"Can you tell me what a switch backside double cork 1080 involves?"
Tuesday June 9, 2009
Um...I can try!
I was hired earlier in the spring as a consultant on a children's snowboarding book (written for second and third grade students), and, well, the senior editor needed to know what a switch backside double cork 1080 involved. The worst part was, "a whole heckuva lot" wasn't going to suffice as an answer. So I sat down, googled "Travis Rice", and started watching him pulling off the mystical switch backside double cork 1080 in slow motion.
See, just like the Supreme Court and obscenity, that trick is more easily described as, "I know it when I see it" than it is to actually break down and explain in layman's terms. Especially to a layman (or laywoman) that doesn't snowboard!
Here's what I came up with:
- Switch: Refers to a snowboarder that is riding backwards, or with their unnatural foot facing forward. Because most riders prefer to have a specific foot (either the left - referred to as Regular, or the right - referred to as Backside: Backside refers to a trick or spin where the rider leads with his backside, or heel-side edge. For a regular (left-foot forward) rider, this is a clockwise rotation. For a goofy (right-foot forward) rider, this is a counter-clockwise rotation.
- Cork: Refers to the rider spinning off-axis (the vertical axis) in the air; therefore a double cork is two off-axis rotations.
- A 1080 is a spin trick where the rider completes three full rotations in the air.
How'd I do?
Comments
Hey Chris, Its Drury’s friend, the one who hit the jump way too fast. I just came across your blog and wanted to give you some props. Keep up the good stuff man. Hopefully we will ride next year, have a good summer man.
Whatsup, bro? Good to hear from you – and good to know you’ve fully recovered from that massive stack you took earlier this year! Still probably one of the biggest wrecks I saw all season…but man was it awesome!
We’ll definitely get out and make some turns next season…enjoy the summer.
Hey was just surfing and came across your article. I coach at woodward and am a pro rider as well.
Everything looks good except the heel edge takeoff. It’s done off the toes. The trick is also an inward spin, off the heels would make it rodeo, due to the edge sending you more in a backflip.
Hey Jeff,
Thanks for the heads-up…It’s always good to have someone with your experience checking my work! Explaining what a 360 is – no problem. Switch backside double cork 1080s, on the other hand…those are a little more complicated!
Thanks again, bro.
Chris
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Hey friends just stopping in to say that I really like the forums a lot and hope everyone keeps up the good work so I have something to read every day.
Hi Chris.
Got a little confused by your definition on backside spins, this is how i see it.
When you spin backside, you spin of your toeedge, with your back towards the landing. Spinning off your heels is for frontside spins, you see the landing at takeoff. However, when you do a backside rodeo, you quickly shift from your toeedge to heeledge just before takeoff. This is the only trick you spin backside of your heeledge. You lean your back towards the landing while at the same time flipping backwards. Almost like a backflip the wrong way. When doing doubble backside rodeo, the first flip is pretty much a backflip off your toeedge, just a little corked. As the first flip is finished, you go into the next flip spining. Like you would for a backside rodeo 720. I think of it as the first flip is a backside rodeo 360, and the next flip is a backsiderodeo 720.
Hi again
Saw the video, i misread it and described the doubble backside rodeo instead of the doubble cork, since that is the trick i thought off when you mentioned Travis Rice. Maybe i misunderstand you, but this trick is off your toeedge, not heeledge.
Cheers!
Im afraid its a little more complicated than that.
Blatantly, a double cork 10 is a 1080 with 2 flips in it.
If you want to get technical, It is a 1080 spun started spinning cork in one direction, and landing spinning cork in the opposite direction.
And the definition of frontside or backside depends on whether you ride regular (Left foot forward) or goofy (right foot forward)