Snowboard tricks are something everyone wants to be good at whether they are just a beginner or are a seasoned veteran. Spins and grabs are usually the first things you want to do when you learn how to snowboard. But after awhile your progression takes you to into the park where there are pipe tricks, rails, boxes, jibbing, buttering and more.
Below is our list of snowboard tricks and links to videos that will help you learn how to do these tricks. Enjoy!
The Basics
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Switch Riding
Switch riding is performed when you ride in the reverse of your natural stance. i.e. Goofy instead of Regular
Frontside vs Backside
Frontside is any spin where you face the direction of travel in the first 180 degrees.
Backside is any spin where your back faces the direction of travel in the first 180 degrees.
CAB is riding switch into a frontside spin. AKA switch frontside.
Switch backside is riding switch into a backside spin.
Buttering
Buttering is done while you are riding on the snow. Basically its done by applying pressure to your nose or tail so that the other side of the board raises above of the snow. Think of a knife “buttering” a piece of bread.
We have a great video that will explain how to butter on a snowboard in no time.
Straight Airs
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Ollie
Popping off the tail of the board.
Nollie
Popping off the nose of the board.
Switch ollie
While riding switch, do an ollie.
Fakie ollie
While riding backwards, pop off of your ‘new nose’
Shifty
Counter rotate your upper and lower body in either a frontside or backside air.
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Spinning
Spinning tricks are all based off of 180° progressions. So they start at 180° and advance through 360°, 540°, 720° and beyond. Add a grab to a spin to amp up the steez factor.
Below are some great tutorials on how to get started spinning.
Just starting out with spins? Check this video on How to 180 on a Snowboard
Looking for something more advanced? Check this video on How To 360 & Beyond
Grabbing
The list of snowboard grabs that you can do is long indeed and with variations in names we decided to show you visually the plethora of grabs you can do. The graphic is for a regular stance rider so simply reverse it if you are goofy. The most common grabs are Indie, Mute, Melon, Stalefish, Tail, Nose and Method. This list is not exhaustive as there are variations on variations out there.
Created by Wikipedia user Nlin86
Jibbing/Sliding
Jibbing is when you ride on any surface that is not snow. When learning how to jib/slide rails and boxes you will hear frontside or backside thrown around. In this case, it is referring to the edge in which you approach the obstacle.
Frontside is when the object you want to slide is in front of your toe edge.
Backside is when the object you want to slide is behind your heel edge. This list is not exhaustive as there are variations on variations out there.
Check out these great videos all about jibbing!
50-50
Slide straight over the rail, box or whatever.
Boardslide
Front foot moves over the object, you slide perpendicular, the object passes between the center of your bindings.
Check out this great video on how to do a boardslide.
Lipslide
Back foot moves over the object, you slide perpendicular, the object passes between the center of your bindings.
Blunt Slide
You slide perpendicular using the tail of your board with the nose raised up over the obstacle.
Nose Blunt
Like the blunt slide except using the nose of your board to slide and the tail raised.
Nose Slide
You slide perpendicular using the nose of the board along the obstacle.
Tail Slide
You slide perpendicular using the tail of the board along the obstacle.
Nose Press
You slide straight over the obstacle with pressure on the nose and the tail raised.
Tail Press
You slide straight over the obstacle with pressure on the tail and the nose raised.
Flipping and Inverting
Flips and inverts are obviously more advanced tricks for seasoned riders. This is where a trampoline in the off season comes in handy! This list is not exhaustive as there are variations on variations out there.
Back flip
Rotating backwards in air.
Front flip
Rotating forwards in air.
McTwist
A forward-rotating backside 540°, in a pipe or quarterpipe.
Haakon flip
A backwards inverted 720°.
Rippey flip
Backward rotating flip with a frontside 360° and a method grab.
Michalchuk
Backward rotating flip on axis (like a cartwheel) with a 540° and a grab (melon, indy or method).
Doublechuk
The Michalchuk done with two backward rotations.
Lando-Roll
A frontside cork 540°/720° method.
Misty flip
Forward rotating flip with a backside spin off of a straight jump. Similar in style to a McTwist.
Rodeo
Forward rotating flip with a frontside spin off your toe edge.
Backside Rodeo AKA: Brodeo
Backward rotating flip with a backside spin.
Underflip
A backward rotating flip with a frontside spin off of your heel edge.
Handplants
Handplants are also known as Inverts. Invert refers to the handstand you perform on the lip of the pipe. This list is not exhaustive as there are variations on variations out there.
Handplant
Your rear hand is placed on the lip of the pipe wall and you rotate 180° frontside.
Elguerial
A fakie approach, invert off your rear hand and rotate 360° backside.
Eggplant
Invert off your front hand and rotate 180° backside.
Eggflip
An Eggplant but you do a frontward flip over instead.
McEgg
Invert off front hand and rotate 540° backside.
Sad plant
Melon grab inverted.
That’s it! This is the end of our list of snowboard tricks. If you really want to amp up your riding and learn from the best, head over to Snowboard Addiction.
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