FIS Tricks List
Snowboard
Last update: 05-02-2022
Trick ID
Trick Name
Event
Trick Description
10
1080
1080º rotation, 3.0 full rotations
12
1260
1260º rotation, 3.5 full rotations
14
1440
1440º rotation, 4.0 full rotations
16
1620
1620º rotation, 4.5 full rotations
18
1800
1800º rotation, 5.0 full rotations
19
1980
1980º rotation, 5.5 full rotations
21
2160
2160º rotation, 6.0 full rotations
3
360
360º rotation, 1.0 full rotations
5
540
540º rotation, 1.5 full rotations
7
720
720º rotation, 2.0 full rotations
9
900
900º rotation, 2.5 full rotations
A
Air
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AF
Air-to-fakie
Any trick in the halfpipe/quarterpipes where the wall is approached riding forward, no rotation is made, and the snowboarder lands riding backward.
AO
Alley Oop
A term used to describe any manoeuvre in the halfpipe/quarterpipe where one rotates 180 or more degrees in an uphill direction; that is, rotating backside on the frontside wall, or rotating frontside on the backside wall.
b
Back
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bs
Backside
One rotation over the horizontal axis, after take off, back will be to front. Regular = Rotation to Right / Goofy = Rotation to the left
beCar
Beef Carpaccio
A Roast Beef and Chicken Salad (in between the legs) at the same time with hands crossed.
beCur
Beef Curtains
A Roast Beef and Grosman (in between the legs) at the same time. Also known as The King or Steak Tar Tar
Bd
Bloody Dracula
A trick in which the rider grabs the tail of the board with both hands. The rear hand grabs the board as it would do it during a regular tail-grab but the front hand blindly reaches for the board behind the riders back.
Cab
Cab
The term "Cab" in snowboarding generally refers to any switch-frontside spin (no matter what the amount of rotation) on any feature (halfpipe, jumps, rails, boxes).
CB
Canadian Bacon
The rear hand reaches behind the rear leg to grab the toe edge between the bindings while the rear leg is boned
CS
Chicken Salad
The rear hand reaches between the legs and grabs the heel edge between the bindings while the front leg is boned. The wrist is rotated inward to complete the grab.
CA
China Air
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
CF
Chuck Flip
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C
Cork
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Cr
Crail
The rear hand grabs the toe edge in front of the front foot while the rear leg is boned.[1] Alternatively, some consider any rear handed grab in front of the front foot on the toeside edge a crail grab, classifying a grab to the nose a "nose crail" or "real crail".
Cp
Crippler
An inverted 540 degree spin performed on the frontside wall of the halfpipe
D
Double
A doublecork is corked and the athlete goes off-axis two separate times in the same trick. Examples: Backside DubCork 1080, Frontside DubCork 1260.
Ddr
Drunk Driver
Similar to a Truck driver, it is a stalefish grab and mute grab performed at the same time
FF
Fakie to Forward
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fwd
Forward
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Ffi
Fresh Fish
The backside version of the stale fish. See “Stale Fish
f
Front
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fs
Frontside
One rotation over the horizontal axis, after take off, front of body will be to front. Regular = Rotation to Left / Goofy = Rotation to the Right
Go
Gorilla
Both hands grab toeside between the bindings
HF
Haakon Flip
An aerial maneuver performed in a halfpipe by taking off backwards, and performing an inverted 720° rotation. The rotation mimics a half-cab leading to McTwist
Hd
Hand Drag
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Hp
Handplant
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Hc
Holy Crail
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I
Indy
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In
Inverted
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J
Japan
The front hand grabs the toe edge in between the feet and the front knee is pulled to the board
Lie
Lien
When performing a frontside air on transition, the snowboarder grabs heelside in front or behind the leading binding with their leading hand. In order for it to be a Lien air, the board can not be tweaked and has to be kept flat
Mc
McTwist
A forward-flipping backside 540, performed in a halfpipe, quarterpipe, or similar obstacle. The rotation may continue beyond 540°
Me
Melon
The front hand reaches behind the front leg and grabs the heel edge in- between the bindings while the front leg is boned
Md
Method
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MF
Millerflip
A 360° frontside handplant to fakie
Nb
Nosebone
Back leg bent, and front leg boned (straightened)
Ng
Nosegrab
The front hand grabs the nose of the snowboard
Pt
Poptart
Airing from fakie to forward in the halfpipe without rotation
Rg
Regular
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Re
Revert
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RB
Roast Beef
The rear hand reaches between the legs and grabs the heel edge between the bindings while the rear leg is boned.
Ro
Rocket Air
Both hands grab the nose of the board
Rd
Rodeo
An invert done riding fakie or forward where the rider rotates frontside or backside while fliping. Can be done with a 540, 720, 900 and 1080.
RT
Rusty Trombone
A Roast Beef and Nose grab performed at the same time
Sd
Sad
Similar Nosebone, but grabbing with front hand heel side, and the nose points to the ground
Sfl
Sato Flip
Halfpipe trick done by Rob Kingwill (Sato is the Japanese word for sugar). It is something like a frontside McTwist. The rider rides up the transition of the pipe as if doing a frontside 540°, pops in the air and grabs frontside, then throws head, shoulders, and hips down
Sb
Seatbelt
The front hand reaches across the body and grabs the tail while the front leg is boned
sh
Shifty
A grabless trick where the upper torso and lower body are twisted in opposite directions and then returned to normal. Usually the front leg is boned
sa
Slob Air
The front hand grabs Weddle, the back leg is boned and the board is kept parallel with the ground.
Sp
Spaghetti
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St
Stalefish
Back hand grabs the heel edge of the board between the feet, around the outside of the knee
Str
Straight
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Sc
Suitcase
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Sca
Swiss Cheese Air
The rear hand reaches between the legs and grabs the heel edge in front of the front foot while the back leg is boned
x
Switch
The rider goes backwards with his stance switched, mirror vice. A regular rider now goes like a goofy rider, and vice versa. The turn is around the nose (the tail takes off before the nose).
TP
Tai Pan
The back hand grabs the toe edge just in front of the rear foot. However, the arm must go around the outside of your rear knee. The board is then pulled behind the rider (tweaked). The name Taipan is a portmanteau of tail/Japan air
Tg
Tailgrab
The rear hand grabs the tail of the snowboard. Variations include straightening, or 'boning' the front leg, or 'tweaking' the board slightly frontside or backside
to
to
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T
Triple
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Tdr
Truck Driver
When both hands grab Indy and Melon
TK
Tuck Knee
A technique where one knee is bent and the ankle bent sideways to touch the knee to the snowboard between the bindings. (e.g. Tuck Knee Indy Air)
Wed
Weddle
The front hand grabs the toe edge either between the toes or in front of the front foot.Variations include the Weddle Stiffy, in which a Weddle grab is performed while straightening both legs, or alternatively, some snowboarders will grab Weddle and rotate the board frontside 90 degrees
