He put together a winning run on his first run with a 270-degree spin onto the rail, and a 180 off, followed by a backside 900 spin, a backside 1,260 — four rotations — and finished with a 900-degree spin for a score of 94.5.
I was learning tricks — switch backside 7 — she could do in the halfpipe".
On Tuesday, Bright fell and struck her head attempting a switch backside 720, a technical spin of two rotations.
On Tuesday, Bright fell and struck her head trying a switch backside 720, a technical spin of two rotations.
Fabienne Reuteler, a 22-year-old from Switzerland, won the bronze after sticking a frontside 720 and a backside 540 on her final run.
She landed five tricks, including a switch backside 720 in which she spun two full rotations, for a score of 96.0.
He has had knee surgery, and he has been perfecting his signature move, called a backflip backside 540, which he wants to turn into a double.
This all got a lot of attention when someone posted a clip of Chris Cole backside 360-ing (backside means spinning in the direction your toes are pointing) the famed Love Park fountain steps in Philadelphia.
He explained his run in the lingo of the sport: a "good-sized" backside air, a front double cork 1080, a cab-double cork 1080, a frontside stalefish 540 and a backside 900 to finish.
On her gold-medal-winning run, she landed a switch backside 720, a technical maneuver involving two spins that no other competitor in the women's field could match.
