The 2025-26 season showed rapid snowboarding progression across halfpipe, slopestyle, and big air. Riders increased amplitude in the halfpipe while adding complex spin combinations requiring near-perfect execution. In slopestyle and big air, athletes linked massive rotations on some of the world’s largest jumps. Kokomo Murase became the first woman to land a backside triple cork 1620 during training in Stubai, Austria, and later landed it in competition at the 2026 X Games to win her fifth gold medal. Eli Bouchard created new tricks including the “Bouch Bomb” and the “triple moose flip,” and previously landed a frontside double cork 1080 at age 10.
"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."
"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."
"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 with CBC Sports, Bouchard described the trick as “two sloth rolls, and then open up, 180, and then a backflip barrel.”"
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