The Front Flip

Phill

Phill

v Check out Little Matt_E
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Kennewick, WA
keefer said:
Come on back up here to Nashville and get behind the General Jackson paddle wheel riverboat. It makes a nice sawtooth wave that is sweet about 150' off the boat. You can pull some good stabs and I am sure that this mysterious FF could be tried about 300' from the boat where the waves become tall & sharp. I seem to remember last year when someone was too hung over to make the river after a night of fun while in town for the race:biggrin: .
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There is one of these on the snake river and that wake is bad ass:headbang: :headbang:
 
keefer

keefer

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Location
Tennessee
SJBrit said:
OK, what about a high speed, over rotated sub? When you think about it we all know how to start a forward rotation. The way the first windsurfers did flatwater front flips was to plant the tip of the mast in the water at high speed and let momentum do the rest. What if you could plant the nose in with enough speed to flip you over? You'd land straight on your back, but the second half of a front flip is a piece of cake - it's the first half that's tough.
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I think that if you could use a extreme down trim and pull a nasty over rotated fast sub attempt with the right wave ramp top, it could at least get the rotation going hard over. The only problem would be keeping the forward momentum going and enough height to complete the flip and land. I know that I have botched a sub and popped it up on flat water with too much speed and pulled well past 90 degrees. The landing sucked as I went plowing under with the ski basically on top of me. I think that it is doable given the right conditions, power, balls, etc.:biggrin:
 
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PancakePete

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I think this whole thread has valuble points. Lets see what the future has in store. I would love to jump on this thread and layout my poker hand but lets see what spring brings ! :27: :wink:
 
SJBrit

SJBrit

Extraordinary Alien
Location
Bradenton, FL
keefer said:
I seem to remember last year when someone was too hung over to make the river after a night of fun while in town for the race:biggrin: .
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He he! Too muck Redbull and vodka with the Riot crew :beerchug:
 
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jmeadlock

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Fear my MS-Paint skillz!
 
raidermike

raidermike

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You guys are something,i spent all weekend trying to fine the 8mm film of this just to fine out it was lost in a fire or my frist wife has it.
Anyways being that last summer was my frist summer of riding and i cant ride well enought let to get where i need to be to do this was done off a barge wave iam hoping by the end of this summer i can and i will film it.
But i know allready that it will be done in the surf in a differnt way before i will
do it.

mike
 
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sflsurfrider

backflip = jet pointing down, propelling you up= allowing more airtime for manuver.

frontflip = jet pointing up, propelling you down.... hey, theres the water!:eek:mfg:
 
raidermike

raidermike

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sflsurfrider said:
hey mike, maybe your dog ate it.:rolleyes:
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Your a funny man,i really dont care what you think.
I WILL DO IT this summer.
How about you?
But i want be the FIrst.
 
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raidermike

raidermike

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sflsurfrider said:
backflip = jet pointing down, propelling you up= allowing more airtime for manuver.

frontflip = jet pointing up, propelling you down.... hey, theres the water!:eek:mfg:
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Thats one way to look at it ,but then again where is the ski at,at that time.
 
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SJBrit

SJBrit

Extraordinary Alien
Location
Bradenton, FL
raidermike said:
You guys are something,i spent all weekend trying to fine the 8mm film of this just to fine out it was lost in a fire or my frist wife has it.
Anyways being that last summer was my frist summer of riding and i cant ride well enought let to get where i need to be to do this was done off a barge wave iam hoping by the end of this summer i can and i will film it.
But i know allready that it will be done in the surf in a differnt way before i will
do it.

mike
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Hey Mike, was that down on the river by me? Did you say a 550? Haven't seen that guy around.
 
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jmeadlock

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SJBrit said:
Er... WTF is that?!! LOL!!
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A little wave forming not breaking, followed by a big wave close to breaking you hit @ 30 mph while you're still on the way up and smacking the rideplate hard enough to flip ya :)

Unpossible?

Edit: I have no real trick skills but have accidentally had rideplate smacked by wierd shaped waves (after I considered myself airborne) causing me to land fairly large air flat (or even a bit nose down).
 
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raidermike

raidermike

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SJBrit said:
Hey Mike, was that down on the river by me? Did you say a 550? Haven't seen that guy around.
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No it was at decatur boat harbor
Besizes theres nutting but rednecks down there where your taking about.
 
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raidermike

raidermike

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Ok iam out of this ,i know no one beleaves me and thats find.
but when i do it on a stock 650 then i will have the last laught now whos funny.
 
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