Doing a 360 air in a half pipe is very similar to doing a 360 air off a jump. The main difference is the timing of your spin. When launching from a jump you have a few options as to when you start your spin and a little more grace when you land. When doing […]
An introduction to half pipes
Let’s face it, when snowboarding, anything that isn’t flat creates an almost over powering urge to try to ride and half pipes are no exception to this. After gazing upon the glory of a half pipe it is almost impossible to resist the urge to challenge it, to see what you can do in it […]
Slide turn in a half pipe
Learning to ride in a half pipe means learning new ways to do everything that you have done before. The dual transitions change all the angles that you are used to when snowboarding and thus change how you perform all of your tricks. This is true even for the most basic of all tricks, slide […]
Traversing a half pipe
Riding in a half pipe is extremely different than snowboarding on a regular slope. Not only are the techniques for the same tricks different, but the actions often have different names or meanings and traversing is a good example of this. When snowboarding on a regular slope traversing is the action of crossing the face […]
180-degree turns with style
Snowboarding in a half pipe allows for some interesting variations on standard tricks and opens up new possibilities for old tricks. One great trick to learn that has many possibilities is the 180-degree turn. After learning the 180-degree turn the first variation of it is the Alley Oop. To begin let us look at the […]
The Basics of How to Build Your Own Half Pipe
Perhaps one of the most exhilarating things to snowboard on is a halfpipe. A halfpipe is a combination of gracefully arcs and glorious straight stretches that allow you to perform skateboarding tricks with your snowboard. The only other thing that can compare to a halfpipe is a snowboarding bowl. Location, location, location A half pipe is […]
Bunny hopping for greater air
Bunny hopping is often associated with simple things such as bunny hills and perhaps riding a BMX bike and thus is dismissed by many people as being a serious trick. While a Bunny hop may be very simple it is a subtle move that must be done to give you the perfect launch when you […]
Front side tricks in a half pipe
Snowboarding in a half pipe offers a lot of variations to tried and true tricks. One zone of the half pipe where this is very true is the front side of the ramp. There are many tricks and variations of these tricks that can be performed there. The first thing to learn is how to […]
Going beyond 360-degree airs
360-degree airs are amazing but they are not the limits of what can be done especially in a half pipe. While there are some limits based upon physics, the reality is that most of us will never reach those limits and thus we are only limited by how hard we are willing to push ourselves. […]
Shifties
Shifties are interesting tricks that look like a 180-degree turn. Since you are not doing a 180-degree turn a Shifty can be considered an optical illusion. When doing a Shifty you are creating the look that you did a 180-degree turn and then reversed it to land it. Twisting your body in opposite directions while […]