List of snowboard tricks

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Snowboard tricks are aerials or maneuvers performed on snowboards for style or competitions.

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[edit] Air tricks

  • Ollie - A trick in which the rider springs off the tail of their board and into the air.
  • Nollie - A trick in which the rider springs off the nose of their board and into the air.
  • Poptart - Airing from fakie to forward in the halfpipe without rotation.
  • Shifty- A trick in which the rider twists his hip to rotate the board 90 degrees and then brings the board back to the original position, done frontside or backside.
  • Soup- A trick in which the rider pulls an ollie, and lands on the nose of the board. Beginners learn this trick by tailpressing and then switching to a nosepress very fast.

[edit] Spins

  • 180 - 1/2 spin.
  • 360 - 1 spin.
  • 540 - 1 1/2 spins.
  • 720 - 2 spins.
  • 900 - 2 1/2 spins.
  • 1080 - 3 spins.
  • 1260 - 3 1/2 spins.(First done in Super Pipe by Shaun White.)
  • 1440 - 4 spins.(A rarely seen trick, but starting to seem possible. First done by Chas Guldemond makes 1st 1440° ever in a Slope-Style Contest.)
  • Cab (Caballerial) - A FS Spin from Fakie, At least 360. Taken from Skateboarding and named after Pro Skateboarder Steve Caballero
  • Half-Cab - Started from fakie, spun Frontside 180
  • BS Air (Backside) - A Spin in which the front foot spins forward on a cicular axis, and the back foot in reverse. Applies To All Spins
  • FS Air (Frontside) - A Spin in which the back foot spins forward on a cicular axis, and the front foot in reverse. Applies to all spins
  • Alley-Oop - A spin in the half-pipe opposite to the direction of travel. For example, doing a BS Spin on an FS wall. When only a 180 (270,) Just Called Alley Oop. Past that, the spin amount is added.
  • Pencil - A completely straight spin with barely any movement not even of the arms. Usually just the shoulders move slightly.
  • Corked Spin - A spin in which you are not spinning parallel with the ground, but rather partially inverted, like the shape of a corkscrew.

[edit] Flips

  • Back flip - Flipping backward off a jump.
  • Barrel roll - A sideways front flip that tucks under the boarder's self.* McTwist - A backside 540 with an inversion. Often over-estimated.
  • Doublechuk - A variation of the Michalchuk, but with two backflip rotations.
  • Front flip - Flipping forward off a jump.
  • Gay twist - Halfpipe fakie to regular 360° spin with a grab.
  • Haakon flip - A halfpipe trick named after freestyle legend Terje Haakonsen of Norway. The Haakon flip is like a switch rodeo performed in a halfpipe.
  • Misty - A front flip with a spin at least 180°.
  • Rodeo flip - First done by York Shackleton. A back flip with a spin of at least 180°.(Rodeo 540,720, & 900.)
  • Michalchuk - A trademark flip by first performed by Michael Michalchuk. A flat-spinning, on-axis backflip often grabbing melon, indy or method and rotating 540 degrees.
  • Rippey flip - Straight back flipping frontside 360°, with a method grab (named for Jim Rippey).
  • Slob air - The frontside air where the front hand grabs mute, the back leg is boned and the board is kept parallel with the ground.
  • Sato flip - Halfpipe trick done by Rob Kingwill ("Sato" is the Japanese word for "sugar" ). It's something like a frontside McTwist. The rider drops in fast, rides up the transition as if doing a frontside 540, pops in the air and grabs frontside, then throws head, shoulders, and hips down.
  • Wildcat - an actual backflip performed off a kicker (the board goes up in front of the rider and over his head).

[edit] Grab tricks

  • Beef, Ground - Back hand grabs through the legs to the toe edge.
  • Beef, Roast - back hand grabs through the legs to the heel edge
  • Chicken Salad - Front hand grabs through the legs to the heel edge
  • China Air (West Coast)/Korean Air (East Coast) - An easier version of the Japan Air, the front hand grabs the toe side in front of the front foot. Both knees are then bent
  • Crail air - The rear hand grabs the toe edge in behind of the backfoot while the rear leg is behind.
  • Cross-Rocket - Advanced variation of a Rocket Air, however both hands are crossed to opposite sides of the nose board, while the rear leg is boned and the front leg is pulled up.
  • Grasser (aka Method Boneout, Palmer method) - Dervived from the late 80s early 90s pro snowboarder Chris Roach of Grass Valley, CA due to their aficionado for the aerial and the herb. Notable riders who inspired others with this air were also Jamie Lynn, Shawn Palmer, and Terry Kidwell.
  • Iguana Air - The back hand grabs the toe side behind the rear foot.
  • Indy - Back hand grabs the toe edge between the bindings
  • Indy Nosebone - An indy grab where the front leg is boned.
  • Japan Air - The front hand grabs the toe side in front of the front foot. Both legs are then bent, pulling the board behind the rider, followed by the front arm pulling the board into a vertical rather than horizontal position behind the rider.

Note: Advanced riders during this trick will usually turn and move facing fully forward, or put the nose of the board close to the upper arm or shoulder.

  • Lemon Grab - The rider gabs both the nose and tail.
  • Lime Grab - The rider positions themselves vertically in the air while grabbing the nose and tail.

Note: Usually performed off a halfpipe and/or wall.

Snowboarder busting a method air off a cornice - a classic style of aerial grab and board tweak
Snowboarder busting a method air off a cornice - a classic style of aerial grab and board tweak
  • Melon - The front hand grabs the heel side in front of the bindings while the front leg is boned. Also, the wrist is rotated inwards to complete the grab.
  • Melon, Water - A melon grab where the rider bones the front leg and turns the board the 45' angle.
  • Melonchollie - The front hand grabs the heel side of the board. The rider then bones the front leg and bends the rear leg, bringing the nose of the board forward and up.
  • Method - A classic skateboarding air. The front hand grabs the heel side of the board between the bindings, both knees are bent and the board is pulled up behind the rider.
  • Method, Old School (aka suitcase air) - The front hand grabs the toe side from between the legs, both knees are bent and the board is pulled up behind the rider.
  • Method, Seated - The front hand reaches under the board and grabs the toe side, both knees are bent pulling he board up behind the rider.

Note: A true seated method brings the board far enough back for the rider to sit on the heel side edge or bottom of the board.

  • Mindy - Both hands grab the toe side of the board between the bindings and both legs are boned.
  • Mindy, Super - The front hand grabs the toe side in front of the front foot, the back hand grabs the toe side behind the back foot, both legs are boned
  • Mosquito - The front hand grabs the heel side between the bindings and the front knee is tucked up near the chest.
  • Mule Kick - An early snowboarder adaptation of the skateboarders method air. Often called a Toyota air, after it's similar posturing to the early 1980s Toyota "Oh What A Feeling" ad campaign fearturing people jumping off the ground, performed by jumping into an aerial backbend with legs bending until nearly kicking yourself in the butt as with a skiers "backscratcher" air, both arms bent back high over the head and not grabbing the board.
  • Mute - Front hand grabs the toe edge between the bindings, and is either not spun, or spun BS
  • Nosegrab - Front hand grabs the nose of the board
  • Nuclear - The rear hand grabs the nose of the board
  • Rocket Air - Both hands grab the nose of the board, while the rear leg is boned and the front leg is pulled up.
  • Sail Grab - The rider faces fully forward with his/her forward side parallel with the ground. The back hand grabs the heel side in front of the front foot, the rear leg is then boned and the front leg is bent pushing the tail as vertically as possible into air.
  • Seatbelt - The back hand reaches across the body and grabs the nose of the board.
  • Shifty - The rider shifts their board about 90 degrees either BS or FS, and occasionally at the same time, their upper body in the opposite direction at the same time.
  • Slob - A variation of the mute grab. The front hand grabs the toe side of the board between the bindings, the back leg is boned. However the rider must face forward and keep the board parallel with the ground.
  • Squirrel, Flying - The rider faces fully forward and both hand grab the heel side near the bindings.
  • Squirrel, Psycho - A flying squirrel were the rider faces fully forward, then grabs the high back of the bindings.
  • Stalefish - Back hand grabs the heel edge of the board at the back foot, around the outside of the knee
  • Stiffy - Any grab where both the legs are boned. Usually done with a mute or indy grab.
  • Superman - The rider lays flat in the air, both hands reach under the board to grab the toe side and/or the shin of each boot, both legs are bent and the board is pulled up behind the rider
  • Supersquirrel - A variation of both the superman and the psycho squirrel. The rider lays flat in the air, both hands grab the high back of the bindings and/or the shin of each boot, both knees are bent pulling the board up behind the rider.
  • Swiss Cheese Air - The rear hand reaches between the legs and grabs the heel edge in front of the front foot while the back left is boned.
  • Tailfish - This is similar to the Tindy. Back hand grab on heel edge between rear binding and tail, often tweaked. Slight more respect than tindy.
  • Tailgrab - back hand grabs the tail of the board
  • Taipan air - The front hand reaches behind the front foot and grabs the toe edge between the bindings. The front knee is then bent to touch the board tuck knee style.
  • Tindy - the Tindy grab is a controversial grab. The back hand grabs between the tail and the back binding on the toe edge. Some find this trick to be a beginner's trick, while none believe that when tweaked, the Tindy is very stylish.
  • Truck Driver, BS - The rider grabs Mute and Stalefish at the same time putting the arms in the BS spin direction also known as a drunk driver.
  • Truck Driver, FS - The rider grabs Indy and Melon at the same time putting the arms in the FS spin direction

[edit] Inverts

  • Invert - Overlaying term for handstands on the edge of a halfpipe
  • Handplant (Layback) - A 180 degree handplant in which the rear hand is planted on the lip of the wall and the rotation is frontside.
  • Sad plant - A term used to describe any handplant where the front leg is boned for style.
  • Elgeurial - An invert where the halfpipe wall is approached fakie, the rear hand is planted, a 360 degree backside rotation is made, and the rider lands going forward. Named after Eddie Elguera.
  • Eggplant - A one-handed 180 degree invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the wall and the rotation is backside.
  • Eggflip - An eggplant where the rider chooses to flip over in order to re-enter the pipe instead or rotating 180 degrees. This trick is performed forward to fakie or switchstance (fakie to forward).
  • McEgg - An invert where the rider plants the front hand on the wall, rotated 540 degrees in a backside direction and lands riding forward.
  • Stale egg - An eggplant with a stalefish grab.
  • Crippler - An inverted aerial where the rider performs a 180 degree flip. The athlete approaches the wall riding forward, becomes airborne, rotates 90 degrees, flips over in the air, rotates another 90 degrees, and lands riding forward.
  • Andrecht - A rear handed backside handplant with a front-handed grab.

[edit] Slides

  • 50-50 - A Slide where the rider rides with their board pointed straight in line with the rail.
  • BS Boardslide - The Rider approaches the rail with their heels on the side the rail is on, toes pointing away. They hop up and swing their front foot over the rail, and then slide down the rail.
  • FS Lipslide- The Rider approaches the rail with their toes on the side the rail is on, heels pointing away. They hop up and swing their back foot over the rail, and then slide down the rail.
  • BS Lipslide - The Rider approaches the rail with their heels on the side the rail is on, toes pointing away. They hop up and swing their back foot over the rail, and then slide down the rail.
  • FS Boardslide (Frontboard) - The Rider approaches the rail with their toes on the side the rail is on, heels pointing away. They hop up and swing their front foot over the rail, and then slide down the rail.
  • Noseslide - You slide perpendicular to the rail with it under your front foot
  • Tailslide - You slide perpendicular to the rail with it under your back foot
  • Nose Press/ 5-0 - A 50-50 slide, with the board bent so you're only on one the front binding.
  • Tail Press- The opposite of a nose press
  • Barley - An over crooked nose slide.
  • Hot Garbage - An over crooked front-nose slide.
  • Smith - A 50-50 with the nose tweaked 45 degrees Backside
  • Feeble - A 50-50 with the nose tweaked 45 degrees frontside
  • Michael Jackson - Named after Michael Jackson, you do a 50-50 on a rail, but you bank the board to slide on your toe edge.
  • Shoot The Duck [1] - A variation of the famous 1970s ice and roller skating maneuver known as and first performed on a snowboard as early as 1993.[2] The rider approaches rail/box with rear foot out of the binding. They then do a no-comply, with their rear foot, and land in a backside boardslide position. With their rear foot pointing forward, towards the end of the rail, and their back hand stabilizing their weight on the rear binding cup, they slide to the end. Named after.[3]

[edit] Miscellaneous tricks

  • Manual (tail/nose press) - You ride down the mountain leaning back (or forward) pressing on your tail so your nose is lifted off the ground. (Nose Wheelie and Tail Wheelie are both done with both feet strapped in).
  • Pretzel - To get off any slide where you are perpendicular to the rail, or close to perpendicular, and you spin off 270 the opposite way you spun to enter.
  • Danish/Bagel - Like a Pretzel, but spinning 270 of the rail in the same direction as your got on
  • Butter - buttering is doing tail/nose presses and spinning at the same time. there are many variations in buttering.
  • Bonk - To hit an object with your board.
  • Tail/Nose Block - while standing still, or on top of a box, balance on the tail of your board straight down while grabbing the nose end up by your chest. (vice versa = nose block). Similar to a "blunt stall" in skateboarding.
  • Tail/Nose Tap Off - quickly tapping your tail or nose on the end of the rail/box as you are about to slide off of it
  • Switch - The common term for riding fakie or the opposite direction to usual. All tricks completed switch are more difficult and score higher in competition

[edit] Combination tricks

  • Grabs and spins can be combined to create stylish combination tricks such as "Backside 180 Japan" or Frontside 360 Nosegrab"
  • Performing a combination trick in switch will increase difficulty again such as "Switch Backside 540 Indy"
  • Multiple combination tricks can be performed on rails such as "Switch 270 Boardslide to 270 dismount"

[edit] Various tweaks

  • One-Footed - If you remove one foot from a binding, (usually the back) it becomes a "One-Footed" Trick.
  • Switch/Fakie - Anything done while in your opposite stance.
  • Experimental- Much like the one footed, the back leg is removed from the bindings while in the air, usually "tweaked".
  • Tuck Knee - Refers to a term used for skateboarding when the knee of either leg is dropped down to touch the top of the board. When referring to snowboarding it means that the rider attempts to put his knee on the board by putting his/her knee underneath the torso and then pulling down to the board.
  • "Flexy" - The term used in western ski areas for when an area of the board is strongly pulled to bend it into an arch.

[edit] See also

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9YrTsaqVIE Spacey Slide
  2. ^ Shoot The Duck, how to
  3. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9YrTsaqVIE Chris Casey

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