A Rail Flip is a vault used in freerunning where two hands are placed on top of an obstacle and a front handspring is executed to get over it. This move may also be started with a dive.
Guide[]
Prerequisite[]
Before attempting this move it is necessary to be able to perform a basic front handspring. Learning a rolling kip-up may also be beneficial since they have a similar setup.
Technique[]
Usage[]
Despite the name it is not necessary to actually perform this maneuver on a rail as any thin obstacle will work.
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Kong Front[]
- Main article: Kong front
A kong vault followed by a front flip. A common misconception is that a kong front would be a front hand spring over an obstacle, however, that is a basic rail flip so it's slightly different in the set up.
Progressing Rail Flip[]
A double kong vault (or triple) with every tap slowly flipping you forward until the last push off with the rest of of the handspring.