Types of Snowboard Tricks
Trick↕ | Category↕ | Rotation↕ | Difficulty (1-10)↕ | First Landed / Popularized↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Method Air | Grab | None | 5 | Craig Kelly (popularized) | The most beautiful grab in snowboarding, back hand holds toe edge, board tweaked up |
Indy Grab | Grab | None | 3 | Transferred from skateboarding | Rear hand grabs toe edge between bindings, the entry-level grab |
Stalefish | Grab | None | 4 | Tony Hawk (skate origin) | Rear hand reaches behind the rear leg to grab heel edge, stylish reach |
Backside 180 | Spin | 180 | 3 | Early freestyle era | Half rotation blind landing, foundation rotation trick |
Frontside 540 | Spin | 540 | 5 | Terje Haakonsen era | One and a half rotation, Terje's signature huge airs |
Backside 720 | Spin | 720 | 6 | 1990s halfpipe era | Two full rotations, gateway to big spin tricks |
McTwist (540) | Inverted spin | 540 + flip | 7 | Mike McGill (skate), adopted by snowboard | 540 with a front flip, halfpipe classic |
Haakon Flip | Inverted spin | 720 + flip | 9 | Terje Haakonsen | Switch backside rodeo 720, invented by the GOAT Terje in the halfpipe |
Cab 900 | Spin | 900 (switch) | 8 | Peetu Piiroinen era | Switch frontside 2.5 rotations, essential modern halfpipe |
Frontside 1080 | Spin | 1080 | 8 | Shaun White popularized | Three full rotations, Shaun White's Olympic winning tricks |
Double Cork 1080 | Inverted double | 1080 + 2 flips | 9 | Travis Rice / X Games big air era | Three rotations with two off-axis flips, modern slope style staple |
Triple Cork 1440 | Inverted triple | 1440 + 3 flips | 10 | Mark McMorris / Max Parrot | Four rotations with three flips, first landed in competition 2011 |
Triple Cork 1620 | Inverted triple | 1620 + 3 flips | 10 | Yuki Kadono / Chris Corning | 4.5 rotations, current high end of competition slopestyle |
Quadruple Cork 1800 | Inverted quad | 1800 + 4 flips | 10 | Chris Corning (2018) | Five full rotations with four flips, the most advanced trick ever landed |
Nollie Backflip | Flip | Backflip off nose | 6 | Freestyle era | Backflip popped off the nose, staple of jib and powder riding |
Wildcat | Flip | Backflip | 5 | Backcountry freestyle era | Straight backflip without grabs, backcountry classic |
Front Flip (Tamedog) | Flip | Frontflip | 6 | Shaun Palmer / early freestyle | Straight front flip, classic big air trick |
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