You might have seen some crazy kid doing front flips off things at your local ski hill. If you want to learn how to be more like that kid and easily impress people, this trick tip is for you.
Firstly I want to say that I learned my front flip from the movie Mountain Lab, where they are going through the house and one of them frontflips of the box they set up. I have since done many a front flip and do them off boxes, jumps, rails, and ledges.
Below are the basic steps for your first successful frontflip:
- Approach the box with a fair amount of speed; enough so you will easily make it to the end. This is best done on a short and wide flat box at first since they are wide and present no challenges.
- Get on the box and ride it to the near end, maybe three feet or so from the end
- Once here, quickly lift up your front foot like you are doing a really shitty tailpress
- Slap your front foot down immediately afterwards and commit the hell out of the flip by:
- Angling your head like you are doing a cartwheel
- Slightly bending your knees
- Not losing hope in mid air
Here I am in mid nosepress, this is right after I have whipped my front foot down after my tailpress. When looking for obstacles to do this on, look for stuff that has a drop off of about this much. That way, you will be able to bring it all the way around.
Happy flipping!
