also... some Q/A with the guy who did it:
- What does it take to do a quad backflip (physically and mentally)?
You must be very strong. The transition was huge with a lot of compression. The timing has to be perfect. When you throw the flip it all happens so quickly. Kevin Rolland was on the knuckle, he yelled "stop" when I was upside down on my fourth flip. On the video we removed Kevin yelling. I was using 130 flex boots, with anything softer there is no way I would have stuck it.
- What was going through your head?
I thought about Tanner Hall talking to Henrik Harlaut at the X-Games, but to me he would have said "basically its just a triple backflip to another backflip." Really its more complicated than that, getting past the 3rd backflip. But it feels good to say that you can do it. Tanner also said "you'll go down in history." I dod not do it for that, but I realize that it makes history anyway.
- Many are accusing the video of being fake.
American's always think the French are trying to defraud them. People get jealous quickly which makes them jump to conclusions that it has to be fake, because they don't know the people involved. I did a quad, that's all, I have nothing to prove. Too bad for them if they don't believe it. Some people even make fun of the video, but shit, I have the right to do quads!
- Some people say they have found some inconsistencies in the video that prove its fake.
Yes, they say that because I don't advance forward during the rotations it must be fake. This is easily explained: The jump was a HUGE STEP-UP. Which means you don't move more than 4 or 5 feet forward during each flip.
- When will we see a second angle which proves this really happened?
Mathias Lopez, the event filmer, completely missed the shot. I don't know what happened, whether he did not hit the button, or what. We did find a by-stander who shot it with their phone. We are waiting for them to send it to us.
