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    Blazing a Trail bohemian's Avatar
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    tricknaming is hard and unprepictable at times, this beeing a prime example

    bigspin: body 180, board 360
    biggerspin: body 180, board 540
    biggestspin: body 360, board 540

    so in this case it follows no real system and is hard to build on, since we lack a term superseeding 'biggest'

    in this 'series' the board only goes 180 more than the body, but i have no suggestion to naming i.e. a rotation where the body goes 540 and the board 720. (sounds farfetched, but def possible on tranny at least)
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    Nah, the nick of "Biggerspin" has been around I'd say since Mid/Late-90's, but only popular to use in past 5 years or so. The trick it describes isn't exactly what most people tend to associate it with. Many people automatically tack Biggerspin onto any 540 flip trick which isn't correct, but that is pretty normal for constant trick nicknames. I'd say no Pro has really coined the term, but some do use the tricks in competition and vids.

    As for a 540bv/720b I'd say whoever pulls it off can name it whatever the hell they want. I'd name it the Gingerflip myself because whoever does it has sold their soul.
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    So, here is the easiest explanation. When you do a big spin you will land in switch, but your board will be facing the same way (Nose at top) Now when you do a bigger spin the nose will be at the bottom instead of the top at the end of the trick. Watch your character in game and just remember that when you do a big spin your board's nose will stay pointed forward.
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