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Front Flip,


Technique Definition:

A full flip forwards landing on your feet.

Prerequisites: Trick Video:

Walkthrough:

Run Forest, Run.
Uhhh... Keep running.
Alright, my arms looked funny in the previous screens because you have to keep them up preparing to swing them hard to get a fast front flip. Here I just took a little skip step to give me more momentum.
Here my arms are reaching back behind my head for that extra hummph, and my legs are together ready to jump.
Here I've just landed on my feet and my arms have started to swing down.
You need to push really hard off your feet to get high. You want to jump up and forward while swinging your arms down to grab your legs.
Here's when I grab my legs and the rest of the trick is pretty straight forward just hold on.
Keep holding...
And holding...
And stop. This is where you need to release so that you don't over rotate and land on your head or under rotate and land on your... head.
See how my body is more straight. That is good. It will help with the landing.
And Touchdown! Absorb the landing with your knees. Never land straight leg-ed.
Now just land and walk over to the first person you see and say: "Smurf yeah!"

Similar Tricks: Advice:
  • Tuck hard.
  • Absorb your landing with your knees.


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