Backflip Help

Mostly i'd recommend to learn them static first and then rolling later.

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i found doing them ride up and do backflips heaps easier. just think of
it as a crankflips. try to land in the same spot as you started then
learn them so you move.
i'll make a short video of me doing one. i'll send the link soon
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also i just got straight into them i didnt use shauns tutorial. you just
have to go for it. if you can crankflip, which i assume you can because
you're trying backflips, you should eventually get the backflips. i'll
post a short video of me doing some with slow motion tommorrow once a
get a front view of me doing one. kbye

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Forward flipping people learn backs best first fakie (Source is me and
two other riders i've spoken with). This way you apply the same form
to a fakie flip as a crankflip. The snap the jump the land, the
distance. Then you slowly change to moving your foot to the base of
your shoe (middle of your foot) rather than your toe (forward flipping
form). You learn to push down on the pedal, and drag it forward, then
lifting your foot up and getting it back to it's start (if done nicely
your foot should appear to be on the pedal the whole time). So push
down and drag forward. Then get your feet back to the position they
were. When you are good fakie (which is riding slowly into them too) do
it static, then ride forward and basically stop do a static backflip
and ride forward. Work it into riding forward both ways and flowing
with it. Should workout for you. Good luck.

-Shaun Johanneson

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So just to clarify, should a backflip be similar to a 1 footed back rev
when riding fakie any way

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when riding any way it shoul dbe a rewind onefooted. Yeah, but the foot
will usually come off the pedal on the top rotation around, but it's
hard to tell.

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http://tinyurl.com/ynh4pe
that might help with your backflips.

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Naomi said:

..and spare a thought for that poor unicycling clown. When his circus
comes to your town, all those locals that watched you are going to
think: "That clown is nowhere near as good as that crazy kid I saw
riding that rail last week"
Nao

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you know what would be cooler than a backflip. a back zeroplant
(sugestion for sj)

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monkeyman said:

You know how sometimes, when someone posts something by banging their
face into the keyboard, I say something along the lines of "I can't
understand you"?
Well...I literally have no idea what you're saying. Are you drunk?

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unifreak7 said:

when riding any way it shoul dbe a rewind onefooted. Yeah, but the foot
will usually come off the pedal on the top rotation around, but it's
hard to tell.

-Shaun Johanneson

I don't think so...I think when riding any way your feet should both
come off. I know a lot of the time they don't fully and thats ok but
you shouldn't try to do it with one foot staying on.
They look way better when both feet are off for the whole time imo.

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The.Mars.Volta said:

http://tinyurl.com/ynh4pe
that might help with your backflips.

Thanks I appreciate you taking the time to do that but I don't need to
see a vid. I just wanted to know if what I was doing was right and if
not, are there any tricks to help learning.

Thanks for your help everyone I will try and apply what you have
suggested to my learning. Keep them coming,

Jason

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unifreak7 said:

To me believing in yourself not only helps if your going really big. If
there's no fear, (tech stuff), it doesn't really matter, It's just what
the body does.

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ok then
i just thought seeing how someone else did them might help but ok.
are you having trouble with the kick, the spin or the landing?

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juggle508 said:

I now know why Tomsey is so good at backs. And why Shaun owns at normal
flips.
It has to do with the gravitational pull. Like how the toilet flushes
in the opposite direction down there. Well its easier down there to
flip backwards then forwards. 😉 :p
KH.

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I would try them in all positions like static, fakie, rolling.

I will go through what rolling feels like to me (I'm not very good at
trick tips so to speak).

When riding, slowly/very slowly, jump up and push down on the back
pedal.

Kick the front foot out and forward (as the back foot down) to get it
clear of the pedal (trick to most flip tricks, get the non-flipping
foot away quick).

Kick your back foot out after down and try to stay in the same spot
(like everyone says, distance comes with time).

Suck your feet up and and (bring them in), slam down! Feel the cranks.

I am picturing me doing it now, this probably won't help at all.

Mike

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