Doing the backflip

practice into some sort of padding...i used something like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLdr-4Wc5yE

anything will work though, matresses, a big old pile of pillows, just make sure u have enough

yeah i dont know where i would get those at

go to your school during the track&field season they should have mats out or just get a big pile of snow

or just do it into grass like i and many others did...

and if you can do it on a tramp pogo, you can do it on a real one.

well im not real down with a backflip period

learn to backflip by yourself on the trampoline... its simple. if you cant do it get a friend to spot you, and worst case scenario, your about to land on your head, and your spotter flips you to safety. after getting that down, learn how to do it while holding a broomstick or some kind of stick, this will get you the feeling of flipping while holding something. when you have that, its pretty much the same thing as doing it on a tramp pogo, then the same as doing it on a real one.

good luck

should i learn how to do the dismount first?

Yes definitely learn the dismount first. If you can do a backflip on a trampoline or on the ground or anything you can do it off a pogo, its just in your head. The full backflip actually takes some time and practice to learn.

yea i did wat earl did and just went for it on grass