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PancakePete

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yamasaki said:
seriously, just look for a wave thats .5 seconds from breaking (once youre comfortable with it, you can do it in a wave that's just broken/whitewater also, just as easy, but mentally, the whitewater messes with me sometimes)..

as youre coming up the face of a wave, you dont need to be going to fast... as long as youre on a nice, comfortable plane, you have enough speed...

the trick is here.. as you approach the base of the face, GUN IT AND HOLD IT WFO AND DONT LET GO TILL YOURE AIRBORNE. try squatting down on your ski as youre going up the wave. your ass should be hanging past the back of your ski as you leave the wave. this will help give you alot of rotation as you are first learning the BF.

the other hardest thing to do is to remember to look back at the wave after you leave the water. youre going to want to stare at the nose of your ski (naturally)... try to break that habit early.. try to tilt your neck back and try to spot your landing ... this will also help you rotate alot more..

i still nose them in alot... but every once in a while, i'll get full rotation.

its a really easy trick.. its just all balls... the keys are:

1) fistful of throttle all the way up the face
2) tilt your head back

if you commit to those two things, youre doing a BF every time.

wave selection is also critical when you're first learning. try to find a nice, solid, vertical face. just makes it easier to learn.

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:bigok:-two thumbs up. exactly
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FL-cracker

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old exit 72 Melbourne
The only thing I would add is to kick your feet out once your upside down. This helps your rotaion, and makes the flip look much better. Unfortunetly it is the part I always forget to do :banghead:
 
DangerBoy

DangerBoy

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I would add its important to look BACK and make sure you dont TURN your head to the side , it seems the ski will follow your head
 
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yamaslut

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variation is the spice of life.... don't forget it.

imagine if everyone flipped the same... BORING
 
BlowStuffUp

BlowStuffUp

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if you look at the azhiaziam photos from the pismo ifwa stop theres some series of pics of taylor doing some text book back flips. (look for the secret stash link on the home page of www.azhiaziam.com)

all back flips should be nosed in. if you think youre going big but not breaking bones when you flat land, youre not going big enough. flat landing is crashing in my book.
 
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danjrowan

thanks for all the help. im fitting a wammer trim at the mo to my ski, so this should help initially. after that i wud like to not use it inn the surf as this would provide more hight?
 
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yamaslut

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BlowStuffUp said:
if you look at the azhiaziam photos from the pismo ifwa stop theres some series of pics of taylor doing some text book back flips. (look for the secret stash link on the home page of www.azhiaziam.com)

all back flips should be nosed in. if you think youre going big but not breaking bones when you flat land, youre not going big enough. flat landing is crashing in my book.
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no such thing as a text book backy... everyone has their own flair...

what you meat to say was "I like Taylors style of flips better than anyone else..."

P dawg... when are you gonna start flippn beeeotch or are ya now???
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you are still comming to DB??
 
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yamaslut

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danjrowan said:
thanks for all the help. im fitting a wammer trim at the mo to my ski, so this should help initially. after that i wud like to not use it inn the surf as this would provide more hight?
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yeah... no good in the surf.... it makes you spin to early
 
sjetrider

sjetrider

615 Freeriders are addicted to T1 madness.
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in the 615 (Nashville)
I see alot of people kicking thier feet out in flips and it does look AWESOME. But it seems like thats where things can go VERY WRONG TOO. Like feet pulling out of holds/ straps YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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yamaslut

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yamasaki said:
yeah, that's what i'm working on.. i'd rather be tilting my head back.. working on it.. it all happens so quickly tho!! :brap:
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it gets slower... it was like a blip in time when I first started doing em... after a while you are having thought and contemplating things while inverted... that's a good thing
 
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yamaslut

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yamasaki said:
like a big slow br? where you have the time/consciousness to sit there and enjoy watching the horizon spin??? i love that feeling.
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yup... love that...

surf rolls are slower by design... it's like slow motion...
 
BlowStuffUp

BlowStuffUp

Twinkle Toes
Location
San Luis Obispo, Ca
i just meant the wave timing and essentials like that are textbook.

i think as long as taylor and some others go, im going to go. i have a few snowboarding trips planned already so we will see what the cash flow looks like.
 
FlWAVEBLASTER

FlWAVEBLASTER

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near the lake, Minnesota
when i do flips on my snowboard i noticed that as soon as your nose becomes off plane from your belly button youre f'ed look at gymnist and kyackers nose over belly button at all times - so if you tilt your head like said earlier in the thread you will twist -also when doing flips on a board im always looking at my landing the whole way around your body and ski should follow your head
 
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