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What is cab?

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GolfingElephant
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this is a noob questin but what is a cab trick?
Jan 30 2011 9:42PM
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reverendwrong
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in snowboarding/skateboarding it means switch backside

in skiing it is sometimes used for switch unnatural
Jan 30 2011 9:44PM
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Ben.
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switch frontside? i think in snowboarding.

in skateboarding its any fakie spin.
Jan 30 2011 9:44PM
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Gnarshred
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Def. switch frontside for snowboarding
Jan 30 2011 9:44PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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Jan 30 2011 9:46PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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fuuuuuuuuuu
Jan 30 2011 9:47PM
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w.m.3.B.
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I used to play that game non-stop hahaha
Jan 30 2011 9:49PM
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pomme-de-terre
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cab is switch frontside. so its unnatural foot forward, initiating your spin with the front of your body facing down the feature.
Jan 30 2011 9:49PM
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TheHamburglar
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caballerial, aka full cab, invented by steve caballero, was a fakie back 3. but that was back then, who knows now
Jan 30 2011 9:55PM
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salty
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hmph, switch frontside. in skateboarding its a switch front one, but popped nollie.
Jan 30 2011 10:02PM
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KellyK
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wow, thank you. cab is not switch backside, or switch frontside. it isn't switch. it's fakie. it comes from skateboarding. it's more or less a switch-nollie. except fakie came first, so a switch-nollie is called fakie.

Now, fakie spins are called cab thanks to Steve Caballero.
Jan 30 2011 10:06PM
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sammiedee
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i always thought cab was a switch nollie spin in board sports
Jan 30 2011 10:07PM
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PON3
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ive always heard of it as going from fakie/switch to regular.

you can half cab 180 deg

full cab 360
or 540 cab. explains the rest of it
Jan 30 2011 10:22PM
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immasnowboarder
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I assume you're asking because you were watching x games? It's switch frontside. I would know because, well look at my username... It came from skating and Steve caballero because he did fakie nollie frontside spins. But who cares because skateboarding is gay.
Jan 30 2011 11:01PM
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PON3
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agreed. i only know of cabs from bmx. i do a half cab from pedaling backwards and doing a 180 bunnyhop to go forwards
Jan 30 2011 11:04PM
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KellyK
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It's not switch frontside. It's any spin off the nose of the board while riding backwards.

And have some respect.
Jan 30 2011 11:07PM
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Lemuel
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Jan 30 2011 11:10PM
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541
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History lesion!

Well the "Cab" spin came do be when Steve CABallero(Skateboarder) would so switch FRONTside 360...Other wise known as the "Full Cab"......But your answer is SWITCH FRONTSIDE.
Jan 30 2011 11:22PM
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541
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SWITCH FRONTSIDE NOLLIE
Jan 30 2011 11:23PM
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KellyK
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front or back dude.
Jan 30 2011 11:46PM
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immasnowboarder
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^I'm not trying to question your knowledge about skating. But on the snow, it's just switch frontside. Not nollie or switch back or anything. Just legit deity frontside on a snowboard.
Jan 31 2011 3:43AM
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1337
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in skiing its a switch nautral
Jan 31 2011 4:16AM
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KellyK
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Or backside, AKA Cab Hardway on a snowboard. I live with three snowboarders.
Jan 31 2011 10:59AM
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immasnowboarder
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Lol hardway? Dude, that's for rails... As in coming into a rail on your toe edge with your stomach facing towards the rail and spinning Away from the rail. And obviously vice versa; coming in on your heels with your back to the rail. You would never call one direction of spinning harder than the other. That just doesn't make sense. Granted, for most people switch backside is the hardest to learn at first. But I have a friend who can throw switch backside double corks. Yet he can only spin a 9 on his normal backside. It's all based on personal preference.
Feb 1 2011 1:07PM
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CabDoctor
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Shortened form of my name

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Feb 1 2011 1:09PM
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KellyK
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Yes hardway. And yes that is for rails. As in a cab 270 on. Or a cab hardway 270 on. Sorry, I'm from minnesota. Didn't realize we were talking about jumps at all. And in that case it very well may be switch frontside for jumps. But for rails, cab can be either direction.
Feb 1 2011 2:27PM
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WillStart
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doesn't matter if its front or back. comes from skateboarding where it means a fakie (not switch) spin
Feb 1 2011 2:49PM
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KellyK
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yes. and nice post count. make a wish.
Feb 1 2011 3:18PM
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