Sunday, August 29, 2010

Reprezent!... And Pappas invented the Mashed Potato*


TransWorld SNOWboarding

 Sept/Oct 1988, Issue 2.1

83 Pages
George Pappas spins a helicopter at the Breckenridge World Cup. PHOTO: Guy Motil
Special Contest Issue-
The Winning Edge: Part 1
O’Neill Snowboard World Cup (Zurs, Austria), Fourth Annual Southwestern Snowsurfing Association Snowboard Open (Wolf Creek, Colorado), O’Neil Snowboard World Cup (Bormio, Italy), Mt. Baker Legendary Halpipe/ Banked Slalom Championship (Mt. Baker, Washington), Pepsi Pro/AM Snowboard Challenge (Purgatory, Colorado), The 1988 Aloe Up National Snowboard Championships (Crested Butte, Colorado), The Colorado Snowboarding Championships (Ski Sunlight, Colorado), 1988 Ocean Pacific Aspen Grand Prix of Snowboard (Aspen Highlands, Colorado), Suzuki Samurai U.S. Open Snowboard Championships (Stratton Mountain, Vermont), Swatch World Snowboarding Championships (Breckenridge, Colorado), The SnowBoard Shop and Barfoot Snowboards North American Snowboard Championships (Banff, Canada)
The Winning Edge: Part 2

    • *Mashed Potato: An alley hoop air on the backside wall of the halfpipe where the front hand grabs the toe edge in front of the front foot (mute) and the back hand grabs the heel edge in front of the front foot behind the back. Invented by George Pappas. 

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