If you frequent any skate park at all from time to time, you have probably seen a shitload of kids (and sometimes even adults, as much as it pains me to say) spend all day trying to get their 360 flips to have the infamous “Yo flip” effect to it. But what is a Yo flip you ask?
A Yo flip is a 360 flip with an exaggerated front foot catch. This is usually done by catching the board with your front foot while stretching your back foot out as far back as it can go. Apparently, “the more you get the back foot out, the more buttery it is, dawg.”
I’ve seen skaters go as far as landing the trick with their front foot and riding away for a full one or two seconds before putting their dangling back foot on. Yo flips rarely, if ever, look good, as opposed to a naturally caught 360 flip (For example, please see Kalis footage). They look contrived and unnecessary, and if anything they should be banned from skateboarding. But despite this, the fad continues to thrive in skateboarding today for some odd reason….
1. Felipe Gustavo – One word: Atrocious.
2. Furby – Oh yeah, that looks totally natural.
3. Dylan Rieder – Just look at Dylan in all his handsome glory and wash the pain away.
4. Theotis Beasley – Theo has been called “the nicest kid in skating” by many.
Still, that doesn’t excuse him from this abomination of a Yo flip.
5. Cody Mcentire – So steezed out bro…
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July 27, 2014 12:51 pm
skateboarding… individuality.. they’re basically the same thing. Do a trick the way one likes and have fun doing and enjoying that trick.
July 27, 2014 2:53 pm
Furbys was the first I remember when that came out we all were like wtf haha but yes YO flips
are atrocious. That’s why I watch Kalis 3 flips and BAs I mean there are millions of good tres that aren’t YOd out.
But it comes down to opinion as always with skating end of the day just be you if that’s how you wanna do it than
So be it
July 27, 2014 4:42 pm
Stefan Janoski has a “YO FLIP-A”
July 27, 2014 4:59 pm
Isn’t skating the one activity where people are supposed to be allowed to do things their own way? What kind of pretentious ass has nothing better to do than pick at a way a trick is done? You may as well say that someone is only allowed to get so much air out of a ramp, or make a limit on the distance of ollies. I don’t care if he wants to tip his hat every time he does a trick if that’s his style.