Blythe on the Gymblog links to this amazing clip and links to several more.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
… it’s hard not to be impressed by what could be called the Andrade, a one-and-a-half twisting Kovacs.
This training video, from former Stanford standout Rico Andrade, is from 2003. A video of Andrade trying (and unfortunately missing) a double twisting Kovacs is also available.
By the way, I still call Kolman (full twisting Kovacs) the “Pineda”. With my own eyes I watched Tony Pineda from Mexico do it — OK, more of a Gaylord 2 with a half out — at the 1985 Worlds.
Tony was coached by Hideo Mizoguchi in Oregon.
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theres another video up which i’m sure you’ve seen where he attempts a double twisting kovac, pretty crazy stuff.
[...] The first time I saw this skill it was by Rico Andrade (2003): video – 1.5 twisting Kovacs [...]
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