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me and my pet badger frolicking in the rain.

yours, Pume and Tom

anyone thats had the pleasure to see tom ride will know that he’s got some f*&ked ubility to make everything look far to easy and can front flip like nobody else so if you wana get rad like that listen up carefully! here it is

How to front flip like Junior Sausage…..by Tom Read

Sequence by professor Paul Taylor

• First of all you need to have this sorted in your head or else there’s no point in trying it at all because you will land on the face which might hurt, so listen up good!

•  The first step is obviously taking off and this is most certainly the most important step of the lot. get this bit down and the trick is yours!

• You need to go up the kicker with your weight slightly more on your back leg and imagine you’re trying to do some kind of massive ollie.

•  (Timing is critical as you will need to leave the kicker with your back wheels as close to the lip as possible without going too far before you’ve popped!)

• As you’re leaving the kicker, compress the board with your weight on your back leg and pop off it like you mean it! (this is how you get momentum for the flip) Then as your back wheels are leaving the kicker, you need to rapidly shift all your weight forward and focus on looking at the passage of the flipping motion (your body follows your eyes).

• For a brief moment you will not have a clue where you are but dont worry! Keep looking at where the flip is going and eventually you will start to see land, spot your landing as soon as you can and assess if you need to adjust the speed of your rotation by opening out or tucking in, depending on wether you need to rotate faster or slower so you can get the perfect landing.

• When its time to land stomp the wheels down and be sure to bend your legs to lake the impact for smooth ride out.

• Once you’ve done it a couple of times, you will get the hang of popping off the lip just the right amount so you get the rotation spot on every time!
  Then all you gotta do is show all your mates how super gnarly you are with your awesome front flips!

wana get rad like Mick.

 check out his trick tips and learn how skid, grind and slash like some sort of mountainboarding ferrel child.

 next week, how to do a rainbow trout flip with Tom and Pume.

 yours very much, Mick

• how to do a backflip 180 melon (i think)
• Step1 Just as you reach the take off start to prewind your body then bend your knees to maximise popin ability in it.
• Step2 Take off as if your going for a frontside five but before you get to 180 grab your board drop your front shoulder and look down, you might find it easer to bone your front leg at this point, I do.
• Step3 Keep looking round, you probably will make it, but if not don’t blame me,
•  Really though if you can see a trick in your head you’re a lot more likely to make it, but if you can’t id recommend a foam pit before giving it a go.
• Step4 you see the landing pretty soon on this trick, don’t take you eyes off the little babber.
• Step5 Let go of the board and it should come round naturally,
• this is a really flowing trick so if you get the right motion off the lip the rest should just happen,
• My back arm naturally points at the landing but if you are having trouble nailing this little badger that could be something to try.
• Step 6 Land on your feet, ride away and claim like you’ve never claimed before.
• To sum it up the whole of this trick is in the first 180 if you get that right you’ll be laughing, Also everyone has a different way of doing the same trick so don’t hold me to what ive said.
• Next up how to Ollie frontfip with the king of frontflips MR Tom Read