Backflips?

Not yet. There is very limited "air time" on a unicycle.

I believe someone tried one on a trampoline and nearly broke their
neck, not many people have tried since. 🙂

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i can't see why it can't be done...

hop up to the top of some bleachers (4 foot drop or so) and do a back
flip...

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you first...

but if it can be done, that'd be how i'd imagine it being done.

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I asked about this a little bit after i joined this site =p
'Backflips' (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46755)

i bet if you were part of an gymanstics team, or were just able to use
a gym with one of those really big foam pits, you could practice there,
now i wanna practice it in a giant foam pit!!!

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I think they're even possible from the flat, much much easier from a
small ledge though.

Ingredients:

1x Average gymnast or trampoliner (or physically capable madman)
1x They get into unicycling for a couple of years
1x They have access to a foam pit

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pete66 said:

1x Average gymnast or trampoliner (or physically capable madman)
1x They get into unicycling for a couple of years
1x They have access to a foam pit

dont know any1 like that, i know some1 who can do backflips though....
hes not a gymnast

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http://unicyclist.org/cont/freestyle.cfm

Have a look at dismounts. It's possible to backflip from a unicycle.
Maybe it's possible to do a backflip, while you are stand-up gliding
and getting the moment short before the gliding is over. So maybe you
can land it into drag-seat 😄

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UNIquelyCanadian said:

Not yet. There is very limited "air time" on a unicycle.

I believe someone tried one on a trampoline and nearly broke their
neck, not many people have tried since. 🙂

I thought people have succeeded on a trampoline....

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James_Potter said:

I thought people have succeeded on a trampoline....

There is a video of Trev ( I think that is his name, his user name is
unicycleboy) hooked up to some wire and he hops from what looks like a
table, its probably a ledge, onto a trampoline that is set with an
angle, and he gets about 70% of the way through, i bet after a few more
tries he would of landed it =p

EDIT: Heres the video
'Frontflip!'
(http://unicyclist.org/cont/play.cfm?pi=w320240summersault)

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pete66 said:

1x *Great* gymnast or trampoliner (or physically capable madman)
1x They get into unicycling for a couple of years
1x They have access to a foam pit

I know someone, his name is Trevor...

Mike

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hehe you called :P

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SOme one in either the bonus footage of defect or uni 2 does a backflip
on a trampoline and lands it

im almose certain

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now what would be good if that loop the loop ramp into a lake that
you've seen hawks on, someone doing it in a uni 😉

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c'mon ppl

first one who does bckflip get's somethig from me

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Here is my idea. Get access to a large foam pit with a ledge about 6
feet above it. Hop off, bend over a bit, rotate backwards and most
importantly, dont hit your head on the ledge!

It is physically doable, of course. I would love to try it if I had the
pit and everything, but still... You first 😄

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Yo,

I've heard it's been done, (source another unicyclist). He does it like
everyone thinks it would be done. Off something. Personally I don't
believe it. The unicycle adding to the length of your body it would be
hard to flip fast, Since one can't really get into a ball to spin. So
it would be pike style. Ok. Find a large enough ledge where you would
have the time to spin. Ok.Llets take into account, do you have the
balls to do this? It's your first time practicing (disregarding foam
pit), you're staring down a large drop behind you, you're about to do
what? Come on, are you sure that this drop won't break anything on your
uni, you don't know how you're going to land this, either over rotate,
under rotate, or land and possibly break something. Too many elements
for someone just to try it. In all this case, why don't we get some
sick freestyler, to coast, up a lip, and bust the backflip like a biker
would. Laters

p.s. Everyone here asks me about this trick, it's really annoying,
since the physics aren't really there, and if you did bust it amazing
yes, but i'm not interested in such a bodily injurying trick. Insane if
done i'll give you that. I'll do a fourflip first, haha. laters. I mean
no disrespect to everyone, just a touchy subject for me, sorry
everyone.

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yeah you can get mad about it and everything...i'm sure people did the
same thing when they mentioned the 900 in skateboarding....and the
backflip in bikes, and motorcycles...and the 360 on free style
motorcross....hmm...wait, all these have been done and people thought
they were imposible...

give me another year i'll bust out a backflip 😉

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I always thought a front flip would be easier? If you had a 14" or
sumthing with a pretty low seat and you could already do a back/front
flip off something i dont think it would be that hard. I'd probly try
it on grass off some foam blocks.

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I would like to hear one quote saying that backflips in those other
sports were said to be impossible. Dont make a joke and quote
yourself.

Mike

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