integ flip trick help

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

i can k flip almost any other board

i dont know what im doing wrong

Confused

http://vimeo.com/5842053

Soulprogression · Posted: Jul 30, 2009 2:42 pm Post subject:

i can't kicky, but looks like you need to slow down on your edge out, flatten out a little before trying it, you're throwing on edge and too quick, just slow the trick down a little and stay over that beach as she comes around

RollinTrees · Frontside 180 Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 334 City: NorCal

damn- closer then i ever come

DIRK · Posted: Jul 30, 2009 3:24 pm Post subject:

http://vimeo.com/4772763

Nomad · Posted: Jul 30, 2009 3:27 pm Post subject:

Gnarly Dancer 42, I thought u just posted that u got super close to a w2w bs big flipper? It's quite possible that I missed the sarcasm though. Embarassed

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

Nomad, Gnarly Dancer 42 shreds. You should look for any older vids of him riding his 4-trac. He's just having some difficulty adjusting to his new wakeskate.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jul 30, 2009 4:17 pm Post subject:

slow down on the cut for sure and flatten off!

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

thanks guys, i tried the edging slower thing, but no luck

i was edging half as fast as in that video or slower and still nothing better

i think its time to call it quits on the integ

thanks for that esnow Wink

joel · Backside 180 Joined: 20 Apr 2008 Posts: 747 City: ORLANDO

It looks to me like it was basically floating away from your feet, especially on that last maneuver. Was wind a factor or anything?

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

joel, no i dont think wind had anything to do with it

YaBro · Backside 180 Joined: 22 Dec 2008 Posts: 624

maybe try sitting outside the wake right at the base sorta at re entry area, then make a slightly slower progressive edge out into the flats, Flatten offf, square up ur shoulders, and pop, make sure you let ur tail come out of the water and flick or kick however you feel. just make sure your square and center over the board when you pop

Nomad · Posted: Jul 30, 2009 11:39 pm Post subject:

electricsnow, yeah sorry about that, I wasn't nay saying his skills or anything I was just a tad baffled

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10735 City: Jefferton

Nomad, it's underdstandable. His flip trick attempts on that wakeskate don't really do justice to his riding.

Gnarly Dancer 42, I'm not an expert on the maneuver because I haven't even tried one on a wakeskate, but you look like you need to relax and not muscle through the maneuver so much. I guess I'd call it "grace" but I also imagined people kind of laughing at that. You know you can do that trick...you just look like you're trying really hard on that wakeskate. And looking at that vid again, I think everyone else is right about flattening off because it's like you're going for the trick almost right off of your edge.

Have you ever tried just stopping and thinking about what it takes to do that maneuver and trying to build better board control? Don't take that comment the wrong way, but I know that when I went from my bi-level to the 4-trac, I had to slow down my trick initiation. It was a really good thing for me to switch boards and really get used to something else for awhile because it made me really look at what goes into the tricks I do, and what I need to do to not only pop them on that 4-trac (again, coming from the bi-level), but keep them consistent. I don't even know if all of that makes sense to you...it's hard to describe what I'm really thinking beyond what I've said. Shocked

I just mean to think and actually understand the trick...sort of applying a mental side to your riding.

And Gnarly Dancer 42, the compliment is totally true! Keep it up.

bob. · Posted: Jul 31, 2009 10:17 am Post subject:

you are leaning too far toeside when you pop

it looks like you have a pretty short rope which can make you do that

you are kicking the board behind you too, you might be catching too much of your foot on the board, and thatll happen when you lean too far ts too

relax a little while trying it too

good luck bud, dont give up

EJazzle · Posted: Jul 31, 2009 11:40 am Post subject:

move your front foot further forward and take a slow edge out just past the white wash, then pop it

knox · Kickflip Joined: 14 Jun 2007 Posts: 4693 City: Gainesville

edge, flatten off, 1 missisippi, 2 missisippi, ollie, flick, catch, stomp

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

thanks again guys

i'll try it one more time

trey s. · Ollie Joined: 15 Mar 2008 Posts: 89 City: orlando

people got to stop just assuming what to do. don't tell people how to do a trick you can't even do. but put your foot farther forward on the board and slant in kind of until you get used to the way it flips

JIM-BRANTON · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 574

trey s., what are you talking about? im pretty sure everyone that has tried to help can kickflip.

dont get your panties in a bunch

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031