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Term

McTwist

Inverted backside 540 associated with halfpipe.

GLOSSARY

The McTwist is a classic halfpipe trick: an inverted backside 540, named after Mike McGill from skateboarding. Different sources describe its rotation components slightly differently.

Context and distinction

The McTwist is inverted; a flat backside 540 is not. FIS and Canada Snowboard descriptions are both kept.

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HOW TO DO IT

McTwist

McTwist

Preparation and setting

This is an attributed description, partial lesson or analysis page. Related component practice does not validate an advanced target.

Known phases / unresolved execution

  1. Identify the exact source convention, feature and approach stance.
  2. Separate board support, hand support, axis and landing outcome.
  3. Use the preserved attributed material below for known facts.
  4. Keep unknown timing, feature geometry and recovery instructions visibly incomplete.
  5. Obtain a reviewed source-specific pathway before treating this as a reproduction lesson.

Learning and practice

Use the source-specific phases where supplied. For a missing execution pathway, preparation and recognition are related learning only; a complete named tutorial is still required.

Errors, limits and corrections

Do not infer support hand, spin amount or safe feature from the name. Historical definitions and provider titles are not complete coaching instructions.

Observable checks

Known facts, source convention and unresolved execution are separately recorded.

SOURCE-BACKED DETAIL

Characteristics

Record type
inverted aerial
Rotation direction
backside
Rotation component
FIS describes a backside 180 component; Canada Snowboard describes backside 540 with a frontflip
Named trick angle
commonly named inverted 540
Reported performances (event reports)
B18-P03 — Shaun White, Mammoth halfpipe (2016–17 season): double McTwist 1260, Japan (S6)B18-P04 — Jake Pates, Laax halfpipe 2019: double McTwist, angle unspecified, Mute (S7)

Definition conflicts

  • FIS uses a backside 180 component while retaining the inverted 540 name; Canada Snowboard describes a backside 540 with a frontflip.

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Additional editorial review notes

FIS uses a backside 180 component while retaining the inverted 540 label; Canada Snowboard describes a backside 540 with a frontflip. Preserve both with attribution and do not equate rotation component with named trick angle.