In snowboarding, what is the McTwist?

A McTwist is a halfpipe trick in which the rider does one-and-a-half rotations - travelling forward for both the takeoff and landing. There is something about the McTwist that I confess I do not quite understand - the rider passes through an inverted orientation halfway through the trick. read more

! To the uninitiated, snowboarding trick names can sound like a foreign language. Viewers often have hardly any idea what the commentators are talking about during a competition, much less what they’re watching riders do on the screen. We’re here to help. read more