The difference between Slap-back and Triple-full

When used as nouns, 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, whereas triple-full means an aerialist maneuver consisting of 3 backflips in conjunction and simultaneous with three complete twists.


Slap-back is also adjective with the meaning: when bass strings are slapped rather plucked individually.

check bellow for the other definitions of Slap-back and Triple-full

  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.

  1. Triple-full as a noun (sports, aerial freestyle skiing):

    An aerialist maneuver consisting of 3 backflips in conjunction and simultaneous with three complete twists.