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Haakon flip
Haakon flip [ hkən flip ] (plural Haakon flips)


noun 
Definition:
 
aerial trick with 720-degree rotation: in snowboarding, an aerial trick by which the rider takes off riding backwards, does a somersault and two full rotations while airborne, and lands going forwards
[Late 20th century. After Terjé Haakonsen (b.1974), Norwegian snowboarder]
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