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Types of Snowboard Tricks

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Trick
Category
Rotation
Difficulty (1-10)
First Landed / Popularized
Known For
Method Air
GrabNone5Craig Kelly (popularized)The most beautiful grab in snowboarding, back hand holds toe edge, board tweaked up
Indy Grab
GrabNone3Transferred from skateboardingRear hand grabs toe edge between bindings, the entry-level grab
Stalefish
GrabNone4Tony Hawk (skate origin)Rear hand reaches behind the rear leg to grab heel edge, stylish reach
Backside 180
Spin1803Early freestyle eraHalf rotation blind landing, foundation rotation trick
Frontside 540
Spin5405Terje Haakonsen eraOne and a half rotation, Terje's signature huge airs
Backside 720
Spin72061990s halfpipe eraTwo full rotations, gateway to big spin tricks
McTwist (540)
Inverted spin540 + flip7Mike McGill (skate), adopted by snowboard540 with a front flip, halfpipe classic
Haakon Flip
Inverted spin720 + flip9Terje HaakonsenSwitch backside rodeo 720, invented by the GOAT Terje in the halfpipe
Cab 900
Spin900 (switch)8Peetu Piiroinen eraSwitch frontside 2.5 rotations, essential modern halfpipe
Frontside 1080
Spin10808Shaun White popularizedThree full rotations, Shaun White's Olympic winning tricks
Double Cork 1080
Inverted double1080 + 2 flips9Travis Rice / X Games big air eraThree rotations with two off-axis flips, modern slope style staple
Triple Cork 1440
Inverted triple1440 + 3 flips10Mark McMorris / Max ParrotFour rotations with three flips, first landed in competition 2011
Triple Cork 1620
Inverted triple1620 + 3 flips10Yuki Kadono / Chris Corning4.5 rotations, current high end of competition slopestyle
Quadruple Cork 1800
Inverted quad1800 + 4 flips10Chris Corning (2018)Five full rotations with four flips, the most advanced trick ever landed
Nollie Backflip
FlipBackflip off nose6Freestyle eraBackflip popped off the nose, staple of jib and powder riding
Wildcat
FlipBackflip5Backcountry freestyle eraStraight backflip without grabs, backcountry classic
Front Flip (Tamedog)
FlipFrontflip6Shaun Palmer / early freestyleStraight front flip, classic big air trick

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