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what is a cab spin?

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destroy
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can anyone describe what a cab is? as in the trick. i cant tell much difference from straight spins.
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Jan 12 2004 4:58AM
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Wishmaster
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yeah, when it comes to skiing it is just the same as switch and fakie. I think it shouldnt be used.
Jan 12 2004 6:19AM
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destroy
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guess that explains why i couldnt tell the difference between a straight spin from pics in magazines
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Jan 12 2004 6:24AM
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OReJow
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I don't think 3 words for backwards is enough. We all know that the coolness of the sport increases with the size of the lexicon. I am proposing we come up with at least 8 more words for going backwards. Anyone got any ideas?

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Jan 12 2004 11:48AM
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Maximumsushi
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CAB:

A skateboarding trick invented by Steve Caballero. Its a fakie (switch nollie) frontside 360. I suppose a Cab on skis should be a switch unnatural (most skateboarders spin backside easier) 360. However, I hear it in regards to just switch. This goes the same with snowboarding, its used mostly just to describe a switch spin.




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Jan 12 2004 12:44PM
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BrodyLeven
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the majority of skiers, when referring to something as cab, mean fakie, backwards, or switch.


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Jan 12 2004 1:00PM
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Jan 12 2004 2:57PM
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OReJow
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well, if a cabs *closest* approximation in skiing is switch unnatural, than i move to say that cab should *only* be used to describe switch unnatural spins (not just skiing switch.) anyone with me?

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Jan 12 2004 3:06PM
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J.D.
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^ Haha yeah sure cause we can just decide everything here.
Jan 12 2004 3:10PM
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OReJow
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sure we can.

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Jan 12 2004 3:28PM
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destroy
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damn confusing ski lingo. i always read stuff in ski mags about cab's and i was like 'wtf is a god damn cab'
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Jan 12 2004 4:00PM
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trevorwoulddoit
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Great, can anyone tell me what a 'bio' is? As in 'Bio 900'
Jan 12 2004 4:09PM
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OReJow
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forward cork

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Jan 12 2004 4:10PM
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BallinBU
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i don't think cab should be used in skiing. skiiers don't have a frontside or backside. a switch 3 is a switch 3 and that's how it should be.
Jan 12 2004 4:11PM
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^ bingo.
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Jan 12 2004 4:26PM
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freelowda
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i always thought a cab spin was bustin donuts with a taxi
Jan 12 2004 8:08PM
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SKItheBURG
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i remember at the x games last year some snowboarder was talking about his cab 9 and they said that cab is a switch spin where you land forward. who knows, though, they fuck up things sometimes and switch is the only word we need.
Jan 12 2004 8:42PM
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OReJow
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in the us freeskiing open last year, evan raps was commentating, and he called every single switch trick a 'cab' whatever. he never once said the word switch. it was pretty annoying. most people don't know what cab means. most people know what switch means.

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Jan 12 2004 9:31PM
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Typical
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then again it is raps...
Jan 12 2004 9:43PM
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it is switch not cab










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Jan 12 2004 9:48PM
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jizack
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its cab you pussies. it just means switch. oh and that bottom pic of cabalero is sick, at derby skate park in santa cruz, thats right bitches i was there now bow down.






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Jan 12 2004 9:51PM
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OGSlopewatcherAssassin
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Fvck the term 'Cab'. That is sooo dumb. This day in age everybody talks about 'skiing needs a future' or blah, blah, blah. It's bad enough we use snowboard terms for the Misty or Rodeo, but now a skateboarding term? That is soooo stupid, come up with some original terms for our sport. And don't tell me that those sports made those tricks, because skiers were landing backwards, doing Misties and Rodeos before skateboards, inlines and snowboards existed.

Also, terminology has gotten out of hand, take this for example.

Straight air=A switch Cab, unnatural penciled out zero-spin.....get fvck outta here with that bullshit
Jan 12 2004 10:30PM
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Maximumsushi
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Actually, you're an idiot.

Skateboarding invented the terms misty and rodeo spins, not snowboarding. They started spinning rodeos in the early 1980s, definatly before they started doing them on skis or snowboards. They were doing inverted spins during that time on skis, but these were mainly back fulls and things along those lines, what we would call a DSpin today. Similar to a rodeo, but definatly not the same thing.

Basically.... Skiing steals from snowboarding, snowboarding steals from skateboarding, skateboarding steals from surfing, surfing steals from cowboys, cowboys steal from indians and/or ninja pirates.
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Jan 12 2004 11:04PM
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jizack
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^this guy^ is like one of 6 people on this site that actually know what the fuck they are talking about.






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Jan 12 2004 11:06PM
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RandomHero21
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How do you differentiate Bio's, D-Spins, Rodeos, Misties, Cork? I can never fuckin tell one from the other. All I see is crazy spins and inversions. The only thing I can ever tell is rotations. I think it's time for me to learn.

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Jan 13 2004 12:02AM
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destroy
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how do you set your rotation to do a Bio?
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Jan 13 2004 1:27AM
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dooner
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its when you grind 1 foot on top a taxi
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Jan 13 2004 1:44AM
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destroy
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SICK! now if only they had taxi's in the terrain park...
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Jan 13 2004 5:40AM
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