Category Archives: Aerials

Aerials in Base by Dwain Weston

Posted on July 31, 2011 by wtb
aerialsinbase

Since its not possible to locate the document using google anymore, and all links on blinc and bj.com are broken. I’m hosting the file to get it back on google. This document contains a lot of interesting and important stuff … Continue reading →

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Overrotating frontflips

Posted on July 29, 2011 by wtb
overrotating_fronts

Overrotating aerials is always a bad idea. Doing so on a slider down frontflip is not just like a “normal” head-low deployment, since you still have some rotation momentum that works against the direction the canopy pulls you. So the … Continue reading →

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Frontflips and Thy Bridle

Posted on July 25, 2011 by wtb
frontflipsandthybridle

This is about slider down frontflips, me being a lucky bastard, and pull timing aswell as pull technique. http://www.vimeo.com/26883023 When doing frontflips one should pull when in sit/stand up position, otherwise one will overrotate. BUT when doing a normal pull, … Continue reading →

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