Embodiments of the present disclosure help automatically identify athletic maneuvers performed by actors and/or their sports equipment using data from sensors. Among other things, various embodiments help judges and spectators of extreme sports to assess athletic maneuvers based on objective, empirical data and allow action sport participants to objectively compare tricks performed at different times and/or different locations. A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises receiving, by a computer system, sensor data related to motion by an actor over a time period； determining, by the computer system and based on the sensor data, a plurality of motion characteristics； and identifying, based on the plurality of motion characteristics, an athletic maneuver associated with the motion by the actor during the time period.
