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The half cab is one of the most well-known tricks in snowboarding. Basically a switch frontside 180 spin (but don't ever call it that—it's a cab spin), it's a great trick for beginners to learn because not only is it foundation-building for other spins ...
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Once you've got your boots and snowboard sorted, the bindings connecting your feet to the board are arguably the make-or-break gear in your arsenal. Whether you're tearing up groomers or tackling pristine backcountry lines, bindings take center stage.
The XXV Winter Olympics are taking place in Milan, and snowboarding will begin its events this weekend. In this archive Fresh Air interview from 1998, Jake Burton Carpenter — the founder of Burton Snowboards and one of the inventors of the modern snowboard — spoke to Terry Gross about the sport’s Olympic debut in Nagano that year,