Air-to-fakie Airing straight out of a vertical transition (halfpipe, quarterpipe) and then re-entering fakie, without rotation. This trick can be performed frontside or backside, and also in variation with other tricks and spins. Shifty An aerial trick in which a snowboarder counter-rotates their upper body in order to shift their board about 90° from its normal position beneath them, and then returns the board to its original position before landing. This resembles an ollie, but the snowboarder is riding in switch. Fakie ollie (Switch Nollie) While riding switch, the snowboarder springs off of their 'new nose' and into the air.
Switch ollie While riding switch, the snowboarder performs an ollie. Nollie A trick in which the snowboarder springs off the nose of the board and into the air. Straight airs Ollie A trick in which the snowboarder springs off the tail of the board and into the air. A regular rider doing a backside spin onto a rail would rotate their body clockwise, and then land on the rail. A regular rider doing a frontside spin onto a rail would rotate their body counter-clockwise and then land on the rail. A regular rider approaching a rail from the right side of the rail would be considered backside because the "back side" of their body is facing the rail. A regular rider approaching a rail from the left side of the rail would be considered frontside because the "front side" of their body is facing the rail. A regular rider doing a backside spin off a jump would rotate their body clockwise closing their shoulders so that their "back side" is the first side of their body going forward off the jump in the first 90 degrees of their spin.įor tricks performed on obstacles such as rails, frontside and backside refer to the direction from which the snowboarder approaches the obstacle. For instance a regular rider doing a frontside spin off a jump would rotate their body counterclockwise opening their shoulders up so that their "front side" is the first side of their body going forward off the jump in the first 90 degrees of their spin. These identifiers are very important technical terms and are commonly misunderstood because of their different uses for jumps and rails.įor aerial maneuvers, frontside and backside identify the direction of rotation of a spin. The identifiers frontside and backside describe how a trick is performed. For example, much like skateboarding's conventions, a snowboarder would say fakie ollie, rather than switch nollie. Another common way that the term fakie is used is when the identifier switch creates a redundant description. The rider would land fakie and would, therefore, be riding switch. An air-to-fakie, for instance, would be a straight air on a vertical feature with no rotation, and re-entering the same transition. The term fakie will sometimes refer to landing a trick or maneuver performed on a skateboard. Landing switch means that the snowboarder has landed with their back foot forwards.
The term switch is far more common when describing snowboard tricks, and a switch trick is any trick that is initiated switch-stance. Snowboarders will distinguish between fakie and switch, even though their feet never change position on the snowboard. On a skateboard, fakie refers to an instance where the skateboarder is traveling backward, but their feet remain in the same position on the skateboard as their natural stance. At this time, the leading tip of their board is referred to as the nose.Īlternatively, the identifier fakie has its origin in skateboarding, a discipline where the feet are not attached to the board, but where the skateboarder's natural stance includes positioning the trailing foot on the kicked tail of the skateboard. A snowboarder can also be said to be riding switch while traveling opposite from their natural stance when no trick is being performed.
The switch identifier refers to any trick that a snowboarder performs with their back foot forward, or the reverse of their natural stance. The terms switch-stance ( switch) and fakie are often used interchangeably in snowboarding, though there is a distinct difference. For example, if the rider enters a jump with left foot leading and performs one-and-a-half revolutions in the counterclockwise direction, the trick is known as a frontside 540 for a regular rider, and a cab 540 (or switch frontside 540) for a goofy rider. Identifying whether a snowboarder is a regular stance or goofy stance rider is important to determine which trick is being performed. Goofy Rides with right foot forward in natural stance. Stances Regular Rides with left foot forward in natural stance. Snowboard tricks are named in the same manner that earlier board sports (skateboarding, surfing) named their maneuvers. 10 Miscellaneous tricks and identifiers.
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