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cab 7 vs. cab 9

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psywar
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hi,

sorry to ask such a lame question:

i was reading about the WSI comp. and it says 'cemented Tanner Hall's win as he pulled off a clean cab 7 and a cab 9 with solid landings '

i thought cab meant taking off switch, doing a spin and then landing switch, so i understand the cab 7 part, but then the cab 9 wouldn't make any sense.

any help ?

thx,
jim
Apr 24 2002 8:26PM
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busta720
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its just snowboard terms for taking off switch, we skiers use the word switch
Apr 24 2002 8:27PM
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psywar
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i totally understand the switch part, but then why is freeze and espn (on their X-Games & US Open converage) using Cab instead of switch. the fakie vs. switch thing was bad enough...

trying to co-opt a skating term to make skiing more 'cool' ?

-jim
Apr 24 2002 8:33PM
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Drail
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cab is just another name for switch... cab 9 = switch 900. you don't gotta land back switch.

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Apr 24 2002 8:34PM
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mauii
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isnt it named after some snowboarder? 'Somebody CabSomething' ...now were naming our tricks after snowboarders...wow..

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Apr 24 2002 8:36PM
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psywar
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'Caballerial (Cab)
A halfpipe trick that begins fakie, spins 360 degrees, and lands riding forward. Named after skateboarding guru, Steve Caballero. Also see Half-Cab and Gay Twist '

not my words...

-jim
Apr 24 2002 8:38PM
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Nine_Milla_Killa
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I think its from Line, they try to make everyone say Cab instead of switch.
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Apr 24 2002 8:44PM
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Schwags
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whatever skiing is a copy of a sport.. i think tricks should be either frontside or backside.. then the grab name... this rodeo, misty, cork, dspin crap is shit...


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Apr 24 2002 8:53PM
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Schwags
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i dont mean copy.. like style and shit but copy as in names of tricks... but whatever the leaders of our sport are crack addicts so who knows whats gonna happen.


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Apr 24 2002 8:54PM
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ChrisMuldoon
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cab, is named after the skater rick cabalerro (i think) or however you say it. thats what i always thought. it's just a generalized term for switch.
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Apr 24 2002 8:55PM
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Nine_Milla_Killa
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How is anything frontside or backside in skiing?
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Apr 24 2002 9:06PM
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cams
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yah the Caballerial was how it started.. his fakie 3's in the halfpipe on skate was the caballerial.. so half of that would be 180 so they call a fakie 180 a half-cab.. somewhere along the way snowboarders picked it up as taking off switch and spinning(usu. frontside when switch) so some homo confused us with snowboarding and started to use the same cab shit.. but it works for me i guess.. doesn't sound very skiing though




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Apr 24 2002 9:16PM
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rodeo-nexis
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how the blood clot am I supposed to do a FS on skis? and I'm not talking about rails. There's natural and unnatural, and even though I think those are terrible terms, what else is there?

Also, a CAB in skiing is a switch spin. A CAB in snowboarding is a switch frontside spin, if I'm not mistaken.

Also, I have no problem 'copying' snowboard style...have been doing it since I learned loops back in the day....WHAT!


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Apr 24 2002 9:17PM
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Big_Willy
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I believe its steve cabillero, an old skater from the bones brigade. I think the trick was originally a switch 180, then it got named a cab 180, then cab meant switch from then on, cab 360, 540 whatever. It doesnt really matter, but it means switch. I hate this naming shit, whether its names from another sport or different names for a slightly different hand position (toxic vs. tail grab). Whatever.



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Apr 24 2002 9:17PM
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Schwags
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frontside as in front flip rotations like misty, cork, and backside is backflippin rotations, dspin, rodeo, and whatever..


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Apr 24 2002 9:24PM
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yetirolfe
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ya in skateboarding cab means a switch 360
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Apr 24 2002 9:26PM
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fakiedropdude
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cab means fakie to fakie 360. halfcab is fakie 180. not even skaters say cab 540s. so let´s quit it now.

Apr 25 2002 5:47AM
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Johannes
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cab=switch frontside 360
then for example cab 900=switch frontside 900.
those are on snowboard ofcourse ´cause there´s no bs or fs spins on skis
Apr 25 2002 8:55AM
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castlerock
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haha, i love saying cab instead of switch, it just sounds way cooler........... i made an article a while ago about it............ cab revolution!

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Apr 25 2002 3:27PM
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LifeJacket
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'... but whatever the leaders of our sport are crack addicts so who knows whats gonna happen.'

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Apr 26 2002 12:42AM
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SVHucker
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it's dumb . . . it's a switch 7, not cab 7, we're not skateboarders. it's a tail grab, not a 'toxic' grab . . . call it what it is

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Apr 26 2002 1:04AM
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tommy.d
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cab=fakie frontside 360
switch an fakie are two different things in skateboarding


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Apr 26 2002 6:19AM
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