Stalls
Stalls in snowboarding are derived from similar tricks in skateboarding, and are typically performed in halfpipes or on similar obstacles. Variations have been adapted as snowboards do not have trucks and wheels.
- Nose-pick
- Stalling on an object with the nose of the snowboard, while grabbing frontside, and then jumping back off the object into the jump you came off.
- Board-stall; Disaster
- A trick performed when a rider stalls on an object with his snowboard, with the point of contact between both bindings. The Disaster variation comes from skateboarding, and involves performing a frontside or backside 180 before stalling on the lip of the obstacle, and then re-entering.
- Nose-stall
- Similar to a board-stall, this variation involves stalling on the nose of the snowboard at the top of a transition or obstacle.
- Tail-stall
- The opposite of a nose-stall, this trick involves stalling on an obstacle with the tail of the snowboard. Often performed by approaching an obstacle fakie,
- Blunt-stall
- Mimicking skateboarding, and similar to a board-stall, this trick is performed by stalling on an object with the tail of the board (blunt stall), or the nose of the board (nose blunt stall). Distinguished from a nose-stall or tail-stall because during the stall, most of the snowboard will be positioned above the obstacle and point of contact.
- Tail-block
- A trick typically performed on the snow, or occasionally on an object, in which the snowboarder springs up and stands on the tail of his board while grabbing the nose of the board.
- Nose-block
- Similar to a tail-block, but performed by standing on the nose while grabbing the tail of the board.
Read more about this topic: List Of Snowboard Tricks
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