The difference between Rudy and Slap-back

When used as nouns, rudy means an acrobatic maneuver involving two and a half twists, 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 Rudy and Slap-back

  1. Rudy as a noun (sports, aerial freestyle skiing):

    An acrobatic maneuver involving two and a half twists.

  1. Slap-back as an adjective (music):

    when bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually.

  1. 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.

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