarner said:
You can't spot your landing on a front flip... simple as that.
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Pretty much comes down to that. I learned fronts before 5s but I've crashed a much higher percentage of front flips than 5s. If you over rotate a 540, you can usually open up to land a washed out 600-something or take it to 7, if you under rotate, keep it at 360.

If you over rotate a front flip, you have about a millisecond of notice before you go over the handlebars. If you under rotate, man...that shin bang... For me, front flips are about timing since you can't really spot the landing.

Actually, now that I'm typing this, anyone feel like superman fronts are easier than regular fronts since you basically spot your landing til the end of the rotation? I've never tried a superman front.
 
13131930:Holte said:
Pretty much comes down to that. I learned fronts before 5s but I've crashed a much higher percentage of front flips than 5s. If you over rotate a 540, you can usually open up to land a washed out 600-something or take it to 7, if you under rotate, keep it at 360.

If you over rotate a front flip, you have about a millisecond of notice before you go over the handlebars. If you under rotate, man...that shin bang... For me, front flips are about timing since you can't really spot the landing.

Actually, now that I'm typing this, anyone feel like superman fronts are easier than regular fronts since you basically spot your landing til the end of the rotation? I've never tried a superman front.
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Superman are easier, but only if you've got the timing right. If you mess up with the timing on superman, then you are fucked. I messed up a regular front once, I did the pop in the air. Basically landed on my back with my skis underneath my back. Shin bang much? Hurts my legs thinking of it. Can only imagine if I went for the superman.. Probably landed on my head.
 
In my opinion 540s are harder. But that's cus I'm shit at spinning. I can backflip and frontflip fine, but spinning past 3 is sketchy as fuck for me. It's all about personal preference
 
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