Frontflips

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James Scown

Steel Member
Couldn't find any other threads about them except for KC saying he nailed them before XW or TIC comp or something on page six;

A few of us GCS kids we're trying frontflips today (Me, Derek, Tyler, and Jasper)
and had problems rotating them.
We were airing out of 5ft quarters, which are really good for flyout.

Anyway, backto the point,
I would just like to know how to hold it in the air without bailing (i landed upside down on my deck a few times because of that,)
and rotations.
Most of the time i think it was just us pussying out and jumping away.
Maybe a bit of help from some of the people who can already flip real well and we will hopefully be able to nail them soon :)

Thanks to everyone who helps us out *thumbs up*
 
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sketchy steve

Member
hmm make sure you get enough speed for the flip rotation, make sure to commit and you will succeed, it will probably take you a couple trys til you land them, they will probably be really steezy aswell.
 
the_SD_local

the_SD_local

I own SR.
Jdbug_rob said:
flip early!
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Definitely DO NOT do that. Boost off the lip as hard as you can to get as much air as you can then tuck forward as hard as you possibly can and as tight as you possibly can to fully rotate. It is not the kind of trick you can just do all mellow... you have to huck it.

Lots of air, throw it hard and stay tucked.
 
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Kenny O.

Member
ughh for some reason, no matter what i do i cant throw a frontflip fast. I can get 3/4 of the way around but thats it pretty much
 
brandon kilbury

brandon kilbury

Super Moderator
the_SD_local said:
Jdbug_rob said:
flip early!
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Definitely DO NOT do that. Boost off the lip as hard as you can to get as much air as you can then tuck forward as hard as you possibly can and as tight as you possibly can to fully rotate. It is not the kind of trick you can just do all mellow... you have to huck it.

Lots of air, throw it hard and stay tucked.
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thats mostly true, but you cant really flip after you go off the lip, you do have to flip a little early, but try and do it pretty close to teh top so you get height
 
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Derek Scootz

Member
Kenny Owens said:
ughh for some reason, no matter what i do i cant throw a frontflip fast. I can get 3/4 of the way around but thats it pretty much
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finally someone the same <3 i've only landed fronty's a few times. mine are really slow. i asked about speeding up rotations like two weeks ago, but somehow this thread helps more. lol
 
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AJ

Member
damn john i saw that vid too... but into the foam pit my feet come off so easily... i hate it
 
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Snow Patrol

Member
Tommy Napolitan said:
John Radtke said:
i pretty much have fronts dialed in foam, but im not from new jersey so i cant do them
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hey john i was lookin at your Youtube account and there was a video of you doing frontflips on flat onto a mattress? can you confirm this?
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confirmed... lol
 
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Tyler Ha1e

Member
foam pits are for pussies..except john. Learn them right on the ramp and it'll teach you to get all the rotation..or get pwneddd.
 
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James Scown

Steel Member
Ehhh thanks for the tips :D

Except the f---ing council took the f---ing mattressess away... So it might take us a while to get some again
 
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Pete Pachota

Member
Ethan Hong said:
i usually flip pretty early and throw myself foward...

and tuck that shit
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I thought you threw youself more like upwards than forwards? The way you described would be more like flipping low like Jesse and many other people.
 
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