haha I just watched all of it. flip outs in general are so frustrating, but so satisfying when you start getting the trick down, like it's so hard you can't believe you've done it once you have succeeded, then now matter how hard you fantasize about ever learning the trick consistently, part of you kind of want to never try and miss one again. it's kind of easy to get into a good flow though, after the first time, you just keep trying it at the end of your line every now and then, then it starts working occasionally until it's fully part of the repertoire, that's fulfilling and makes the original battle worth it... I feel like flip-ins are a completely different beast because with them, you literally can't begin to get into the trick at first and it gets irritating and boring a lot quicker - to me at least...
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thanks (it was sw big heel, somehow relearned those last summer after a decade of not doing them). back tails are so awkward, i've done them before on stuff as small as your curb too but that's pretty much it, and that was thanks to the tip of someone on here who advised to look at your back bolts before you pop (couldn't believe that's all i needed). yours looked like a proper start though, you look like you've got the basic motion down. we should make it some goal for 2018 to get them down real good
switch impossible in that line was so sick.
thanks, oddly enough that was one of the first tricks I ever learned, 18 years ago, I couldn't even flick switch flips but somehow I could do nollie and switch impossibles and pressure flips (and variations), then it took me 6 more years to be able to do them regular. I have this theory that impossibles naturally tend to be a lot easier switch (and nollie) to a lot of goofy-footed skaters because as people we usually have better coordination with the right foot and the trick in itself is all coordination... more generally it's just easier to do around whatever foot is your dominant foot. but most people don't know for they won't even ever try a switch impossible if they can't do a regular one already... that's my real-life advice to most people I see struggling trying to get impossibles - 'try it switch'. then I always get that look from them, until they do try and most of the time it works... that applies to regs and switch front foot impossibles too.
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