Mike and Josh's Monstrous SSX Spin & Flip Compendium

This web page grew out of the urge to complete SSX, to do all the tricks in all the trick books in all the world. There was one last, lone trick we were stuck on -- a Montezuma 1260 -- and in order to do this, we had to actually figure out the distinction between "back side" and "front side" spins. Suddenly, everything made sense, and we knew why different jumps had different names depending on the context. With that knowledge, and the skill gained from playing SSX for six months, we were able to come up with a list of all the names for all the tricks there are.

A couple of brief and hopefully useful definitions:
Flips are forward or backwards head-over-heels and are in the direction of motion.
Spins are sideways and equivalent to turning right or left a whole lot.

You do a front side spin when the front of your body rotates towards the direction you're heading. If you're facing to the right, you turn left.
You do a back side spin when the front of your body rotates towards the direction you're coming from. If you're facing to the right, you turn to the right.

FS = Front Side
BS = Back Side
Color is used to distinguish front side from back side in the cases where it matters.

The easiest place to try jumps on is the first big jump in Pipedream. When you hit the metal bars, come to a stop (with the back button), then you can pre-wind all the way to the jump without fear of leaving the ground.

Every single one of the labelled tricks on this page has been observed. No assumptions are made anywhere. Really.

A spin of 1920 or greater is labelled "???" and called "Sick!", as is a quadruple (or better?) flip. We have not seen any exceptions to this. This means the announcer will never say that you got a Quadruple Misty, which is too bad.

All flips & spins are the same for all the boards. At least, this has never been contradicted, with extensive tests on freestyle and BX boards, and spot-checking with alpine boards. If you discover that the Torpedo 1800 has a different name on an alpine board, please write in, and tell me which trick boost you used to get it. ;-)

A Rodeo 1800 is a neat looking jump.

We had to read snowboarding websites for a while to figure out how to do the McTwist. Seeing the game cross over into reality (albeit extreme reality) was fun. Similarly, watching the Olympic freestyle ski jumping, where the winning trick was essentially a triple rodeo 1800, was very, very cool. Who says SSX is unbelievable?

Jen helped double-confirm that the "Roadkill" trick really is the same in both directions, and was the first to do a Misty off the very first hill in Snowdream. Also, she's responsible for the practical way of thinking about how to do a front-side or back-side spin.

Amount & Type	Front Flip	Back Flip
FS 180 BS 180	Front Flip 180	Back Flip 180
FS 360 BS 360	Front Flip 360	Back Flip 360
FS 540 BS 540	Misty	Rodeo
FS 720 BS 720	Misty 720	Rodeo 720
FS 900 BS 900	Misty 900	Rodeo 900
FS 1080 BS 1080	Misty 1080	Rodeo 1080
FS 1260 BS 1260	Misty 1260	Rodeo 1260
FS 1440 BS 1440	Misty 1440	Rodeo 1440
FS 1620 BS 1620	Misty 1620	Rodeo 1620
FS 1800 BS 1800	Misty 1800	Rodeo 1800
1920 and above	"???" (sick!)

Amount & Type	Double Front Flip	Double Back Flip
FS 180 BS 180	Double Front Flip 180	Double Back Flip 180
FS 360 BS 360	Double Front Flip 360	Double Back Flip 360
FS 540 BS 540	Double Front Flip 540	Double Back Flip 360
FS 720 BS 720	Double Front Flip 720	Double Back Flip 720
FS 900	Full On 900	Tripped Out 900
BS 900	Mindless 900	Crippled Squirrel 900
FS 1080 BS 1080	Double Misty	Double Rodeo
FS 1260	Breakdancer 1260	Plain Brown Wrapper 1260
BS 1260	Banzai 1260	Montezuma 1260
FS 1440	Scratch Artist 1440	Brown Bag 1440
BS 1440	Shiny 1440	Homesick 1440
FS 1620	Famous 1620	Lunch Box 1620
BS 1620	Torpedo 1620	Double-Jointed 1620
FS 1800	DJ 1800	Grab Bag 1800
BS 1800	Twister 1800	Spider 1800
1920 and above	"???" (sick!)

Amount & Type	Triple Front Flip	Triple Back Flip
FS 180 BS 180	n/a	n/a
FS 360 BS 360	Triple Front Flip 360	Triple Back Flip 360
FS 540 BS 540	Triple Front Flip 540	Triple Back Flip 540
FS 720	Triple Front Flip 720	Triple Back Flip 720
BS 720	Ambulance Trip 720	Shellcracker 720
FS 900	Nosepicker 900	Chunks 900
BS 900	Ligament 900	Deathwish 900
FS 1080	Horrifying 1080	Heimlich 1080
BS 1080	Cartilage 1080	Iron Lung 1080
FS 1260	Gross 1260	Gargle 1260
BS 1260	Hospitalized 1260	Multiple Fracture 1260
FS 1440	Backwash 1440	Roadkill 1440
BS 1440	Life Insurance 1440	Roadkill 1440 (???)
FS 1620 BS 1620	Triple Misty	Triple Rodeo
FS 1800 BS 1800	Triple Misty 1800	Triple Rodeo 1800
1920 and above	"???" (sick!)

Amount & Type	Front Flip	Back Flip
0 spin	Egg Flip	Egg Flip
FS 180 BS 180	--	Crippler
FS 360 BS 360	--	--
FS 540	--	--
BS 540	McTwist	--
FS 720 BS 720	--	--
FS 900 BS 900	Wetcat 900	--