I made a bet I could do a front flip this summer I need help

lilwakeboardbabe

OKay first of all I began wakeboarding this summer, and yeah I can get up now, ride switch, get some pretty good air......Well almost good air. Anyway the point is I need some tips on how first of all to work up enough courage to try a front flip, if there are some other flips I can do that will be easier then a front flip, how I can get enough air to be able to do it and land it..... PLEASE HELP ME!!!!! sorry bout the outburst lol any tips at all you can post like a normal person or just im me at sweetteen581-lilwakeboardbabe

dw · Posted: Jun 29, 2003 7:03 pm Post subject:

i did what toothpick said and i missed my first three attemps but the idea is def right.....you wanna wait till you pop off the wake then throw your head towards your lead shoulder keep the handle in close to rotate faster and futher away to rotate slower, overrotating on this move hurts Embarassed

i think in like another few days of tryin it i will stick one the move def doesn't seem impossible

but make sure your getting enough air before goin for it

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Jun 29, 2003 11:36 pm Post subject:

Can you liike 180 or anything yet, a backroll would be a good invert to start off with, and you might wanna get the $$$ prepared because some how, i dont think you will land one by the end of summer.

dw · Posted: Jun 30, 2003 7:38 am Post subject:

no vip no, GO FOR THE FRONT FLIP!!!! NO MERCY Razz

Elevation · Posted: Jun 30, 2003 8:17 am Post subject:

how much Cash is on the line.. and how did u get into a bet like this??? Mr. Green

J_DOGG · Posted: Jun 30, 2003 10:03 am Post subject:

Why do all these chicks have names like boarderbabe but never post a profile pic so we can tell them for sure if they are a babe or not....

Like BIGBOOBWAKECHICK, now she backs up her name like no other....

Keep in mind a TS front flip is different than a TS front Roll and a HS front is very hard.... Sounds like your mouth made a bet your a$$ can't cash, good luck with the old huck and luck, see you in traction.

Jim M · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 2933

Heelside fronts take some major pop, its a slow rotation and you really have to initiate it with your body. If you can't do consistent heelside w2w jumps with good pop, it is safe to say you are in way over your head.

I would recommend looking into the backroll, there is TONS of info on this site about it, just do a search. You may not stick it this year but you can get some good attempts in and the falls don't hurt at all unless you stargaze in the air and come down back-first. Maybe if you at least come down on the board off a backroll they will nullify the bet.

J_DOGG · Posted: Jul 01, 2003 8:41 am Post subject:

Jim ----
How many HS fronts should I be doing on the tramp before I take it to the water? I can keep the handle in tight most of the time and come around real fast but I still feel like I'm not doing a perfect cartwheel rotation while in the air. My buddy sayz it looks fine but it just don't feel right to me.

Will the pull of the boat pull me out of the rotation, what should I expect for the first try on the water?
I'm getting greedy this year and want another invert under my belt but I'm too old for huck and luck.

Jim M · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 2933

Huck and luck, thats beautiful Cool

Take a couple of rear-foot heavy hs jumps and let the board pop straight up, even work on collapsing your front leg a little with the pop to help the board lift up vertical. If they feel good then go for it! You know it takes good speed so don't lay off your edge, keep it heavy and come in hot until you get to the trough. The pull of the line will only pull you out of the rotation or even worse cross you over if you don't initiate the rotation or if you quit on it mid-way, so just don't come up short. The rotation and landing are definitely unorthodox so just prepare to come down hard and heavy and they won't be bad at all, probably just a couple of slip-outs. And of course pin your ear onto your front shoulder as soon as you come off the wake and let that front leg suck up, it will help your body to initiate the front cartwheel.

wakeboarder · Addict Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Posts: 702

I've tryed some front rolls, i can rotate all the way but i always come down with my knees bent and i fall. so i guess i just need to keep working on it

toothpick · Posted: Jul 01, 2003 5:13 pm Post subject:

Good call on the profile pics J_DOGG. I was unaware of bigboobwakechick...WOW. I searched around and saw that post with more goods. Man, Devo's a lucky guy for sure!

And on the front, just do it! Once I learned them, it wasn't long til I started out my run with a big front flip, they get easy once you can do them.

J_DOGG · Posted: Jul 02, 2003 3:50 am Post subject:

I know hu, that guy Devo has it made.....

All I say is they shouldn't use the name if they are not going to back it up....
and BIGBOOBWAKECHICK backs it up!

I don't call myself WAKESTUD or anything stupid like that.

dumassonwheels89 · Posted: Jul 04, 2003 3:20 pm Post subject:

Heres an Idea dont make stupid bets or talk stuff just ride and let everyone else talk. Also tantrums r the easiest inverts even though you should try inverts when your not ready you could really bust yourself up.