The Front Flip

raidermike

raidermike

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Pete is the onlyone who has even talk about this trick and i think it can be done with the right wave.
I ride barge waves that are about six feet with anought HP i think i can do this off the top of one of them.
I can do one and a half off of a diving board so with a 300 pound ski i mite make it.
Ok iam looking for some help with this. Anyone

Thanks mike
 
vomitspot

vomitspot

Location
mobile alabama
mike ... do i remember that not to long ago you were selling the sj that you just got due to a bad back??
now why would you try a 1.5 flip with a sj strapped to your back?
 
raidermike

raidermike

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Your right.and it still hurts alot but as long as i can ride and still work thats what i wll do.i just need to stop drinking so much, it halps with the pain but not with the riding.So what was your point?

mike
 
raidermike

raidermike

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Mike Serlin said:
Where have you seen this and how???
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On a barge wake you just need anought power to get off the top of it i dont see it doing it in the surf.
mike
 
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Waste Land

Waste Land

Non Multa Sed Multum
Location
Florence, AL
raidermike said:
On a barge wake you just need anought power to get off the top of it i dont see it doing it in the surf.
mike
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No he's asking where you saw the video of someone doing a front flip.

Better chance of doing a front flip in the surf. FF is pretty much impossible. do tot he weight of the craft...the power is what lets the ski fli when its already 90 degrees on a wave
 
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Freestyleriverrat

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I think it probably could be done, a nice downwards trim would help throw the nose down to get you going that direction. Go for it!
 
SJBrit

SJBrit

Extraordinary Alien
Location
Bradenton, FL
hangtime said:
Ya get some video :headbang: ......................of the carnage :cool2:
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Word! :Banane01:

Mike - this is not an easy trick, which is why you don't see the gods of the sport like Malone and Kenny doing it. A backflip is a lot easier when you think about it - by the time you nail the throttle off a wave you're already rotating in the right direction (and are 1/4 of the way around). With a front flip, how do you start the forward rotation? You're going to need a good sized wave to get enough air, but that wave will already have the ski rotating the wrong way.

I wish you luck, but don't get too disappointed when front flip attempts just lead to pain and frustration.
 
MADMAT

MADMAT

Location
Ohio
How about a backie with a twist so that you come down into a re-entry onto the wave behind the wave you just left. (not in the ocean)

On Lake Erie our waves are so close together that this is the only way I can imagine doing a bflip locally.
 
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