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You just have the wrong frame of reference. Use the feet. Non-problem solved.^^^^^ Freestyle skiers have it wrong when it comes to what they call a "back flip". What they're really doing is a reverse (aka a "gainer"). If you're facing/moving forward and then flip backwards, it's a reverse.
An actual back flip would be coming into the jump switch and then flipping backwards and landing it switch. These terms were well-established in other sports, but leave it to the "renegade" freestyle skiers to get it wrong.