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Snowboarding Tricks Terminology
By | December 13, 2009
Alright, so maybe it isn’t exactly your thing to be able to hop on a snowboard in the winter cold and start doing flips, turns or getting big air off the top of a mountain. While there are many people who get really big thrills from completing insane snowboarding tricks, they are not for everyone.
However, you still want to be able to talk to your friends about it without getting lost and wearing a big dumb blank expression on your face. So we have put together a nice little cheat sheet for you to use so you can sound and talk just like a pro snowboarder. Here is some snowboarding tricks terminology.
Big Air - I am sure everyone has probably heard of this term before. You probably heard it yourself and didn’t really understand exactly what they were talking about and that is alright. What this means is when a snowboarder speeds up the side of the half pipe, and then flips the board into the air.
The whole point of doing this is of course, to go as high into the air as one possibly can. Then the next step is to land nicely so you can get to the other side of the half pipe to do it all over again. Yes, I know. These snowboarders are very brave.
Switch - When a snowboarder does a switch, he performs a trick while he is boarding backwards.
Ollie - This is similar to an Ollie on a skateboard. The point is to catch as much air as possible by using the back of your board as a spring board while you jump up and lift your foot off the front of the board.
Speed Check - This means to ride sideways in order to slow down.
Scream - A scream is a hill so steep that you will probably be screaming the entire ride down.
Jib - Riding on something other than snow, such as cement, rails, grass, etc.
Alright, so you might not want to risk killing yourself by trying to do some of the snowboarding tricks you’ve seen your friends do, but at least you can talk to them about it without sounding like a total goober! Plus you may find that in time your friends may just convince you to try these snowboarding tricks anyway.
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- Jessica P
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