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Wildcat

A sideways-facing backward flip over the tail, with the upper body aligned along the snowboard in the cited training lesson.

GLOSSARY

A wildcat is a backward flip over the tail with the body aligned along the board, like a cartwheel-style backflip. The source recommends trampoline preparation before snow attempts.

Context and distinction

A wildcat flips along the board; a regular backflip flips across it.

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HOW TO DO IT

Wildcat

The publisher's backward flip over the tail while the rider faces sideways; it differs from the heel-edge-side Barrel Roll.

Preparation and setting

Professionally supervised orientation, tuck and landing-recognition work; independently controlled snow departure.

Known phases / unresolved execution

  1. Identify the tail-related axis.
  2. The written snow lesson emphasizes flat-base alignment before initiating.
  3. Develop timing and shape awareness in the supervised off-snow context.
  4. Review landing recognition and recovery with the coach.
  5. Do not attempt snow execution from this partial description.

Learning and practice

Treat trampoline and snow as different environments and retain their separate readiness checks.

Errors, limits and corrections

Introducing an unintended twist or treating every backflip as a Wildcat erases the documented axis.

Observable checks

Axis distinction retained; snow-execution timing remains a coaching gap.

SOURCE-BACKED DETAIL

Characteristics

Source-recommended preparation
Backflip awareness off snow
Provider training topics (index only)
Wildcat (I03) — SITE Wanaka index (S1) — provider_index_confirmed; technique not reviewedDouble Wildcat (I04) — SITE Wanaka index (S1) — provider_index_confirmed; technique not reviewed

01

teaching summary — coaching review required

The source discusses preparatory trampoline work for orientation, timing, tuck and landing recognition before snow attempts.

02

editorial review notes

No complete take-off/landing prescription is supplied here; inversion coaching review is required.

03

Additional teaching summary — coaching review required

The snow lesson develops timing, spatial awareness, tuck control and landing recognition off snow, then emphasizes flat-base approach and alignment before initiating the flip on snow.

04

Additional editorial review notes

Keep trampoline and snow learning contexts identifiable rather than treating them as interchangeable drills.

05

Additional editorial review notes

Double Wildcat topic attached without inventing its mechanics.