Slap is Back
Slapback tricks by Iver Tronstad
2012 IJA Tutorial Contest 3 Club Slap-Backs
3 club slapback tutorial
Slapbacks are a trick where the clubs are under-rotated so that the shell end lands in your hand, and instead of catching the shell, you slap it to make the club rotate back in the other direction and catch it on the handle. Slapbacks were first performed by Bob Dupont in the 1940s.
Turnovers are a variation of this trick where you catch a club on the shell, then make it do a quick half rotation in the normal direction and catch it again on the handle.
- Video (at 1:30): 4 club turnovers
World records
Slapback world records with publicly available video evidence:
- 4 clubs: 39 catches by Kenny Cheung in 2016 (video at 0:08)
- 5 clubs: 31 catches by Iver Tronstad in 2013 (video)
- 6 clubs: 6 catches by Eivind Dragsjø in 2016 (video at 9:15)
Unverified claims:
- 3 clubs: 10 minutes by Ameron Rosvall in 2008 (claim)
- 4 clubs: 40 catches by Felix Sürbe in 2018 (claim)