Best Tricks Of 2008
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- December 22 2008
- 103 comments
If you’ve been paying attention, then you know that the big year of 2008 saw lots of heavy snowboard trickness go down. Here’s our Top 10, not in any particular order, really.
But there’s, 10 of ‘em.
1. Travis Rice, switch backside double-cork 1080.
Photos: Tim Zimmerman
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December 22nd, 2008 at 7:46 pm
Not gonna say 1st. Definitely a big year for shredding. That’s It, That’s All.
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:47 pm
5th was a nosepress, not a nose slide
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:49 pm
Awesome.
December 22nd, 2008 at 7:54 pm
absolutely amazinggg…i love snowboarding!!!!
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
theses double flip/spin are sick!
nose press tapped liked 3times…and 15foot long rail wow!
ARE THESES really the best or its sponsor picked??
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:16 pm
number ten is at 3:03, for all the retards like me.
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:17 pm
the louif trick had never been done on film before which makes it sick, doesn’t matter how big the rail is. but the gigi trick…thats pretty much just a backflip.
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
i lied its at 3:40
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:24 pm
#3 wasn’t that great.
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:15 pm
I feel like I’ve seen a back 270 on to fakie out before on film, either way its ridiculous and I wanna learn it haha
December 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
aha i know like i think any that can backflip could do that trick he was on the tunal for like 4 feet
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:00 am
all te videos will load except LNP’s
pissin me off..
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:02 am
there deff werent 3 taps on that press, and that rail has been used as a hammer with just a 5050! Im prolly the only person who hasnt seen the boned age but some vid on that trick woulda been nice.
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 am
yeah fuck, that baby’s tweaked to the max and lago’s higher than the mountains
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:30 am
louif’s trick would have looked way better if he didn’t land fakie. even though its harder it doesn’t look as smooth
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:49 am
he lands the 1260 perfectly
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:26 am
Wow, your kidding right? The fact that he comes out fakie is what makes it so sick. If he would have come out regular it would have been the same as the other million back 270’s to regular that have already been done.
December 23rd, 2008 at 3:05 am
method is the best hands down
December 23rd, 2008 at 5:09 am
damn. too much craziness this year. Benedek, Horgmo and Rice are wild. Debari’s shit was so huge. Eiki’s back 180 onto that dfd was gnar. Louif’s back 270 to fakie is so fuckin hard, i still havent landed that in the park yet. did you see Peter Line’s board!?! that thing was like a 159!!! haha. way too hard just to switch back three into some shit like that. and who said LNP’s nosepress wasnt legit? Too bad they couldnt show Louif’s switch back 50 on that same wood triple down. what was Solberg’s trick?
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:31 am
3 kinks? you mean 4.. count the bends in the metal fool or just go read a Thrasher!
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:22 am
Benedeks is by far the best…dude did three new bangers…
December 23rd, 2008 at 10:25 am
For real, Gigi’s rad, but whomever called this a loop is tripping.
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:17 pm
hahaha lucas debari’s hat got taken off by that tree he rode under hahahahaha. I always wondered when that would happen to someone on video… a tree grabbed my goggles once. that shit is funny
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:45 pm
go to hell
let’s see you do any of these you fuckin bastard.
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:09 pm
yah i dont know about that “loop” haha i thought i was a joke
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:36 pm
breckenridge should fire the marketing geniuses that came up with that wackass techno ad
December 23rd, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Have you done a longer down flat down flat down rail with a steezy nosepress?
Back 180 to down flat down?
Really?!? Thats what I thought…
December 23rd, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Lucas is a madman.
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:18 pm
yeah, but thats in the park, not the backcountry, backcountry makes that shit way harder, travis rice in that’s it thats all pulled a switch backside double cork 1080, a switch frontside double cork 1080, a frontside double rodeo 1080, a backside double rodeo 1080, a backside double cork 1080, and a double backflip with a backside rodeo, all in the backcountry
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:27 pm
im thinking that peter line did the craziest trick. Louif was dope, bs 270 fakie.. so smooth. LNP’s was hawt. Rice kills it and so does Benedek. Eiki was fucking crazy too. I just have to say that the risk factor for Peter lines trick was through the roof. going switch backside into a wall, cmon now. Tell me that isn’t the craziest shit
December 23rd, 2008 at 8:46 pm
hey woody, watch the hcsc session 6 recap and Jed Anderson does a backside 270 fakie and kills it overall
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:03 pm
ohhhhh wait, it was switch too
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:30 pm
these are good moments for sure, but i think there were a few better ones that could have been used and replace some that are up there.
December 23rd, 2008 at 9:54 pm
yea no kidding nobody gets the trick without the vid on lago’s method
December 23rd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
how smooth is LNP’s nosepress?
the video won’t load…
December 23rd, 2008 at 11:34 pm
anyone with eyes can see that method is the best
who gives a fuck about a shitty looking spin
tweak for life
December 24th, 2008 at 11:36 am
1. Peter Line
2. LNP
3. Eiki
4. Louif
5. Torstein
thats how i would order it.
(:
December 24th, 2008 at 11:58 am
3 wasn’t really all that sweet
December 24th, 2008 at 12:02 pm
1.) Travis Rice
2.) Peter Line
3.) Eiki Helgason
4.) David Benedeck
5.) LNP
6.) Torstein Horgmo
7.) JP Solberg - Absinthe
8.) Louif Paradis
9.) Wolle on the Dam
10.) Louis Fountain People too
Honorable mention - any of the crazy shit Travis does in TITA including the other double corks, and the tree tap session, Jeremy Jones - TITA, Nick Suave 270 into kink in Forum, Will Lavigne bs 270 Red Ledge in Rome, Gigi Ruff’s crazy double cork in Absinthe, Stevie Bell triple kink, that wall ride flip thing that am kid did in Rome, NIcolas Mueller chairlift tap in Burton
Those are mine, not sure on the gigi clip, the Debari clip or the Scotty Clip here, think there are better ones
December 24th, 2008 at 12:47 pm
that would have been filmed after Louif’s.
December 24th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
it’s time for you to understand that some people can do some tricks better switch than regular.
December 24th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
fo sure! and why hasn’t lago been tagged! i really want a video of that one
December 24th, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Rome’s No Crrect Way wallride backflip was done by Johnny Paxson and for those who don’t know it was over a bus! the magic bus to be exact. VOTE FOR EIKI HELGASON FOR ROOKIE OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!! i agree with your list man. but the lago cli[ would be sweeter with video and dude, he’s so high u’d think he’s on heroin
December 24th, 2008 at 9:22 pm
that shit is wack
December 24th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Yeah if any of you have seen the Boned Age you would know Lago landed way in the the front seat of that method and DOUBLE EJECTED from his bindings destroying himself. If I owned Flow I would have bought that footage and burned it.
December 24th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
If any of you have seen The Boned Age you would know that Lago landed way in the front seat of that Method and DOUBLE EJECTED from his bindings, destroying himself. Thats what makes this shot so gnarly. If I owned Flow, I would have bought this footage and burned it.
December 24th, 2008 at 10:51 pm
greg desjardins throws it in no correct way, i think that was first, i give louif triple style points though, mind blowing
December 24th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
hey when does Breckenridge open?
December 25th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I think any Bindings would have blow up crashing from that height!
December 25th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
yeah brad you’re dumb. That method was sick as hell, he took it deep as hell, and showed everyone that sometimes your bindings do fly off your board because he actually did something sick unlike every dumb move you can do on your snowboard and showed you that everytime you think your bindings a little lose and you cant ride makes you a huge pussy!
December 25th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
Joe Sextons FS Board through the largest kink to date in Down With People wasent in here?? Come on. Some of those choices were a stretch. Half of Travis’s moves in Thats It Thats all are better than half of these.
December 25th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
Nothing from Scott Stevens’ part in Stack Footy? Get it together Transworld.
December 25th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
what about eiki’s back 1 sw back 3? or his over back 1 cab 270 front board to reg?
December 25th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
dumbshit. god damn
December 25th, 2008 at 10:16 pm
Davids is still the best, if he did those at the dew, he would have smashed ev one.
December 26th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Peter Line´s still killing it!! OMG!! and mr Benedek fcking crazy tricks!!
December 27th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
yea, like stian solberg in ponytale doin the boardless backflip
December 28th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
speaking of which…was that boardless backflip real?…
December 29th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
LNP tapped that shit 2nd kink
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
the nosepress didnt tap once what the hell are you smoking?
January 4th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
man thats sooo not real. ever seen the girl video YEAH RIGHT when they do the invisible skate deck, thats wht they did
January 4th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
you mean 0:34?
January 10th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Rice in tita. All those double cork tens and back brodies going that huge and stomping in the pow blows doors on all other stuff.landvik in standard..
January 13th, 2009 at 7:04 pm
i think louifs was first it was the first rail of the season
January 14th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
there’s been a million back 270’s to fakie done before too the only difference is it looks lame when you spin back the way you came.
January 17th, 2009 at 8:10 pm
the nose press is sick there are some better tricks in no correct way tho all the tricks are awesome tho
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:52 pm
such a crazy moment…dude takes a beating, cant believe he is still standing afterwards..just watch the boned age its a pretty good, and funny movie
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
double ejected from his bindings…as in the screws broke..not anything to do with the bindings. i ride for flow..my rep was telling me that after that happened scotty called them up and asked if there was a nearby retailer that sold flow so he could have a new pair of bindings since he broke his..didnt even make a big deal of it, haha but thats scotty for you. either way, you might hate flow, but that would have happened to any bindings..not just flow bindings. it was a gnarly fall and it had nothing to do with the fact he was riding flows haha. hes just lucky he didnt get hurt.
January 23rd, 2009 at 4:55 pm
i think bode merrills back rodeo to front board on that flat down rail in i ride park city should have had some mention….
January 26th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
scott steven’s one footed boardslide on a street rail was nutz too
January 31st, 2009 at 6:25 pm
this is mad steezeyyy
February 18th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
douche is a perfect name for you.
February 18th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
the only thing breckenridge is good for is park. and the scene is WACK…. so who cares.
February 26th, 2009 at 5:03 pm
I actually was just thinking that
February 26th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
wow man that is sick shit
February 27th, 2009 at 3:01 am
wat the name of tht song o and siiiiiiiiiiiiicccccccckkkkkk!!!!!
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:26 am
i agree.
March 7th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
jed anderson back 3 on big tail press through kink
March 7th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
no it didnt tap. he 50 50d twice
March 7th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
get that gigi ruf shit outta here
March 7th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
are you fucking joking its a grab
March 7th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
did he tweak it twice
March 7th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
travis was steazy as hell in backcountry too
March 7th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
they picked the wrong trick from thats it thats all. the best is the one in the middle of the credits after the cab 9
March 7th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
best tricks should be about skill not who can take the hardest fall
March 7th, 2009 at 2:15 pm
yes! so sick
May 13th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
and what is your point? grow up
May 13th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
nash lejgoijriogji (fuck spelling his last name) hardway back 270 to fakie
June 5th, 2009 at 3:41 am
Too bad danny sent it just about as deep and his unions didn’t break.
So what broke? The screws? Probably not…maybe his inserts stripped out on impact. Either way overshooting is scary and he’s lucky he’s not paralyzed. Know your speed. Smart Style.
July 16th, 2009 at 10:04 pm
how did you get the smiley face
July 22nd, 2009 at 2:22 pm
yeah but a 1 foot fs bs was crazy but it just looked really dumb. so therefore kinda lame and not that big a deal, but it seems insanly hard to do
July 30th, 2009 at 10:25 am
you mean the double bs rodeo? that trick isn’t even new anymore. eero ettala did it a long time ago. and eiki helgason did it too in factor films. plus a whole bunch of young norwegians are already throwing it in comp. trice gets too much credit for that one
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October 16th, 2009 at 1:10 am
hhaahahaaa
October 16th, 2009 at 1:15 am
lol. dude he got high in the air and tweaked that grab 3/4'' more than usual! its the best trick of the year!! totlally!!! BS hell no its a damn grab. thats some shit u bust in the park for fun or for a photo. not one of the top ten "best" tricks
November 13th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
#5 and #2 are the craziest
November 13th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
What about #9 dumbass
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Ya thats the Quad kink at Carleton University in Ottawa. HUGE Rail
December 15th, 2009 at 1:04 am
ya thats what i was thinking
December 20th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
the gigi loop sucks compared to the alley-oop thrown down in Gather & Ride - Dedicated Project. The G&R one is more like the loop of death tony hawk/bob burnquist hit. you can see it in the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjYrScSf5xk - the entire movie is sick, but that part kills it especially
December 24th, 2009 at 1:09 am
Nice. Can't wait for 2009.