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The skateboard 900 is an aerial half-pipe maneuver in which a skateboarder rotates two and a half times around the vertical axis before landing. The rotation is normally initiated from a ramp takeoff and completed during the flight phase. Tony Hawk landed the trick at the 1999 X Games, an event that...

The skateboard 1080 is a half-pipe aerial maneuver consisting of three complete rotations around the vertical axis. The rider leaves the ramp, maintains control through the rotations, and returns to the transition or deck. American skateboarder Tom Schaar landed the trick on a mega ramp in 2012 at a...

Torah Bright is an Australian snowboarder who achieved historic Olympic success, becoming the first Indigenous athlete to win an Olympic gold medal with her victory in women’s halfpipe at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.

Kelly Clark is an American professional snowboarder who achieved Olympic gold in the halfpipe event at both the 2002 and 2010 Winter Games, becoming one of only three Americans to accomplish this feat.

Terje Håkonsen is a Norwegian professional snowboarder renowned for his incredibly inventive and fearless riding style, particularly his pioneering use of natural features like trees and rocks in terrain parks and backcountry environments throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

Scotty James, born in Australia, is a professional snowboarder renowned for his dynamic and technically demanding riding style, consistently placing among the world’s top competitors across disciplines like slopestyle and big air events.

Ayumu Hirano is a Japanese professional snowboarder renowned for his incredibly innovative and daring tricks, consistently pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in halfpipe competition with complex rotations and aerial maneuvers.

Danny Davis is an American professional snowboarder associated primarily with halfpipe riding. His competition style combines technical spins with unconventional grabs, rotations, and transitions that emphasize individual lines rather than standardized repetition. Davis also created the Peace Park e...

A cab double cork is a snowboarding aerial maneuver that begins with a switch takeoff and combines a horizontal rotation with two off-axis flips. “Cab” identifies the switch frontside rotation used by a regular-footed rider, while “double cork” describes the two corked flips during the jump. The tri...

Hannah Teter is an American snowboarder recognized primarily for winning the first women’s slopestyle event at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and for her advocacy work promoting sustainable snowmaking practices.

Gretchen Bleiler is an American professional snowboarder who achieved Olympic success across multiple Winter Games, earning three silver medals – in halfpipe at Vancouver 2010 and Sochi 2014, and in slopestyle at Pyeongchang 2018.

Shannon Dunn-Downing is an American snowboarder who competed primarily in halfpipe and represented the United States at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. She won the bronze medal in the women’s halfpipe, becoming the first American woman to win an Olympic snowboarding medal. Her career is associat...

Yuto Totsuka is a Japanese professional snowboarder who achieved Olympic bronze in the halfpipe at Pyeongchang 2018 and continues to compete on the World Cup circuit, known for his technical style and aerial tricks.

Valentino Guseli is an Italian professional snowboarder specializing in big air and slopestyle competitions, known for his aggressive style and consistent top-ten finishes on the World Cup circuit since 2018.

Ruka Hirano is a Japanese snowboarder renowned for her incredibly aggressive and innovative riding style, particularly her pioneering double back airs on the halfpipe at events like Stoke Int’l Snowboarding Festival.

Kaishu Hirano, born in 1999, is a Japanese professional snowboarder renowned for his incredibly innovative and often gravity-defying switch double cork 1440s, consistently pushing the boundaries of trick difficulty on the World Cup circuit.