At the time of its release, this was the best looking snowboarding game out there. Gameplay has always had mixed opinions among players but I personally enjoyed the nod towards realistic controls and physics-based approach versus arcadey gameplay. Just like with Wave Race 64, the key was being patient in order to put time to understand the weight of the characters and how the different types of snow surfaces and types of mounds affected racing down the slopes.

Upon learning how physics worked in this game you are able to come up with some nifty tricks and shortcuts on different levels. One that personally stood out for me was at the last stage where the shortcut was massive and required riding the snowboard on bare rock surface down the mountain but it was a huge time saver and a really fun shortcut to discover.

Graphics and presentation were top notch for the time with "realistic" character models and incredible looking snow effects depending on the type of surface (powder, regular snow, ice, etc.).

Despite carrying the name of a trick in its title, I personally never enjoyed much the trick scoring mode and the controls and commands for pulling some of the best tricks were simply not very intuitive and plain challenging and frustrating just for the sake of it (was only able to pull a 1080 trick once or twice).

All in all 1080 Snowboarding was a great title to explore when it came out back in the day and I have tons of good memories playing the game.