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GAME CHANGER: First quadcork on film

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#1 ·
Billy Morgan just stomped the first ever quadcork.
 
#34 ·
All sports are going this way. Look at the snowmobile stuff and motocross. Guys on dirt bikes now attempting double-backflips, dudes flipping 400+lbs snowmowbiles. It is all pretty nuts. But, its what needs to be done to win contests, get sponsors and get money.
 
#35 ·
This relates as much to snowboarding as vaulting to horseriding. I mean, replace the snowboard with a diving platform, skis, voltige horse, gymnastics mat, circus... it's gymnastics with different tools for my naive eye. Impressive in terms of athletic achievement but *yawn*. Boring to me cos I'm a snowboarder, not a gymnast. I can't relate to gymnastics, don't have an eye for the potential beauty or achievement in this type of sports. Already a tripple cork is too confusing... like high diving... many spins n turns n whatnot... I loose track counting already after watching 1.5 spins. Adding even more makes it rather more uninteresting.

Funny tho, how this forum seems to be unrepresentative, otherwise, the sport would evolve in a different direction. We're a bunch of old farts :)
 
#36 ·


Excuse the skiers, but the boarders, some crazy shit going down here

They ALL have way more style than Billy Morgans effort, and that coming from a BRIT, so i'll thank you not to lump us all with the same brush please BA ;) hehe
 
#38 ·
I honestly don't understand why everyone is hating on Billy for this.

Who cares if he can only spin backside. You don't write his checks. He is obviously talented enough to be able to make a living snowboarding.

If this was one of your crew throwing this down you'd be high-fiveing and telling all your non-crew friends about the time you saw your buddy land a quad cork.

Snowboarding is about your time on snow. If your snowboarding is defined by what other people are doing I feel sorry for you.
 
#49 ·
Is this considered freestyle snowboarding? If so they should consider renaming it. What is free about having to do a particular trick to be successful in comps? Whether it is stylish is also debatable. I would lean towards meh, not really. Remember when freestyle was about freedom and style, not replicating the same robotic shit.

Can I do it? No. Is it an impressive display of athletic prowess? Yes. Do I give a shit or care to watch it? No. Does it change anything for 98% of snowboarders? No. Will anyone be talking about Billy Morgan in 30 years, making documentaries about him, calling him a legend....?
 
#55 ·
You should give the Brits protecting Billy's achievement a little leeway. The fact that anyone from this dreary little corner of Europe does anything of note in snow sports is pretty impressive. Most of our athletes grew up on dry slopes or more recently riding indoors. We've been punching above our weight recently in snowboarding all things considered.

As for the actual trick? Personally I can't even be bothered to watch it it's so far removed from the snowboarding I enjoy and aspire to.
 
#56 ·
Most of our athletes grew up on dry slopes or more recently riding indoors.
I feel for you, dry slopes suck all the joy out of snowboarding, the are horrible! I went to Snowflex last October and it sucked balls. I was soaking wet the entire time and it chewed up the bottom of my board. And thats snowflex can't imagine how shitty those bristle type slopes are like.
 
#73 ·
Haha, who does remember the olympic debut in '98? Kids over here went wild and everyone wanted to get rid of their skis :) times have changed a lot...
 
#78 ·
Haha, who does remember the olympic debut in '98? Kids over here went wild and everyone wanted to get rid of their skis :) times have changed a lot...
:( ...and sadly? I didn't recognize a single competitors name on that podium!
 
#83 ·
For a little while everyone has Olympics-mania. Then, the events finish and everyone forgets about who competed and who won. Then in 4 years people get excited again. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching the Olympics as well (some of the events), but it isn't that big of a deal and I certainly don't want the Olympics in Boston.
 
#88 ·
This is getting like a Gordon Ramsey tv show.

For the first time ever on Hell's Kitchen... we're having Elmo folded napkins at the table.

For the first time ever on Kitchen Nightmares... a walk in freezer that doesn't have cooked and raw chicken next to each other and mold growing on the 10 year old food.
 
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