SSX Tricky

SSX Tricky is a 2001 sports game developed by EA Canada, an over-the-top snowboarding title that emphasizes outrageous stunts and high-speed racing down fantastical, impossibly designed mountain courses.

Building on its predecessor, Tricky added a colorful roster of exaggerated characters, each with signature moves and celebrity voice work, and the standout Uber trick system, which rewards filling a boost meter with wild, physics-defying aerial combos that unlock massive point payoffs and speed. Courses are packed with rails to grind, huge jumps, hidden shortcuts, and rival racers to shove aside, all driven by an energetic soundtrack anchored by a memorable licensed theme song.

Its exaggerated arcade style, tight and responsive controls, and infectious energy made it a beloved sports game and a standout of its console generation, praised for perfecting the formula of its series. The SSX line continued on later hardware with a modern reboot, and the original remains fondly remembered by fans of arcade extreme-sports games.