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Summaries of respectfully a 360, 540, 720, 900, 1080 or 1260 turn. Used for aerial tricks

5-0 GRIND

A 5-0 grind is when you jump on a box or rail in a 50-50 and do a butter the rest of the way

50/50

is when your board is facing straight and it can be on any rail, not just a house rail/box

ACCESSORY MAN

A snowboarder with every piece of snowboard gear imaginable. He has been known to use it all at the same time whether or not the circumstances call for it

AIRDOG A snowboarder who jumps most of the time and is most interested in airial tricks

ANCILLARY STOKE

The condition bestowed upon an onlooker or crowd as a snowboarder pulls off a totally insane maneuver

ANDRECHT

A rear handed backside handplant with a front-handed grab

BACKSIDE 180

Aerial maneuver in which the rider makes a 180 degree rotatation off the jump leading with the heelside (clockwise for a regular stance-counterclockwise for goofy)

BACKSIDE RODEO

Coming off a jump and turning your back down the hill, flipping 540, and landing fakie or rotating a total of 720 and landing regular.

BAIL A term used to describe crashing or falling. e.g. "He bailed and landed on his head."

BANGING

used when a nice trick was landed -that was a banging tail grab!

BARGE

To go for a trick with all you've got. e.g. "Dude, you just gotta barge that jump

BEEF (submitted by: shorti7548) A wipe-out; another word for biff. Ex: "Dude, I beefed that one so badly!"

BIFF (submitted by: snowy_chick6) Someone who wipes out real bad. For example, "Did you see his huge biff?"

BOMB (submitted by: imp_666) To point the nose of your board straight down the hill to accelerate. E.G. “He bombed the jump at 60 miles!”

BUTTERY (submitted by: 58mtv77) description of a snowboard with good flex that lends itself well to the butter maneuver

COLORADO SLIDE

Coming to a halt by sliding your board between someone else's bindings, intentionally or otherwise.

CORK OR CORKED

Is freestyle used to describe an off-axis rotation

DECK (submitted by: podcaspro) The top of both sides of the halfpipe where riders can drop-in or destroy themselves if they fail to carry momentum properly. ie. dude I just hit the deck and bailed backwards to the bottom of the pipe or dude just lean forward and lift your knees to get on the deck of the halfpipe.

FACE PLANT (submitted by: imp_666) Landing face first.

FAKIE Riding the snowboard backwards from a normal stance

FLAIL A term used to describe riding badly and out of control. (by Jason Dow)

FLUKE

A fluke is when you pull off an insane trick without meaning.

GAP (submitted by: imp_666) To fly over something without touching it. e.g." I gaped the road."

LINE (submitted by: SnOwAdict) The path you take, usually backcountry, or off the reg slope lay-out. e.g. "How was that line?"

LIP (submitted by: imp_666) The top of the jump; the part that is usually quite steep. E.G. "That's an insane lip."

MANNY (submitted by: soad9307) Slang for a manual

NOSE MANUAL (submitted by: imp_666) To ride with the tail of your board elevated from the ground; nose wheelie. E.G. “Can you pull a nose manual?”

OLLIE (submitted by: imp_666) The act of lifting the nose and tail of your board into the air at the same time. “That ollie was HUGE!”

PIPE (submitted by: imp_666) Short for halfpipe. E.G. “Check out his style in the pipe.”

POP (submitted by: coldsnowride) getting the push off the lip of a pipe or jump ex. "i didnt get the pop i needed to pull that trick"

RIP (submitted by: sxskater125) Snowboards very well. "Wow, that kid rips."

RODEO (submitted by: prorider179) is a backflip 540

SESSION A name for a certain interval in which one snowboards. e.g. "That was a good halfpipe session, but the powder session was even better."

SHRED (submitted by: imp_666) To tear up the terrain.

SICK An expression used to describe something exceptionally good.

SKETCHY (submitted by: moshman) shaky, landing a small air or trick but meesing up the landing but not falling

SLOPE(S) (submitted by: shoilz) another word for mountain. ex. yo dude are we headen to the slopes tomorrow?

STOMP A term used to describe making a good landing. e.g. "He stomped that McTwist."

TABLETOP (submitted by: imp_666) A kind of jump consisting of a smaller jump, then a large tranny and then the landing. E.G. “You can get insane air of the tabletop.”

TAIL SLIDE (submitted by: JNEP) To slide on a box or other surface only on the tail of the board

SWITCH (submitted by: imp_666) To ride with the tail of your board in front; fakie. E.G. “He’s good at riding switch.”

TIGHT A term used to express extreme joy. "That was tight."

TRANNY (submitted by: Parkay) sloped part of a landing so you don't land in the flats. Its not a "Little ditch or empty space to gap." You want to land in the tranny, not jump over it. Gosh

TRICKY (submitted by: pwdermonky) One who pulls off many sweet tricks. "that kid is tricky"

TWEAKED A term used to explain the emphasis of style in a trick. In other words, if someone "tweaked out a method" they would grab hard and create an emphasis of the maneuver such that their ankles or other joints may appear bent injury. i.e. "He tweaked his ankle." or twisted to a maximum degree.

WARBLE (submitted by: noneed4name) a large chunk of snow on which one ollies, spins on top of, and rides off.