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The classic 'what trick is this?' argument

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newtdogg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVxul3gAGTs
As you can see everyone on youtube seems to be arguing over what trick this is, TJ seems to think it is a rodeo 5 but i thought this is a misty or flatspin 5
Help me out please guys
Feb 13 2013 12:04PM
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Tinga
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the gray area between rodeo and flat spin is pretty big. It does look pretty flat though.
Feb 13 2013 12:21PM
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ski0
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rodeo 5. did have kindof a weird rotation to it tho. but Clearly not a flatspin or misty
Feb 13 2013 12:25PM
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ZeMagnificentKev
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TJ has got it right, rodeo 5
Feb 13 2013 12:28PM
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freestyler540
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I use the acrobatic freestyle definition of the rodeo5/flat 5. They are identical except the flatspin ends when the boots pass the shoulders in the horizontal position. Once the boots pass higher than the head, you flip; rodeo5.

TJ's looked flat except for the last one; that was a sick rodeo 5.
Feb 13 2013 12:32PM
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newtdogg
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Yeah it does look like a flat rodeo, i think its because he pops of forwards where i usually lean back more than he suggests, the grey area... you could't have put it better
Feb 13 2013 12:50PM
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wasatch_rat
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so with 2 degrees more or less off axis it can be a flat or a rodeo. the second the feet pass above the head, its a rodeo. but really, why the need to split hairs? we don't call slightly overrotated 360s 380s because its silly to differentiate when the trick is virtually identical
Feb 13 2013 12:56PM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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looks like a back flip to me.
Feb 13 2013 1:12PM
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Hammyslapwagon
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yup its a back flip
Feb 13 2013 1:14PM
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grown-ninja
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ahh the days when everyone use to wear a big polo under their ski clothes.  under armor and a cheep polo were my jams
Feb 13 2013 1:18PM
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Dlud
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I petition that flat and rodeo are the same thing depending on who is throwing it
Feb 13 2013 1:58PM
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PeteP
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That my friends is a flat 5. His feet never go above his shoulders. For those confused about flat and rodeo, it is not much of a debate. What gets really tricky is the difference flat and bio or is there a difference really?
Feb 13 2013 2:13PM
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elinde
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alright lets be honest, flat and rodeo are pretty much the same thing, just on flat you can do a 3. I've always thought of it sort of, if there has to be a difference, as in a flat u set it like you are doing a flat 3 then add the extra one to make it a 5 or 3 to make it a 7. Ive always thought of rodeo as more fluid in the whole rotation. these are pretty thrown forward, which is sort of strange, but id call it rod 5
Feb 13 2013 6:36PM
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