flatspinner
Active member
Here it is, bask in my glory! Or more importantly Transworlds...
For those of you who don't know, "afterbang" is the act of trying to
make every trick look as if it's so easy that you don't even need to
try it in the first place. Originally it was confined to the landing of
jumps, but over the last few seasons it has leaked into every aspect of
the sport. Jumps, rails, halfpipes—none are safe from the threat. What
started with a few isolated cases has spread like wildfire throughout
the snowboard community. Grown men, women, and children alike have been
spotted "banging." Being the concerned folks that we are, and seeing as
the "real staff" doesn't seem to care, we thought it was our job to let
you know what to look out for—so you can avoid it. Good luck.
Prebang
Prebang
is most visible when hiking is in order. It usually starts innocently
enough with strapping in and wiping the snow off your butt or jacket,
then moving into a full-blown bang with the goggle check and pants tug
into a topsheet sticker-stoke wipedown followed with a deep, "I'm about
to do something gnarly, check me out" breath, (actually saying it could
destroy the whole nonchalantness the bangee is going for in the first
place).
Midbang
This
is a hard one to pull off, but nonetheless it's tried often. Midbang in
most cases takes place right before the lip of a jump. It can go one of
two ways—during approach the rider will: A.) Limit all arm movement to
adjusting headphones and/or iPod (Walkmans are so 2002), making it look
as if they don't even care that there's a 100-foot gap bearing down
quick, or B.) The exact opposite—winding up, making sure the
chicks/dudes chillin' park-side are fully aware of the schralpitude of
what is about to go down.
Afterbang
The
stunt part has been pulled, so now it's time to let bystanders know
just how easy it was. In most instances this is achieved by letting the
whole upper body go limp, as if there wasn't a bone left in from the
waist up. This alerts the crowd to just how relaxed the rider is. With
that comes letting the knees go as if both were hit from behind with a
lead pipe. In extreme cases there's monkey-like arm swinging.
Latebang
This
occurs when the shredder in question tries to get away with
afterbanging more than twenty feet after a jump's landing. Do not, we
repeat, do not try this under any circumstances. There is
nothing pretty about this. It looks more like a pee-shiver than style,
making all efforts put in to the jump null and void.
For those of you who don't know, "afterbang" is the act of trying to
make every trick look as if it's so easy that you don't even need to
try it in the first place. Originally it was confined to the landing of
jumps, but over the last few seasons it has leaked into every aspect of
the sport. Jumps, rails, halfpipes—none are safe from the threat. What
started with a few isolated cases has spread like wildfire throughout
the snowboard community. Grown men, women, and children alike have been
spotted "banging." Being the concerned folks that we are, and seeing as
the "real staff" doesn't seem to care, we thought it was our job to let
you know what to look out for—so you can avoid it. Good luck.
Prebang
Prebang
is most visible when hiking is in order. It usually starts innocently
enough with strapping in and wiping the snow off your butt or jacket,
then moving into a full-blown bang with the goggle check and pants tug
into a topsheet sticker-stoke wipedown followed with a deep, "I'm about
to do something gnarly, check me out" breath, (actually saying it could
destroy the whole nonchalantness the bangee is going for in the first
place).
Midbang
This
is a hard one to pull off, but nonetheless it's tried often. Midbang in
most cases takes place right before the lip of a jump. It can go one of
two ways—during approach the rider will: A.) Limit all arm movement to
adjusting headphones and/or iPod (Walkmans are so 2002), making it look
as if they don't even care that there's a 100-foot gap bearing down
quick, or B.) The exact opposite—winding up, making sure the
chicks/dudes chillin' park-side are fully aware of the schralpitude of
what is about to go down.
Afterbang
The
stunt part has been pulled, so now it's time to let bystanders know
just how easy it was. In most instances this is achieved by letting the
whole upper body go limp, as if there wasn't a bone left in from the
waist up. This alerts the crowd to just how relaxed the rider is. With
that comes letting the knees go as if both were hit from behind with a
lead pipe. In extreme cases there's monkey-like arm swinging.
Latebang
This
occurs when the shredder in question tries to get away with
afterbanging more than twenty feet after a jump's landing. Do not, we
repeat, do not try this under any circumstances. There is
nothing pretty about this. It looks more like a pee-shiver than style,
making all efforts put in to the jump null and void.
