Straight Airs
- Ollie
- A trick in which the snowboarder springs off the tail of the board and into the air.
- Nollie
- A trick in which the snowboarder springs off the nose of the board and into the air.
- Switch ollie
- While riding switch, the snowboarder performs an ollie.
- Fakie ollie
- While riding backward, the snowboarder springs off of his/her 'new nose', and into the air. This resembles a nollie, however the snowboarder is riding in the snowboarder's reverse-stance.
- Shifty
- An aerial trick in which a snowboarder twists his body in order to shift or rotate his board about 90° from its normal position beneath him, and then returns the board to its original position before landing. This trick can be performed frontside or backside, and also in variation with other tricks and spins.
- Air-to-fakie
- Airing straight out of a vertical transition (halfpipe, quarterpipe) and then re-entering fakie, without rotation.
- Poptart
- Airing from fakie to forward on a quarterpipe or halfpipe without rotation.
- Flail
- The movements of an out-of-control snowboarder who is waving his/her hands wildly while in the air. Also called humping sheep or rolling down the windows.
Read more about this topic: List Of Snowboard Tricks
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