Snowboard cartwheels/somersaults - Snowboarding Forum

gprider_capita · 04-09-2011, 05:12 PM

So three weeks ago my local hill got 8 inches of fresh powder and the roads were shit and every school in the area was canceled, so me and my friends thought it would be a great idea to go to our local hill and shred some powder. I got the idea as i finished hitting a box to try cartwheeling on a snowboard, and I landed it! but it took alot of upper body strength because i leaned back then kicked and put my hands on the ground and pushed and landed normal on my snowboard. I was wondering if anyone else has tried this?

bamfb2 · 04-09-2011, 07:10 PM

Sounds similar to a front flip/roll that people do off of bumps (not moguls). You kind of do a nollie while flipping your upper body forward and bringing the board behind you, up over the top, then down hill, and then landing. It would be the same as a cartwheel but without using your hands.

**Donutz** · 04-09-2011, 07:14 PM

So you used your hands in the cartwheel? Not a dig, just a question. All the cartwheels I've seen on vids are pure air, but if I was at the level where I could try them, I'd start off using my hands.

gprider_capita · 04-09-2011, 09:47 PM

Well i was just riding on the ground no bumps or anything and i used my hands because i was just fucking around with butters and stuff

pencap75 · 04-13-2011, 11:09 AM

There is some youtube video out there of japanese riders doing front flips from flat ground... completely and utterly sick.

Sudden_Death · 04-15-2011, 04:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Donutz

So you used your hands in the cartwheel? Not a dig, just a question. All the cartwheels I've seen on vids are pure air, but if I was at the level where I could try them, I'd start off using my hands.

But wouldn't that just be a front flip?A cartwheel entails hands on the ground which is what makes it look like the old cart wheels going around.

04-09-2011, 05:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
gprider_capita Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Granite Peak Posts: 221	Snowboard cartwheels/somersaults So three weeks ago my local hill got 8 inches of fresh powder and the roads were shit and every school in the area was canceled, so me and my friends thought it would be a great idea to go to our local hill and shred some powder. I got the idea as i finished hitting a box to try cartwheeling on a snowboard, and I landed it! but it took alot of upper body strength because i leaned back then kicked and put my hands on the ground and pushed and landed normal on my snowboard. I was wondering if anyone else has tried this?

04-09-2011, 07:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
Donutz Drunk with power...er beer. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 3,662 Blog Entries: 176	So you used your hands in the cartwheel? Not a dig, just a question. All the cartwheels I've seen on vids are pure air, but if I was at the level where I could try them, I'd start off using my hands. __________________ Illegitimi non carborundum Mountain Days: 30

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04-09-2011, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
bamfb2 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 319	Sounds similar to a front flip/roll that people do off of bumps (not moguls). You kind of do a nollie while flipping your upper body forward and bringing the board behind you, up over the top, then down hill, and then landing. It would be the same as a cartwheel but without using your hands.

04-09-2011, 09:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
gprider_capita Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Granite Peak Posts: 221	Well i was just riding on the ground no bumps or anything and i used my hands because i was just fucking around with butters and stuff

04-13-2011, 11:09 AM	#5 (permalink)
pencap75 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ny Posts: 130	There is some youtube video out there of japanese riders doing front flips from flat ground... completely and utterly sick.