A Trick Guide 2: The difference between bio, cork, d-spin, misty, rodeo, flatspin and underflip

This is the revised edition, I decided that starting over with a new thread would be cleaner. Ok, revised through your comments and suggestions, this is Trick Guide: Version 2.


Before reading this, I’d just like you to know that this was my best attempt at this, and that it took me many hours to get this together. I have a huge archive of good NS video’s on my computer, but its damn hard finding the original pages in the video section of NS.

Another cool note here too: These are all video’s from NS members! Way to go guys, some of these video’s are damn classy. I kinda had fun making this because I got to see how much talent our members have. We rock! Check out the video’s below if you don’t believe me.

(Disclaimer: If you see yourself in a video that I’ve used and want to have it removed (for some reason I really cannot imagine, you did post it for the public) then just PM me, I’ll talk to a Mod and get it removed for you.)

Thanks, enjoy what I’ve come up with:


Cork
A cork is a off axis spin that is leaned back, but so that the rider does not go inverted at any point. It is a popular trick, and many pro’s and amateurs do these very well.

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1144005846cork3.wmv
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1774ticarlcork360.wmv
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/4438scottcork3tocork5.wmv
(This also has a good cork 5 at the end, keep watching)

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1148569236Adri%20cork%205.mov
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1140468939Alex%20tail5.wmv

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1143497346oli%20cork%207%20tail+flair.avi
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1138038684cork.wmv
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1143581347bigairjay%20002.mpg

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/11313384783326corked9.wmv
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/8125cock900.mov


Bio
A forward corking non-inverted spin. Note the lean the rider has forwards at about 360. Also, see CR Johnson in SM2, SM3 or Propaganda, he does them best.

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/9225LaneBio7Bittersweet.mov
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1136497019PICT3399.AVI

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/2373FRANZIBIO9.wmv
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1142189041Bio_9.wmv

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/5819sw1080.wmv
(it’s a switch bio 10, but it works, note the lean in the rotation)

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/cr-bio12steez.mpg


D-spin
Set the same way a cork is, but is more leaned back. A d-spin is essentially any cork where you become inverted. In all of these videos note how the feet will go above the head. Evan Raps does these very well, also see Mike Douglas.

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/adamlynam_dspinedit.mov
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/2368Eddy-D-spin720Cross.mp4
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/3791d-spin7.wmv

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1149444203JO_D-Spin900ToxicGrab.mpg http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/d9sg.mov
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/dspiedge9.mov
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/thovexdspin9%5B1%5D.avi


Rodeo
A rodeo is not an off axis spin like a cork, d-spin or bio. It is a spin with a FULL inversion, aka, the riders feet at some point in the spin go directly OVER his or her head. See Mark Abma in Yearbook for a very sick and slowed down Rodeo 7. Also, Mike Wilson rules at these, see Ready, Fire, Aim for some huge ones.

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/MikeHelligan-Rodeo5Mute.wmv
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/2850rodeo540me!!.wmv

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https://www.newschoolers.com/ns3/web/content/videos.php?vid=276& (This one actually is Mike Wilson, way back in 2002)
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1149447399Abma%20rodeo%207.wmv (Yes, could be a flatspin, but it looks pretty vertical to me. Looks very close to a underflip 7 as well)
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1149449723Seth%20Rodeo.wmv


Flatspin
Flatspins are very close to rodeos. They are thrown almost the exact same, but the difference is that in a flatspin, the rider never gets completely inverted. Heres a way to think about it: A line extending through you from your head to your toes when you stand up. In a rodeo, this line ends up completely inverted at some point (although your feet can be somewhere else, like leaned back in a tail or a mute or something) while in a flatspin, this line never reaches true vertical. The line between what is a rodeo and a flatspin is understandably very blurry, especially when one considers tweaked grabs and such.

Check out Corey Vanular doing one: http://www.orageski.com/en/team/team_2_video.html

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1137441951flats.wmv
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/514NSClayFlat5.mpg
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1149442919Flat%205.avi

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/nortonflat7.wmv
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/steveflat7.avi
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1136409946mattox.wmv


Misty
A Misty is the counterpart of the Rodeo. It is a spin with a front flip. Note in these how you can see the skis go OVER the persons head and wrap around.
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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1144966373misty%205%20decembre%202005.avi
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/7229misty5.mpg
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/9770viken_misty.wmv

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1145688372nick%20misty.mov
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/8583rossfalcone.WMV
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/763mitch.mpg


Underflips
An underflip can easily be mistaken for a rodeo or a misty. It’s an odd rotation: a 90 degree turn off the lip, followed by a lincoln loop up the hill (head faces jump followed by feet) to another 90, landing backwards. See niklas karlstrom in teddybear crisis up the step-up, or in X off of a small snowbank. Vincent Dorion also does these well.

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/2346newschoolers2.mpg
http://www.teddybearcrisis.com/TeaserAliceInVideolandLarge.mov (From TBC, watch Niklas’s step up jump)

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1129409310underflip7.wmv


Overflips
Baisically the opposite of an underflip, commonly mistaken for a misty 5. 90, lincoln loop downhill (feet face jump followed by head) to another 90, landing backwards. see mike wilson in ready, fire, aim or in superpark 2. These do look almost exactly like misty’s. Searching on NS, I could only find one video of an overflip, and it wasn’t that great of an example. We need your video!

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http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1145575777Charley%20Overflip.wmv
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/7177overflip.mov

You see, these suck, we need better ones.


Backflips and Frontflips
Pretty self explanatory. Here are some don in my favorite style – incredibly huge.

http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1149447130HugeTricks.wmv
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns3/web/content/videos.php?vid=28973&
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1149449517Seth%20Backflip.wmv


Lincoln Loops
A single inversion, with no spin. Basically, just a cartwheel, where the rider flips to the side, doing a barrel roll. These are usually done off cliffs, especially when Seth Morrison is around.

http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1142392126nik%20lincoln.wmv
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1145651004Erik%20sideflip.wmv
http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1149449644Seth%20Lincoln.wmv


Kangaroo Flip
Jon Olsson, Sweedish wonderboy, pulled off this trick at the Jon Olsson Invitational this year (2006), blowing the other simple spins out of the water. It’s a double flatspin by many peoples terminology. With Mike Wilson pulling off double corks, expect to see more of these ‘double inversions’ in the near future. This will no doubt make this guide a whole lot longer.

http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/member/videos/1144571031kangaroo.wmv



Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this brief and far from ultimate trick dictionary and guide. As always, I expect your criticism and mockery, but I hope that this will help clear things up for some people. As always, please discuss and comment, message me with better video’s, that sort of thing.