Physical limits.

I remember when Sammy Carlson did the first triple on hood . At the time immediately everyone started talking about the quad. It didn’t happen for like another eight years. And I figured it would eventually. I personally didn’t think we’d ever see a future spin and it happened. To this day I don’t know if we’ve really reached the physics limit on what can be done. I do hope I live to see the day someone does a quint but who knows.

So, besides rumors, who pulled this quad?

galardogodI remember when Sammy Carlson did the first triple on hood . At the time immediately everyone started talking about the quad. It didn’t happen for like another eight years. And I figured it would eventually. I personally didn’t think we’d ever see a future spin and it happened. To this day I don’t know if we’ve really reached the physics limit on what can be done. I do hope I live to see the day someone does a quint but who knows.

Abomber22So, besides rumors, who pulled this quad?

Steve Corbett pulled off a quad backflip at Whistler in 1974

Abomber22So, besides rumors, who pulled this quad?

Andri did the first quad cork but people did quad backs and ariels before that

Well most progression is pointless, and has been pointless for a while. The 180 was invented in like 1952 and that’s pretty much the coolest trick of all time next to the zero spin, which was invented whenever twin tips came out.

Meh. This is the most burnt out take ever. It's always hard learning the tricks to stay at the top, it always was. If you can't keep up or don't want to, do something else.

Tired of people complaining in these rehashed takes. When there are kids almost casually chucking dubs these days of course people will be throwing trips in contests.

If anything style has gone up now that everyone has big spins. It used to be about having a trip on every jump. Now it can be about 1 trip or even all dubs. Hell flat like actually flat spins have come back. Varying grabs are big now.

Also there is more to skiing and snowboarding than big contests. Go film, go hit backcountry stuff, urban, post shit on insta. Nobody is making anyone compete at that level.

I think some people are just scared and I don't blame them, but I hate hiding behind a bullshit excuse. Don't do triples, don't do dubs in the pipe. We don't need more rules imo.

"Performances that won medals in past Olympics might not even qualify this time.

Wow, what a shocking thing. It's almost like things friggin change and people get better at sports over time. Yawn


Something something "double corks are lame you shouldn't be allowed to spin over a 720" generic response that all the cool kids have been saying for 100 years.

good points made by all

i think the gist of it was....fear.
as a ski racer, one overcomes the fear of the high speed crash
but while doing the exact same moves over and over...

as a park er, one has to not only overcome the fear of their first double, they also have to contemplate the *next big thing* ie., additional fear of the unknown