Ollie front flip

Latebloomer · Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 8 City: olive branch

I guess that 's what it is called. I saw a guy doing these at Pickwick Lake in the early spring this year, but other than that I've never seen or heard of them. Can anyone do these? Question

Scorched_Ice7 · Posted: Jul 27, 2004 8:46 pm Post subject:

Ive seen people do them off rollers next to a wake from a double up. Being able to do it out in the flats without anything else for a ramp would see really hard.

Haggy102 · Outlaw Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 103

ya but it is not a regular ollie, im not completely sure how they do it but when they edge out hard toeside, they reverse their edge and i is almost like they catch there edge purposely which pops them up enough to perform the trick..............ugh confusing Confused

wakeboarder_360 · Posted: Jul 28, 2004 5:49 am Post subject:

Haggy102, your thinking off a air frontroll. I'd imagine the frontflip would be way harder. You tend to see these type tricks in older vids like with kovak. he does like air mobes but it seems very complicated Confused

MichaelB · Outlaw Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 122

I have seen people doing air fronts to blind in older videos.

Here you go...

http://forum.wakeboard.com.sg/videos/tricklist/pro-airfrontfliptoblind-dean.mov

Latebloomer · Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 8 City: olive branch

Thanks good responses. The guy I saw was only slightly outside the wake holding the position and as he hit the chop ( windy day) he would do a flip. They appeared to be front flips and usually several in sucession.

colefooter · Posted: Jul 28, 2004 10:05 am Post subject:

MichaelB, dude that guy is sick..

i could do that .. hah right. Look the air off of a freakin ollie he gets.. man

Greg Smith · Posted: Jul 28, 2004 11:29 am Post subject:

I was into air tricks once. I've actually landed a few backrolls that would almost be considered to be an air trick. The only difference is that I use the side of the wake just to kinda give me a boost. I guess it would be considered a toeside backroll though. Here's a video.

http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=4760

Latebloomer · Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 8 City: olive branch

Man those are sick tricks, way beter than I can do, but not what I saw that dude at pickwick doing. It was something different not necessarily better than you guys. Thanks for posting those for our viewing pleasure. Very Happy

loomosity · Outlaw Joined: 10 Mar 2004 Posts: 103

Shapiro used to have his stock run, which included a giant krypt to air front flip w/ a melan grab. He'd land with a ton of speed, keep the speed into the flats, and just throw it like it was nothing. In some respects, it must help to be 5 ft tall.

Latebloomer · Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 8 City: olive branch

Oh yea, Ollie front flip. Someone can do them!

Elevation · Posted: Aug 12, 2004 8:54 pm Post subject:

i can ollie in the flats, does that count Laughing

MichaelB · Outlaw Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 122

I guess technically it is an AIR front flip, not an ollie front flip.

Rockstar · Outlaw Joined: 17 Jun 2003 Posts: 164

I can do a flip on the trampoline, and I can ollie fairly high. I wonder if I should go for one just to see if I could do it. It doesn't sound too complicated. You just ollie HIGH and throw the front flip HARD.

HatzicMotive140 · Soul Rider Joined: 18 Jul 2004 Posts: 261 City: abbotsford

haha and catch ur nose hard and pile ur face into the muck on the botom of the lake haha

Rockstar · Outlaw Joined: 17 Jun 2003 Posts: 164

I think I'd get a little past the nose. I would probably land on my back. I'm having second thoughts about trying it though.

Latebloomer · Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 8 City: olive branch

I can't do it and haven't tried ,but I did see this dude front fliping and it really looked easy. He was just slightly past the wake on the right, would hit a chop wave from the wind ( it was a choppy day this spring) get a little air and just flip staying in the same position just right of the wake. I saw him do about six in about two minutes easy easy. You should try it rockstar.

Rockstar · Outlaw Joined: 17 Jun 2003 Posts: 164

If I think I can pull it off. I might try it. It may be a good idea to make sure I can do a big ollie EVERY time I try, because you'd have to throw it like right when you jumped. There wouldn't be too much time to check to see if you were high enough. Any inverts that would be easier? I think this would be the easiest flip to do. I have a video with a guy doing an Ollie Frontflip 180. I'm pretty sure that's what the trick is. Any of you guys who had bought a CWB Sol starter package with the video called "Wakeboarding Made Easy", the guy in one of the videos does one, but it doesn't say how to do it. Looks REALLY cool though. Cool

DunDunDun · Posted: Aug 15, 2004 11:49 am Post subject:

i think if you ollied high enough and just sorta nosedived into the water you migth be able to do a "frontflip" under the water. Wink

AndyAndy · Addict Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 660 City: cutchogue

Latebloomer · Newbie Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 8 City: olive branch

snow_wake · Newbie Joined: 22 Aug 2004 Posts: 18 City: Sudbury

Ive seen this done in the Muskoka Militia II video..in the special features section...its definitly crazy

Scorched_Ice7 · Posted: Aug 23, 2004 9:04 pm Post subject:

Scott Hopkins throws on in his run in the General Wake area