can one learn a backflip?

[Mongooser]

is really that difficult to learn back-flips?

i've watched these vids they didn't get hurt and it looks very simple

im pretty experienced with flips on trampolines so will it help?
 

 

 

[nonky]

that's a LOT of wipeouts...

 

I've seen videos of guys practicing flips on a trampoline with their bikes - maybe worth a try?

[Mongooser]

that's a LOT of wipeouts...

 

I've seen videos of guys practicing flips on a trampoline with their bikes - maybe worth a try?

good idea! ill steal my mates jump bike and leave the wheels to him

[Allrounder]

that poor bike... 

[Vetseun]

A big dutchman hit me once. I did a backflip.

[Mongooser]

A big dutchman hit me once. I did a backflip.

did you make fun of his 29er?

[EmptyB]

I do them in the pool.........

[Mongooser]

I do them in the pool.........

har har

[Wolfie1]

Foam pit or trampoline will be your best bet. Start off with doing this first and then use a frame and try it on a trampoline and then one day have a bowl of courage in the morning and then commit hahaha 

[Headshot]

I'd also like to try - but a fronty feels more natural to me because I do them into the pool. A foam pit would be the answer but don't know of any in Cape Town.

[Kalahari Vegmot]

My bike can do a flip... But I'm not on it when it happens...

[GrahamS2]

that's a LOT of wipeouts...

 

I've seen videos of guys practicing flips on a trampoline with their bikes - maybe worth a try?

I'm gonna have to say bad idea. But then I've landed on top of a BMX on a trampoline before (while trying to learn to flip). 

[Kalahari Vegmot]

There won't be much left of the trampoline, and can you imagine missing the'bounce' surface...

[Mongooser]

OH BOY,this looks like a bad idea

i might use a jump bike instead of my freeride bike

[GrahamS2]

OH BOY,this looks like a bad idea

i might use a jump bike instead of my freeride bike

Yeah, and foam pit or nothing to learn.

[Tumbleweed]

A big dutchman hit me once. I did a backflip.

 

Ja, that crap about "the bigger they are, the harder they fall..." It's more like: "the bigger they are, the further you fly..."

 

Done a couple of semi-flips into pools on a BMX. But I was drinking a lot back then. Much braver.