I personaly disagree with the whole backflip being easier then frontflip thing.
I am able to do front flips from standstill, on my feet of cause, and even befor I could successull do them still found the rotation and the prospect of landing easier. I have always failed every atempt to do a backflip. May just be my technique or something. However I have tryed fromtflips on my bocks, on to a crash mat. I actualy found it a faily smooth sensation with none of the panic that I had orriginaly antisopated. I wasn't successully landing them however. It was within my first month of having my pro jumps, so I wasn't getting much height, and the crash matt was thick, about a foot heigh, meaning it was harder to land. I wasn't far off however and was landing on the hooves, I was to leant back though.
I would recomend any one with reasonable experiance on bocks to give flipping a try, in a controled environent, as I esure you it is mainly a confidance thing and once you have attempted one you will want to try another.
I'm probabaly not the best person to be saying this as I myself am still unable to perform a flip on bocks. I havnt had much axsess to a crash mat.
I appolagise for any spelling errors, I'm also another dyslexic.
Thought I would at that in wile the topic is presant.