Not really a huge deal, but Its kind of cool to see how the public sees skiing before the olympics.
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"He stops rotating (because he extends his legs) and there's a bit of an optical illusion because the big mountain way behind him doesn't seem to be moving upward and the little slope that he lands on comes into the picture almost unnoticeably.
I think if we saw it from a different view, where you could see the landing area coming up quickly, it wouldn't look like gliding."
Kids are putting way to much thought into a backflip...