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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/3VUW24mDFZY?enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;Check Albee&amp;#8217;s debated air at the 7:30 mark.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The Spin Counter Debate&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt;Albee Layer\\u2019s \\u201cAir Of The Year\\u201d spurs debate between surf nerds&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;I knew that calling Albee Layer\\u2019s \\u201c&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/surf.transworld.net\\/1000155893\\/videos\\/2012-transworld-surf-awards-presented-by-verizon\\/11\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;Air Of The Year&lt;\\/a&gt;\\u201d a 720 would cause surf nerds everywhere to take to their computers and start punching the keyboards furiously with passionate calls for correction. Two of my good friends who also happen to be professional snowboard and surf commentators; Sal Masekela and Todd Richards, were the first to nerd out and digitally yell at me for this gross insult to the entire action sports community. Todd Richards, who commentates the Winter Olympics simply texted \\u201c&lt;em&gt;Shame on you&lt;\\/em&gt;.\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Below is a direct transcript of a dorky text-message-war (hence the abbreviated speech and whatnot) between Sal and myself in regards to the controversial naming of Albee Layer\\u2019s aerial featured in the 2012 &lt;em&gt;TransWorld SURF&lt;\\/em&gt; Awards. This is a real hot-button issue! Yeah right&amp;#8230;\\u00a0&lt;strong&gt;\\u2014Chris Cot\\u00e9&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sal: I don&amp;#8217;t think Albee Layers double oop is a720. An oop is essentially a\\u00a0backside 180. Comes around to fakie would be 360. A oop &amp;#8216;full\\u00a0rotation&amp;#8217; as they say would be a 540 and another 180 which would have&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; him landing fakie would then an only then be a 720.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chris Cote: I agree with that assessment. However, if a snowboarder or skater\\u00a0attempts a 720 and lands &amp;#8220;almost&amp;#8221; all the way and reverts the last\\u00a0part out, you&amp;#8217;d still say 720. But yeah, it&amp;#8217;s a 540&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sal: Probably. But it&amp;#8217;s embarrassing to surfing that we are the only ones\\u00a0that can&amp;#8217;t count. And it&amp;#8217;s an insult to skateboarding and\\u00a0snowboarding.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chris: Whoa. Is skateboarding insulted? I&amp;#8217;ll write a retraction so tony hawk\\u00a0doesn&amp;#8217;t yell at me.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sal: Ha! Ill write a letter. I just think if surfing is gonna be on the\\u00a0progress train it should be held to the same strict guidelines as its\\u00a0sideways brethren. No free passes on tricks, no matter how cool they&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n&lt;em&gt; are.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chris: I&amp;#8217;ve watched the trick 1000 times and when he lands on top of the wave\\u00a0he&amp;#8217;s still rotating to where he&amp;#8217;s going forward again. Surf tricks can\\u00a0never be called exactly as skate and snow because snow and cement does\\u00a0not move. How does one factor in the intertia and movement of the wave when\\u00a0calculating rotations and angles of take off?&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sal: Bullshit. He lands where he lands. If he touches down 180 later is it\\u00a0all of a sudden a 900? Yes there&amp;#8217;s water and its not a constant\\u00a0surface but a landing is a landing. One doesn&amp;#8217;t factor in angles and\\u00a0inertia. It&amp;#8217;s simple math.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;And what you are describing is a revert. It&amp;#8217;s not a bad thing. Doesn&amp;#8217;t\\u00a0lessen the trick. But you have to leave proper room for growth instead\\u00a0of giving it the crown. People are going land actual true 720&amp;#8217;s and\\u00a0alley oop sevens with no revert. What will those be called?&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chris: I think spins are dumb anyway, but For arguments sake, I&amp;#8217;d say if\\u00a0someone did what Albee did, but landed on the face proper with no\\u00a0revert it would be a 720. Albee landed somewhere in the middle. Someone could do it off backwash and make the full two rotations and\\u00a0land straight for 720. That would be funny.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sal: Hahahahahahahahaha. Love ya. It&amp;#8217;s gonna happen.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Chris: I hope so. I&amp;#8217;m gonna put this nerd fight on our website. We\\u2019re a couple of passionate\\u00a0surf turkey dorks.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Sal: By the way if you&amp;#8217;re counting at home, it&amp;#8217;s an alley oop 360 revert.\\u00a0Which is KILLER. But it&amp;#8217;s not a 720.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So what do you think? Am I an idiot? Did we call the trick wrong? Do you even give a shit? Tell us what you think in the comments section below. \\u2014Chris Cote&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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