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….
Still, that doesn’t excuse him from this abomination of a Yo flip.
Words: Eric Q
Original Illustration: Michael Giurato
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The only legit yo flips are those of wade desarmo and sewa kroetkov
these disgusting videos make me want to play team sports.
Then go do it. Nobody’s stopping you. We don’t need judgmental pricks like yourself in the skateboarding community anyway; good riddance.
fuck steeeze 360 flip boy…
judgement coming from the straight retard who’s name is ‘true skater’.
you do realize this whole article is judgemental right? and you are being judgemental, on a judgemental post…*high five*
the ones dylan does off the bump and stairs are alright at least but here is the best tre flip in the game, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEJ18F-SV0s
BA has the best one!
whoever made this post is just jealous of the infamous yo flip and probably cant do one
dude, i bet you could be in this list making ugly ass “steeze” yo flips, btw i can do 360 flips and i aint jealous of this shit.
Felipe Gustavo might as well have just put his hands in his pockets for that 360 flip! Weird stiff upper body going on.