A Method Air is done after sailing off of a ramp or pipe. The skateboarder reaches down with his or her back hand and grabs the heel edge of the skateboard, between their feet. The skateboard is pulled towards the skateboarder's back, and the knees are bent deep. When a Method Air is done well, it looks like the skateboarder is kneeling in mid air.
While Method Air is a popular snowboarding trick, it was actually invented for skateboarding. But, like a lot of board sport tricks, the Method Air grab found it's way over to snowboarding and is used a lot today.
The Method Air was invented by Neil Blender, a skater from the early 80s (he also invented the Lien Air, which is Neil backwards...). He developed the Method Air as a way to get higher. That's where the name came from - it was a "method" to get more air.
