The difference between Punch front and Slap-back
When used as nouns, punch front means a frontal flip by jumping to a landing with both feet and then pushing hard to bounce and flip forward, whereas slap-back means a faulty landing, whereby the skier rotates backwards around the knee-joint and hits the snow of the landing slope with their back and head, before rising off the snow back into position with their skis underneath them.
Slap-back is also adjective with the meaning: when bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually.
check bellow for the other definitions of Punch front and Slap-back
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Punch front as a noun (gymnastics):
A frontal flip by jumping to a landing with both feet and then pushing hard to bounce and flip forward.
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Punch front as a noun (aerialist, _, skiing):
A bad landing, where after landing a jump, the skier bounced off the snow and flips forward, landing on their skis again.
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Slap-back as an adjective (music):
when bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually.
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Slap-back as a noun (aerial freestyle, _, skiing):
a faulty landing, whereby the skier rotates backwards around the knee-joint and hits the snow of the landing slope with their back and head, before rising off the snow back into position with their skis underneath them.