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Out of curiosity (not to draw any parallels to this situation), were there any skiiers who performed the quad backflip in competition before the ban?
by hn_user82179 5y ago
Out of curiosity (not to draw any parallels to this situation), were there any skiiers who performed the quad backflip in competition before the ban?
- swader999 5y agoThat is hard to nail down: Here's Frank Bare in 1983 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTb0zCgybnY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTb0zCgybnY Earlier than this Steve Corbett's flip has disappeared from the internet but it did happen in 1975 at Whistler BC: Corbett's quad backflip was the first one ever done. He was 80 feet (24 metres) in the air flipping four times. You can see him here at the 16 second mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afv8Ts-zTPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afv8Ts-zTPQ I think though Jean-Marc Rozon was the only one to do it in competition. He was the leader of the famed Quebec Air Force that dominated Freestyle Aerial Skiing in the 80's. You can see his quad in the second clip above at six seconds. In 2012, Matt Chojnacki 'landed' a quad twisting quad backflip. I'm not sure if this was in competition, it would have been dsq'd if it was. My guess is training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=druWqXZnoeU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=druWqXZnoeU