More flatwater backflip attempts - still can't get it

[SuperJETT]

Looking better!

 

[chad]

almost there !!

 

[Big Kahuna]

just a wee bit more. Try going faster in a straight line first.

 

[SUPERJET-113]

i dont have a machine to do backflips, so here is my only advice:

Get a helmet on! You could of split your skull on that try!

BTW - Do brains float? :biggrin:

 

[freestylegeek]

If you wouldn't have broken the #1 rule.......NEVER LET GO.

Nice camera work

I need to remember that next time.
As far as the camera work goes, the guy running the thing was awesome. He even had the perfect sound of disappointment at the end. :cheer:

i dont have a machine to do backflips, so here is my only advice:

Get a helmet on! You could of split your skull on that try!

BTW - Do brains float? :biggrin:

What the heck is wrong with all you helmet guys? I've never come close to hitting my head on ANY trick I've tried. Every time I've worn a helmet (Daytona), it messes up my balance and I end up screwing up and getting hurt. Yeah, I know I got hurt yesterday, but that was my back, not my head.

Tell you what, I'll keep trying it, and if I split my skull or become a vegetable, I'll say you were right. :smashfreakB:
(I'm saying this all tongue-in-cheek)

 

[McDog]

If you become separated from your ski in the air and it lands on your head you won't be saying anything.

 

[SUPERJET-113]

Its your dick and its your soap and you can wash it as long and hard as you want but, but if I were you after seeing that last vid, i would start wearing one at least till I mastered that backflip.

I dont really have any room to talk, I never wear a helmet, but if I was learning a back flip I would start. Especially after seeing that last vid, it kinda put the fear of the brain bucket before me..lol

I guess what we are trying to say is that, well, um, we just care about you Geek :kiss: and want to see you fulfill your dream so you can live on to :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: :brap: again and again!

:bananajump:

 

[SJBrit]

My wammer nose piece has two very big cracks in it after landing on my helmeted head during a backflip attempt. I hate to think what my head would have looked like without the helmet.

 

[OCD Solutions]

You are so close, just keep practicing and playing with your timing.

I wear a helmet more for my teeth than my skull...and because my Wife says I have too, at least if i'm trying to get upside down anyways.

 

[freestylegeek]

Here's the "injury" video. Note how the ski stops so abruptly as it slams into me, then slides backwards. Ouch.

 

[K-SCARB]

Heal up were riding next week and getting this done!!!!!!

 

[freestylegeek]

Heal up were riding next week and getting this done!!!!!!

Right on my man!!
Your boat is next once I learn how to do them on mine!

 

[lerott]

I suppose magnum pump will help

 

[tipafew]

Look at that attempt where the boat hit you. You literally put about zero body into it.
Huck it hard and get that head back.

 

[tipafew]

You really are in awe of that bow eye aren't you.
Your approach is better but I think you need you ass to hit the tray and your head to snap back.

 

[SJBrit]

You really are in awe of that bow eye aren't you.

LOL! I'm the same - I'm completely hypnotized by the bow eye when I try to flip!

 

[freestylegeek]

Look at that attempt where the boat hit you. You literally put about zero body into it.
Huck it hard and get that head back.

I think the head is where it's at.

You really are in awe of that bow eye aren't you...

It's purple...how could I not be?

 

[eeerieski]

Preface, I still score a ZERO in the rate your freestyle ability scale.

http://www.ehow.com/video_2354866_preload-motocross-bike-maximum-height.html

Same concept, I know jet skiis don't have shocks but they do have water pressure pushing the ski up. Pushing the tail down will also keep the pump engaged longer and increase your rotational velocity. The way you were doing it in the first videos (and still are a bit) is that you bring your legs up almost like you are absorbing the wake which would explain your poor height above water too.

 

[jMike]

Glad you didnt get really hurt. That vid looked like a late ghost rider. Nice variation!

 

[retroicon]

What the heck is wrong with all you helmet guys? I've never come close to hitting my head on ANY trick I've tried. Every time I've worn a helmet (Daytona), it messes up my balance and I end up screwing up and getting hurt. Yeah, I know I got hurt yesterday, but that was my back, not my head.

Tell you what, I'll keep trying it, and if I split my skull or become a vegetable, I'll say you were right. :smashfreakB:
(I'm saying this all tongue-in-cheek)

What the heck is wrong with you non-helmet guys? You're throwing a 300lb piece of solid machinery above your head, and basically praying that it's going to land to the right, or the left, of your skull every single time it comes down without your feet in the tray ...

So, let's say you have a 0.5% chance of getting hit on the head ... that's not very high, right? But that's only 200 missed attempts before skull fills up with saltwater, and we have another "RIP" thread here on the X.

But looking cool, and doing a backfilp without a helmet is more important than living I guess.

Dude anything new is going to throw your balance off until you get used it it. New bars, new grips, underpadding, different throttle lever, new turn plate, new handlepole, and the list goes on ... that's why you never see anyone winning a freeride/freestyle comp on someone else's ski.

Put a 2lb bike helmet on, and if your neck cant hold up the extra weight ... you could put a 1,200cc engine in a 40lb hull, and you're still not going to be strong enough to get that thing around.