SAMMY CARLSON: WORLD'S FIRST SWITCH TRIPLE RODEO 1260 | 2010

In 2010 at Mt. Hood, Oregon at the SammyC Invitational, Sammy Carlson landed the world’s first switch triple rodeo 1260 and triple cork in freeskiing history. Here's the backstory in Sammy's words: When double corks came onto the scene, I remember seeing the first few riders drop kangaroo flips and dub 10’s. At this time, I was already at the top of the contest game, but after watching the first few dubs go down and seeing all these gymnasts kids popping onto the scene I thought for a few that it was over. I had zero gymnastics or trampoline experience, my air game came 100% from time on snow, I really didn’t think I would be able to compete with them. Rather than giving up, I started putting in work to try and figure ‘em out. I started going to a swimming pool that had some high dives and platforms where I learned my first double back flip and dub misty rotations. It took some time but eventually I figured out how to do them on trampolines and then brought my first dub flat to snow. From there, I learned dub cork 10’s and switch dubs. I wasn’t using water ramps or air bags. I would do the first part of the trick over and over and visualize going into the second part of the rotation, then, when it felt right, I would drop it. Most times it worked out but you could say I didn’t really have the “proper technique” as in I wasn't setting my dubs like an aerialist would. After a few seasons of doing numerous dubs, I eventually mastered each of them. After throwing some switch dub rodeo 10’s off a bigger jump, they started to feel easy, too easy, and I started thinking about the tre flip. This went down at the first SammyC invitational on my home court, Mt Hood, where numerous “firsts” went down this session — the most stylish double corks and flips to date were thrown — and all of the other riders were killing it. With the vibe at an all-time high amongst the crew, it was time to drop the switch triple. This was my second attempt. Thanks to Parker White and B Paul for getting me fired up to go for it one more time, I dropped in and soon as I set it off the lip I fell the snap I needed and knew as I came out of the first rotation I was going to stomp it — it felt exactly how I had envisioned it would feel — it felt good. And as the third rotation came around I stomped, my mind was blown. I wanted to share some of the backstory, it’s part of why this was such a big moment for me. Coming from behind at the start of the doubles to leading the charge. The power of the mind is real, It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you put your heart and soul into something. It’s Wild to see all the trips going down now, especially on such small jumps. With that said, and linking with Cesar Lopez at @swtchsocial, we’re going to start sharing memories of my career. These memories will be shared under the hashtag #SammyCMemories for easier discoverability of this series and to chronicle and present my memories for you to enjoy. The power of the mind is real, whatever you set your mind to, if you put in the work you will surprise yourself with what you can accomplish and overcome. The next year I went on to win my first X Games Gold in Slopestyle and produced my first solo film project; “ON TOP OF THE HOOD”. #SammyCMemories #freeskiing #skiing