Side Flip Tutorial

[Pendragon]

if you do a barani but with a tuck would that give the same look as a side flip but without the side impact on the knees?  I guess you wouldn't be able to do em back to back at that point.

[urbantricker]

i am going for that next sunday , hope i do well , thx ian , u r a star for making that , cool,

Good luck, I hope you do well and make sure you film it and get me to have a look at it!

if you do a barani but with a tuck would that give the same look as a side flip but without the side impact on the knees?  I guess you wouldn't be able to do em back to back at that point.

I suppose it would look similar to someone who didn't know what you were doing. But don't worry I have filmed the stuff for a barani tutorial as well so expect that on here shortly!

[Dawesome]

very good tutorial ian! its a very simple rotation but learning to send ur body in the right way is difficult.so totally agree with u saying you should have it comfortable and at a good standard on the floor/trampoline before you try on bocks.

On the knee angle thing, im actually very much aginst the take off rather than the landing for this (get to that later), ian does turn back to face the way he came and this is a must when you do it on bocks, and i do it that way. if you turn that extra 90 degrees in the air during the flip you land like you would land a back flip and is fine on your knees.

I find the power that can and will be generated by running and then throwing that momentum into a landing sideways for the take off is very dangerous and agree with anyone who says this is bad on the knees, because it will be. landing sideways means there is a chance that if a hoof slips or something else unfortunate happens like a break of the stilt in some way then your knees are gonna be under pressure that can be minimised/avoided.

if you jump high and then turn a 90 degree turn while doing this, you can get very high (less high than running as u lack the extra power the momentum of the run gives u, but still a great amount) and your take off is now just like any other jump. I do sometimes jump slightly forward to turn but only a maximum of half a metre, usually less than that.

I personally would advice the jumping into it technique as a safer alternative on the knees (plus if you learnt on the trampoline you would have learnt from jumping up and down and just doing it anyway), which for me is still good as i can still do the extra 90 degree turn for the landing and backflip after it without any problem so i find it good.

[kentlee]

i love the flip tutorial its so insentive for people to try. hehe..

[urbantricker]

very good tutorial ian! its a very simple rotation but learning to send ur body in the right way is difficult.so totally agree with u saying you should have it comfortable and at a good standard on the floor/trampoline before you try on bocks.

On the knee angle thing, im actually very much aginst the take off rather than the landing for this (get to that later), ian does turn back to face the way he came and this is a must when you do it on bocks, and i do it that way. if you turn that extra 90 degrees in the air during the flip you land like you would land a back flip and is fine on your knees.

I find the power that can and will be generated by running and then throwing that momentum into a landing sideways for the take off is very dangerous and agree with anyone who says this is bad on the knees, because it will be. landing sideways means there is a chance that if a hoof slips or something else unfortunate happens like a break of the stilt in some way then your knees are gonna be under pressure that can be minimised/avoided.

if you jump high and then turn a 90 degree turn while doing this, you can get very high (less high than running as u lack the extra power the momentum of the run gives u, but still a great amount) and your take off is now just like any other jump. I do sometimes jump slightly forward to turn but only a maximum of half a metre, usually less than that.

I personally would advice the jumping into it technique as a safer alternative on the knees (plus if you learnt on the trampoline you would have learnt from jumping up and down and just doing it anyway), which for me is still good as i can still do the extra 90 degree turn for the landing and backflip after it without any problem so i find it good.

Make sure you read this everyone, its excellent advice!

Alright if I quote you in the first post?

yer thx ian i will flim it , hope i land it, i think i will land it , becus i have gone for a side alote of time but as i am in the air my body it telling me to go in to front whitch i do all the time when side flips , any help plzzz, or is it just me , lol Tongue

I think Paul-Self answered that question perfectly for you below. But definately get a video so we can see for certain!

when i learnt this move on the floor i at first rotated as well what i found was the best thing to do was

when you take off looking forward fix your eyes on say a object in front  of you and keep looking at it as you go over, i found as you were concentrating on that object you dont turn your head and then turn to the side.

Thats how i stopped turning to the side, its really just like learning to flip again as a lot of people when they first attempt flips go over one shoulder etc

[Dawesome]

yes iam thats cool! keep up the tutorials mate they are great.
infact matt can u sticky them, cos im sure a lot of people would appreciate finding them easily?

[urbantricker]

infact matt can u sticky them, cos im sure a lot of people would appreciate finding them easily?

Good idea

[jono]

Just had time to watch it all

It's really good well done dude

Im a bit iffy on whether i do my sideflops right aswell i might get a vuid posted on the weekend or something

[urbantricker]

ust had time to watch it all Smiley

It's really good well done dude

Im a bit iffy on whether i do my sideflops right aswell i might get a vuid posted on the weekend or something

Yeh definately ill have a look if you post them up!

BOOM! Head Shot! ahhahaha

[urbantricker]

well, thx to ian ,i have landed my side flip, and back flip, and back to front flip, keep them come dude , i love them all, thx ,are the best ,

Hey glad you like them, and well done for landing all that!!! Do you have any videos up on here?!!?