Snowboard trick progression has reached another level, with the 2025–26 season delivering a wave of never-before-seen tricks. Moves that once won competitions are now becoming standard, as riders continue to link spins and flips that seemed impossible just a few years ago. Despite being a relatively young sport, snowboarding is evolving at an astonishing pace, and this season was no exception.
The 2025–26 season saw progression in both halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air, with riders going bigger than ever before. In the halfpipe, snowboarders continued to increase amplitude while adding increasingly complex spin combinations that demand near-perfect execution. In slopestyle and big air, athletes were stringing together massive rotations on some of the world’s largest jumps. Across major events, the overall level of riding has clearly stepped up another notch.
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Japanese snowboarder Kokomo Murase kicked off the season with a bang. Murase became the first woman to land a backside triple cork 1620 (four and a half rotations) during a November training session in Stubai, Austria. She later released footage of the trick on Instagram , where it went viral, earning over 750,000 likes.
Murase then brought the trick into competition at the 2026 X Games, where she successfully landed the 1620 on her way to her fifth X Games gold medal.
On the men’s side, Canadian snowboarder Eli Bouchard was creating his own tricks. He invented what is known as the “ Bouch Bomb ” or “McBoutch”: a butter 180 to double sloth roll, followed by a 360. The trick sounds as insane as it looks.
Bouchard also invented what he calls the “ triple moose flip .” In an
interview
with CBC Sports, Bouchard described the trick as “two sloth rolls, and then open up, 180, and then a backflip barrel.”
Bouchard made waves when he became the youngest snowboarder to land a frontside double cork 1080 (three rotations) at just 10 years old. The now 18-year-old made his first Olympic appearance in 2026 at the Milano-Cortina Games.
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In the halfpipe, South Korean snowboarder Chaeun Lee landed a historic trick of his own. At the Olympics, Lee became the first to successfully land a frontside triple cork 1620 in halfpipe competition, a rotation-heavy maneuver requiring exceptional control. Despite the milestone, Lee finished fifth in the event.
These performances are just a snapshot of a season defined by rapid progression across all disciplines. Snowboarders continue to push technical boundaries, and the sport shows few signs of slowing. With larger jumps, new trick variations, and rising expectations, athletes are redefining what is possible on snow.
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