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Offline Trixter

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Easyier Flip
« on: September 03, 2007, 08:17:39 PM »
I know this wont be open to all bockers as we cant all flip but ive been practicin on trampolene n stuff, was just generalising flipping not just on bocks but trampolenes from standin (if possible)

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2007, 07:12:30 PM »
backs are obviously easier

a) you can spot your landing way before your feet are near the ground
b) just easier to throw it and hang

.. fronts take a little more to think about.. gotta prepare my mind atm to do fronts, and you cant spot your landing like you can with a back.

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2007, 07:16:01 PM »
Totally agree with Kiola their

and once you learn Baranis It becomes harder to land fronts as well i found

Backs are just so much more relaxed and easier to do from a greater height in my opinion

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2007, 09:15:12 PM »
So far all I have is trampoline experience (getting some bocks soon) but ive always found front flips more relaxing, less scary, and easier, go figure ^^

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2007, 09:22:51 PM »
yer i have the same problem but i will try some day,

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2008, 11:46:24 AM »
ive always been much more confident going forwards, i used to dive a lot and i only got backflips down in the last few ytears.
i can do a frontflip on my feet though, after a lil run up anyway.

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2008, 05:30:34 PM »
I would love one day do just one flip, but with my size and weight things could go very wrong so I don't think I ever will  :(

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2008, 05:41:18 PM »
I am going to try and start again soon


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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2008, 06:06:35 PM »
DK

Might be able to try in safety at the Lincoln meet
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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2008, 06:53:06 PM »
DK if you can do it on a trampoline, or learn until you can there is no reason why you couldnt learn it on bocks. Its all about ability and confidence.
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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2008, 07:01:04 PM »
DK if you can do it on a trampoline, or learn until you can there is no reason why you couldnt learn it on bocks. Its all about ability and confidence.
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I've never done a flip in my life !? ...... Wait did once for a motor bike !
Didn't go very well flow 20 feet and then landed on my back I was saved by a cheap R/C motor car.

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2008, 07:57:41 PM »
I may try to buy a cheap trampoline or a cheap crash mat, and use it in my back garden, when I go back home at the end of may


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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2008, 05:46:58 PM »
i cant yet but i do tricking so i can do it on my feet and backs r defo easyer by far and duz eny 1 no if the stilts make a difrance in doing them coz i wanna give it a go but im being a pu**y about it lol  ;D

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #13 on: April 17, 2008, 05:51:08 PM »
duz eny 1 no if the stilts make a difrance in doing them coz i wanna give it a go but im being a pu**y about it lol  ;D
They do make a difference, increased area means increased resistance in the air, and combined with the additional weight means you need to put in more effort into the rotation.
However, once you get the rotation going the increased weight on your feet also means they increase momentum and help to pull you round a bit more.
But they are certainly easier on a trampoline than on bocks.

Can you write a bit better though please? Took me a while to work out what you had written :D

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #14 on: April 17, 2008, 05:59:28 PM »
lol k il try im a bit dumb  ;D am disleksic or how ever u spell it lol ( the thing where u wright letters and stuff the wrong way )

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #15 on: April 17, 2008, 06:00:01 PM »
Fair enough :)

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #16 on: April 17, 2008, 06:03:49 PM »
oh i read that straight away he rights in msn and text talk its very simple to read XD :banana: :nana:

                                              i carnt spel... or maybe you cant read ;)

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #17 on: April 17, 2008, 06:08:08 PM »
lol its coz i cant spell most of the words :thumbs:

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #18 on: April 20, 2008, 04:24:04 PM »
dont worry greg11 im the same dislyic lol ( i think )

* why put a word for some one who cant spell as suc a hard spelling ????*

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2008, 01:56:49 AM »
Dyslexics of the world,Untie!!!  :biggrin:  :biggrin:

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2008, 10:08:03 PM »
Dyslexics of the world,Untie!!!  :biggrin:  :biggrin:

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #21 on: June 24, 2008, 06:53:10 PM »
im Dyslexic, i sold my soul to santa
differently now ive landed a backflip they waaaaaay easier, although i still find them easier to screw up then fronts, landing fronts is the hard part, as with your weigh slightly forward your prone to having to gambol once landed and if your back the hooves may slide or bounce out.
once you have the tuck for fronts its only the landing but looking over your shoulder is the best way to kill a good backflip
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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #22 on: June 24, 2008, 09:02:14 PM »
dyslexic here too.. i wanted a career change and thought i'd take up pimpin' low and behold i ended up buying a warehouse :( as for the flips i can see the backflips being easier i can pretty much land them on my feet from standstill off the floor but then i guess most the flips are just a case of repetition and confidence..

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #23 on: August 04, 2008, 12:17:25 AM »
i gota get a helmet so i can try a flip one day =)

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Re: Easyier Flip
« Reply #24 on: August 04, 2008, 09:15:05 AM »
dyslexic here too hah  just askin i can do back and front standing on trampoline and back on the floor on good days will i be able to flip ???:Straddle5: