VIDEO: David Wise Becomes First Skier to Land All 4 Double Corks During a Contest

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David Wise wins Menโ€™s Ski SuperPipe gold | X Games Aspen 2018

History was made in Aspen, CO during the X Games Menโ€™s Ski SuperPipe Competition as David Wise became the first person to ever land four double corks rotating in different directions,  reports NBC Sports.

โ€œI just started feeling the energy of the crowd,โ€ Wise, said about his decision to try all four double corks in one run. โ€œThat was my goal at the beginning of the season.โ€

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Skier David Wise during his X-Games gold-winning run. Credit: X Games

The 27-year-old Reno, Nevada, native launched a switch double cork 1080 right followed by a double cork 1260 left on the first two hits of the superpipe before linking a switch double cork 1080 left and a double cork 1260 right on the last two walls of the run, scoring a 94.00 from the judges to beat out Aspen natives Alex Ferreira and Torin Yater-Wallace for gold.


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