Torstein Horgmo … is a Norwegian pro snowboarder. …
In the Winter X Games XV Finals Torstein landed the first Triple cork in competition in the Big Air Final on January 28, 2011 …
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A triple cork is “three off axis flips before coming back in contact with the ground”.
Looks similar to a 1/1-in triple, to me.
Geoffrey Taucer calls it more as a 1/2 in triple back.
… The one thing we can all agree on is that he does 3 “flips” around the transverse axis.
Apparently the only voting in that event is by spectators texting.
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I’m pretty sure he’s only doing a 1/2. He starts off with his back to the camera, but lands with his feet facing the camera, so it’s only a 1/2.
Doesn’t look off-axis to me at all. I’d just call it a 1/2-in triple back.
It is off axis, he leads the flip with the nose of the board, and it goes over the tail. Snowboarders rarely flip on the same axis that gymnasts do. By snowboarding standards he corked it by initiating the flips with a twist.
Right. Thanks Geoffrey.
Because his feet are in line with the ramps, it looks more like a 1/2 twisting triple side somi to me. Impressive anyway you look at it.
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