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Matt Wilkinson Handplant Clip

By Jon Coen

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

No, don't worry, you're not on the ESPN Skate Page. You're in the right spot. Over the last year or so, there's been some public controversy surrounding why surfers make up names for moves that there are already names for. Yes, surfing did spawn skateboarding and snowboarding, but with these other boardsport disciplines, the names of moves and airs are pretty much interchangeable. Take the McTwist, which is essentially a backside 540, named for Mike McGill. When snowboarders started busting ...

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