Skylab Hurricane

For its special shot version, see Skylab Twin Shot.

Skylab Hurricane (スカイラブハリケーン, sukairabu harikēn) is the trademark technique of the Tachibana twins, developed during the Boys' Fight arc.

Description[]

The Skylab Hurricane is one of the signature moves of the Tachibana twins' aerial football. One player acts as the launching pad by either lying on the ground, or jumping, legs up, and the other jumps onto the first player's soles. By using their own jumping power, and being propelled by the one acting as launching pad, the second player will then be jumping higher than anyone.

Later on, there are variants in which there are more than one player jumping or acting as launching pad.

The main problem with this technique is that its use puts a lot of burden to the legs.

Users[]

Tachibana twins	Tachibana twins & Jito	Jun Misugi & Jito
Tsubasa Ozora & Jito	Tsubasa Ozora & Igawa	Espadas, Suarez & Zaragoza

Story[]

Boys' Fight arc
The brothers trained the Skylab Hurricane specially for the 16th National Middle School Soccer Tournament and revealed it during the second half-time against Nankatsu. With it, they were able to equalize 2 - 2. Two more attempts were thwarted by Tsubasa, who used the goal as jumping aid to reach the ball or pushed off the post. Another hurricane failed due to the overloading of the twins' legs.

J Boys' Challenge arc
During the International Jr. Youth Tournament, the brothers also involve Hiroshi Jito and develop with him new combinations of their special techniques, such as the Skylab Twin Shot.

Battle of World Youth arc
During the World Youth Tournament, the Tachibanas proved themselves again in the match against Mexico Youth. Their aerial soccer successfully countered that of the 5 Aztec Warriors; only with a deliberate foul did the Mexican player Garcia manage to stop them, crippling them and putting them out of the rest of the tournament.

Golden-23 arc
The Tachibanas were converted into a double volante by coach Kira. It is also revealed that the twins had by then realized that their grown up bodies couldn't take the enormous strain of their Skylab Hurricane technique anymore, as they verified in a J1 League match; therefore, they had sealed the technique. However, in the final match against U-22 Australia, they insisted on being the starting centerforwards, to use this very technique to score the first of the goals Japan desperately needed to qualify. After some struggling, Misaki reluctantly gave them the centering they needed, and they flawlessly scored, being incapacitated in the process.

The technique can be used offensively, the users are sure to jump higher than any defenders and goalkeeper trying to intercept a cross directed towards them. Jun Misugi used it as interception with the help of Hiroshi Jito.

Rising Sun arc
In the Madrid Olympics final tournament, the Mexican Combi together with Espadas playing as a forward were able to mimick the Tachibanas' air-play by doing the Skylab Hurricane to score against Spain. The difference was that only Espadas was the one sent high into the air and two players served as the "catapult".

Variants[]

Low Altitude Skylab Hurricane: Low-lying variant of the Skylab Hurricane. One of the brothers catapults the other not in the air, but horizontally towards the gate.
Skylab Twin Shot: A perfected special skill by using a giant player to sent two players at once to do a Twin Shot.
Mid-Air Combination Skylab/Zero Gravity Skylab: Unlike a normal Skylab where the one who acts as a launching pad will lie on the ground, here, both players will jump at the same time, then perform the launch pad move mid-air. This way, the recoil will be reduced, thus lowering the risk of injury.

Gallery[]

Trivia[]

The Italian dub of the anime (except the 2018 anime, where it was called Uragano Skylab) called this technique Catapulta Infernale (literally "Hellish catapult"). Said name carried over to the European Spanish (Catapulta infernal) and French (Catapulte infernale) dubs. In the Brazilian dub of the 2018 anime, the technique is called Furacão Aéreo in the first season, and for some reason called Furacão Skylab in the season 2
- The Latin American Spanish dub names this technique Huracan en el cielo (literally, "Hurricane in the Sky").
In Endless Dream, the Tachibanas used this technique to score for Shutetsu. However, they were not supposed to have their Skylab moves before Boys' Fight, making this a continuity error from the author.

Videos[]

Captain Tsubasa Vs Tachibana twins Skylab Hurricane