Jon Olsson: Tornado Flip: What really is it?

Galli · 2010-01-28 01:43:08

Jon Olsson recently claimed his new "tornado" flip...... many believe that it is just a sw dub cork 12, since Jon claimed it as a new trick I would love to hear his argument because im sure its a good one..... soo any insight? ps. I believe that it is just a switch dub cork 12 with some serious style. But I would love to hear from Jon himself as to why it isnt.... make it happen!!

Galli

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Im sorry for making this... i see that theres another thread

Jan 28 2010 1:44AM

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ScuffDUFF

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Its a Tornado flip bro.

Jan 28 2010 1:47AM

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BMskier

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i wuld actually like to hear his own explanation too! goo thread although people will probably tell you otherwise

Jan 28 2010 1:47AM

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Jwalk

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I say it looks like switch cork sev to flat/rodeo 5

Jan 28 2010 1:50AM

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RudyGarmisch

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Its a double frontflip.

Jan 28 2010 1:56AM

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Jan 28 2010 2:19AM

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Big_Spence

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dear mr. olson:

Jan 28 2010 2:23AM

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eheath

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Thats just how jon is, he says stupid names instead of sw dub cork 12, oh well.

Jan 28 2010 2:31AM

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Galli

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Haha... I would still like to hear his reasoning for the "name claim" if you will..

Jan 28 2010 2:39AM

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artrud

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He did it for Sal

Jan 28 2010 3:50AM

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Parkboy

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i like your reasoning

Jan 28 2010 3:56AM

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ski-swagga

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olsson flip #2?

Jan 28 2010 4:22AM

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effehz

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Because Oscar Harlaut did the exact same thing more than a year ago :-)

Jan 28 2010 4:22AM

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C-DAWGSTYLEZ

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jons been doing it since he renamed a wilson flip a hexaflip or whatever

Jan 28 2010 5:51AM

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Dustin.

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The last 5 is flat, and I definitely think that makes his switch dub 12 look way different. But honestly Jon, it's still a switch dub 12...please just call it that and continue making it look awesome.

Jan 28 2010 10:14AM

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Ben.

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sw cork 7 to switch rodeo 5

Jan 28 2010 10:31AM

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Alex_G

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who no matter how retarded he is, is still the man.

Jan 28 2010 10:33AM

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e.will

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fact. Sal can get hyped on anything from the Lakers to Professional diggler downhills.

Jan 28 2010 10:36AM

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deleted5

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new rule you cant hate on any names for dub or how they look until you can do the trick.

Jan 28 2010 10:45AM

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It is switch dub cork 12
but he does the second one reall late
he does switch cork 9 the brings it back up for like flat 3/cork 3 i guess
it is switch dub 12 but real late
new trick
but stick to calling it switch dub 12

Jan 28 2010 2:52PM

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reBlocke

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He's NOT the first person to do it. As mention above, Sig Tveit does the same trick with a gnar mute grab.

Jan 28 2010 2:56PM

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fouldsys

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ya its a switch dub 12. stop making weird names jon, this isnt snowboarding.

Jan 28 2010 3:00PM

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Ralf

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his latest blog entry:

Good morning!

Lets talk names!

I agree that naming my double 10 a DJ flip was not the best idea as its just a double 10 and done many times before. But when I first put it to my feet on the steep water ramps it was a completely different rotation, a bio/cork 7 to real rodeo 5, then it turned into a cork 7 to cork 5 and was just a different looking dub 10 and 12. At the time I thought it was something new, but the more I did it the more it just turned into a dub 10 with a slightly different rotation. My bad!

The Tornado, when I landed it and first saw the video I thought it was very far from anything I had seen, sure there has been switch 12s with doubles corks/flips in done before, but to me they looked pretty far from what I did. My first thought when I saw the trick was that it look completely crazy, something that was just spinning out of control, hence the Tornado.
The way I think of it is to set a switch 630 that is as corked as possible (if it turnes into a flip it creates problems in the second flip) and then make sure to keep spinning into the second cork and do another switch cork 630.
Some people like calling tricks switch dub 12s, some like different names, I like them weird but find it very interesting to see what a discussion ”the tornado” name has stirred up on forums when names like below are everyday words in our sport…

-K-Fed
-Super K- Fed (I just found out about this one..;-)
-Blunt
-Pretzel
-Lou Kang
-Bow and Arrow
-Japan
-Lazyboy
-Bio

Time for me and Crill to hit the slopes and give you guys a Slopestyle video blog!

JON

Jan 28 2010 3:18PM

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YukonGraham

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Well it appears mr Olsson has said it best
still tho its just as easy to say swtich dub 12 as tornado
k-fed is easier then frontside change up blind side 270 out
pretzel is easier to say then 270 on 270 off the other way.
blunt is a kind of grab not a made up name (tail is different then true tail)
japan is a grab. it was in tony hawk pro skater 1 i think it counts
wat ever its only named if people actually call it that
if i saw this trick id call it a switch dub 12 but really late and really sick
sorry mr olsson

Jan 28 2010 3:28PM

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CMYK

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You sir, are incorrect. How dare you misspell the best trick in the history of freeskiing.

Jan 28 2010 3:38PM

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Omega2227

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After watching it on his site,

I still see what seems to be a flat 7 to a cork 5

Jan 28 2010 3:53PM

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its a switch 180 into a dub 10

Jan 28 2010 4:48PM

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.Roockley.

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jon olsson doesn't spin, he maniuplates the earth around him

Jan 28 2010 5:18PM

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it was sick, if he inverted his second part maybe it be a new trick?

Reminds me a bit of the 'Dinner roll' in 2002. we all knew it was a cork 7

Eitherway props Jon looked sick

Jan 28 2010 5:28PM

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Rudy.

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a superman double frontflip

Jan 28 2010 5:29PM

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lol, called it

Jan 28 2010 6:27PM

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Kjell

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YES

Dec 1 2010 4:22PM

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Renaming this the batman flip

Dec 1 2010 5:12PM

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NO

Dec 1 2010 5:31PM

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The original dinner roll was way more gay than a cork 7. It was a weird flatspin to pinned rotation. He did up to 10's I think. when he brought it to the bumps, it was totally a cork 7. I thought his run in 2002 was pretty dope, and should have won.

I just want to see jon throw some different grabs. he used to have the best.

Dec 1 2010 5:32PM

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.jon

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NOBODY DARES TO INSULT THE DINNER ROLL!!!!!!!!

Dec 1 2010 5:54PM

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the dough rises into a fresh dinner roll!!

Dec 1 2010 6:01PM

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If there has ever been a time for someone to be perma-banned based on spelling, this is it. You would think that a freeskiing legend would know how to spell the greatest trick in the history of the sport, but I guess this just confirms that Jon's grab knowledge is limited to only "safety".

Dec 1 2010 6:14PM

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