THE WORST YO FLIPS OF ALL TIME

June 19, 2012/ / ARTICLES/ Comments: 94

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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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  1. jimmy Falon

    July 27, 2013 6:42 pm

    The first one was so gangstuhhh

  2. Tupac Skywalker

    August 8, 2013 6:42 pm

    I think the front foot catch looks cool, but trying to manipulate style is unnatural.

    it seems like there a lot of peer pressure for kids to conform to a certain style of trick, but conformity is what takes style and individuality out of skateboarding.

    imagine all the other tricks these kids would know if they were trying different stuff, rather than just working on a certain style of one trick.

  3. British

    August 10, 2013 6:44 am

    Actually I think Dylan’s 360 flip is bearable (if not enjoyable) to watch.

  4. voodoo guru

    October 27, 2013 6:48 pm

    good article. i’ve always thought that shit looked so dumb. ppl like nate jones, p-rod, and herman have the most controlled, natural 3 flips. thats what makes it look so good. not consciously trying to make it look all tweaked n shit. kooky ass try-hards

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