Author Topic: How long did it take you to learn 360 flips? (Read 13779 times)

peacepappies · « **Reply #60 on:** January 11, 2007, 09:02:13 AM »

it sounds a bit weird with varial heels could they'd possibly look like shit but i did it when learning to hardflip. it's al about confidence, don't hesitate. (also learning real fs shovits helps)

TREBOMBNINJA · « **Reply #61 on:** January 11, 2007, 09:18:41 AM »

I WAS BORN DOING THEM SO THAT IS THE ONLY TRICK I DO
THAT IS WHY I AM ON LAKAI

sfa · « **Reply #62 on:** January 11, 2007, 09:57:37 AM »

does any one else that can do them feel like standing straight up but over your back foot helps?
i find that if im over my front foot to much i have a hard time getting it.

also i cant do them fakie.

Mullet Man · « **Reply #63 on:** January 11, 2007, 09:58:35 AM »

Worst alias ever.

HenryChinaski · « **Reply #64 on:** January 11, 2007, 11:28:40 AM »

I have been skating since 86, and it took me until probably like 91 or 92 until I started landing tre flips, but I have never had them really consistently until the past couple years. So, it took me nearly 20 years to get them on lock! I think that I messed myself up by learning Impossibles first, then nearly every time I tried a tre flip I’d do an impossible. I had to finally stop doing impossibles to get the tres on lock. I think that it is a lot easier to learn tre flips by doing them off stuff, like a little 3 set or a curb or something, so that your board has more time to flip and spin. I could do them off things before I learned them well on flat ground.

donkykonky · « **Reply #65 on:** January 11, 2007, 12:36:47 PM »

learned them about a year and half ago, but it was something like half a year ago when i learned to do them properly,so it took about 6 years to learn a proper treflip.

i think i learned nollie and fakie ones first, then switch. now nollie and regular treflips are the most fun for me. it's the best feeling when you land a perfect treflip, always gets me stoked

TotallyAwesome · « **Reply #66 on:** January 11, 2007, 12:52:09 PM »

first off i will agree with sanch and others about using the back foot to "sweep" the board. it's not a violent sweep but a controlled one. if you dont sweep it proper, forget it.

the one thing people havn't discussed is the fact that the front foot should control the spin. look at that one mike-mo avatar that dude has. look at how mike-mo's front foot doesn't do much in terms of movement. the front leg in a tre flip is all foot/toe action. the board should spin off the inside of your front foot by the big toe. don't force it around with the front foot though. the proper back foot sweep should make the board go 360 and the front foot should control the rest.

that's why dudes like york and janoski can kick out the backfoot the way they do. however, i'm not someone who thinks you need that much flare on a 360 flip. but that's just me.

Mullet Man · « **Reply #67 on:** January 11, 2007, 02:21:11 PM »

I just wanna fuckin' land one. I don't care how skanky it looks.

gub · « **Reply #68 on:** January 11, 2007, 02:23:37 PM »

how's it comin along

manbearpig · « **Reply #69 on:** January 11, 2007, 02:49:15 PM »

i learnt them pretty recently and i can still barely ever get them i dont really care cause i dont do many kickflip tricks

stanley · « **Reply #70 on:** January 11, 2007, 03:03:11 PM »

it took many days in my garage to finally get these, and now i lost them. dear 360 flips please come back

Mullet Man · « **Reply #71 on:** January 11, 2007, 04:07:05 PM »

Quote from: gub on January 11, 2007, 02:23:37 PM

how's it comin along

It's not. It's been raining constantly here, except for yesterday and today, in which it snowed.

When I'm super stoked, I can get it to flip right... but I'm always in the back seat. And I have trouble getting my back foot back around to land after the sweep. The sweep I got. It's the rest of the motion that has always fucked with me. And when I'm right on top of it, I often can't get it to make the full rotation, my feet catch the bottom side of the board. And to top it all off, they make me mad tired, so I only get so many tries before I have to take a break.

cold budweisers · « **Reply #72 on:** January 11, 2007, 04:07:35 PM »

never have, never will.

stagefright · « **Reply #73 on:** January 11, 2007, 06:09:56 PM »

i cant kickflip and probably never will be able to, but for some reason i recently began to think i can learn 360 flips if i try them off of a hip or something, but it hasnt been nice in a week.

Maple Syrup · « **Reply #74 on:** January 11, 2007, 06:10:20 PM »

its all in the back foot, as others have said. after you got that theyre not very hard. its an overused trick anyway, everyone does them in every line in every video

bentmode · « **Reply #75 on:** January 11, 2007, 08:35:21 PM »

i would say a couple of months. however ikid og lost em. i dont hame as good as i used to. so im just trying to get them back.

Mentos · « **Reply #76 on:** January 11, 2007, 08:40:23 PM »

Nollie 360 and switch 360 flips are easier than regs.

Warren · « **Reply #77 on:** January 11, 2007, 08:48:14 PM »

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Such good catches for just on flat, really lofty.
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My Mike-Mo avatar shits all over the ones he did...

Hell, I can do them better than the ones he filmed for that video. Don't get me wrong, Stefan is the man and I know he has that trick better than me. I just don't get how those are that impressive is all.
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You're clearly out of your mind.
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Because I don't think the 6 inch high ones he filmed for Show Me The Way are impressive means I'm out of my mind? Right.

He can do them far better than the ones he filmed. I don't see where this "lofty catch" is on there.

He makes them look really really easy. It shows just how much board control he has. If you don't realize how good those threeflips are you must not understand whats good.

red curb · « **Reply #78 on:** January 11, 2007, 10:58:44 PM »

Quote from: Warren on January 11, 2007, 08:48:14 PM

He makes them look really really easy. It shows just how much board control he has. If you don't realize how good those threeflips are you must not understand whats good.

<----- That. That is good. By the way, they ARE easy.

Board control isn't even a matter with 360 flips, you just fucking scoop your back foot and jump and that's all. There's nothing to control except sticking your foot out and waiting for it to come back around. You can do all the stupid acrobatic shit you want with your back foot for show but that's all it really boils down to.

I guess you and I have a different opinion of what denotes "good" 360 flips. I like them popped high and caught high. You still didn't explain to me where you see the lofty catch.

Warren · « **Reply #79 on:** January 11, 2007, 11:01:17 PM »

I like how it goes perfectly to his front foot and just stops, and then slowly floats down.

No awkward stressed pop, no awkward stomp. It is just really smooth

This is a stupid arguement, I really don't care.

Sleazy · « **Reply #80 on:** January 12, 2007, 05:51:03 AM »

I tried them for probably an hour yesterday and got nothing. Didn't even land with one foot on. I got one that fliped kind of right but I think I am flicking it too hard because the flip and spin all crazy.

Who ever posted the tip about putting your weight on your back foot and jumping off it, thanks. I know that shit seems so obvious but it really helped out all my flip tricks which definitely need some work.

j....soy..... · « **Reply #81 on:** January 12, 2007, 07:31:35 AM »

I was more of a templeton guy than a jason lee guy.....

Alan · « **Reply #82 on:** January 12, 2007, 08:43:54 AM »

Oh, bs heelflips, I presume...

dreidelplayer · « **Reply #83 on:** January 12, 2007, 11:29:19 AM »

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRS

ITS BACK FOOT NOT FRONT

Ronald Wilson Reagan · « **Reply #84 on:** January 12, 2007, 11:31:15 AM »

Quote from: jsoy on January 12, 2007, 07:31:35 AM

I was more of a templeton guy than a jason lee guy.....

You got a sweet impossible then?

How do you keep them wrapped around the foot right? Mine always turn out looking almost like a 360 shoveit

beeda weeda · « **Reply #85 on:** January 12, 2007, 12:22:50 PM »

a key thng fo rme, besides the guidence of your back foot. i sorta turn my weight to the right (goofy) away from the spin of the trick, it lets you snap it hard and not over rotate it, so you can catch it jsu tpast 270, sorta keeping it infront of you....i hope that sounds right.

Mullet Man · « **Reply #86 on:** January 12, 2007, 03:05:15 PM »

It's doesn't - it's totally confusing.

You say you jump away from the direction of the scoop (right), but when you're goofy-footed, you scoop the board to the right. So how is that opposite?

reelaxandliv · « **Reply #87 on:** January 12, 2007, 03:44:48 PM »

if u skate u skate thats all there is to it. u can be the tite black pant zelda cut kid or the big pants and small wheel kid, it doesnt matter. ther is no certain look for a skater anymore.

blank. · « **Reply #88 on:** January 12, 2007, 03:46:22 PM »

easy
took a week of trying

Author Topic: How long did it take you to learn 360 flips? (Read 13779 times)

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