Home > Industry/Domain > Sports > Snowboarding

Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive sport where the participant rides a board down a snow slope. The sport is involved in the winter olympics in several different specialized forms.

Contributors in Snowboarding

Snowboarding

disaster

Sports; Snowboarding

This is a half-pipe lip trick but the snowboarder lands with the coping (top rim of a half-pipe wall) perpendicular to the snowboard.

double grab

Sports; Snowboarding

The snowboarder goes off of a jump and they grab the snowboard one way, then they grab it in another way, then they land.

double-handed grab

Sports; Snowboarding

The snowboarder grabs the snowboard with both hands at the same time while in the air.

dry slope

Sports; Snowboarding

A ski slope that is made out of a plastic material called Dendex. There is no snow, just this plastic material. There are mixed opinions on Dendex and whether dry slope skiing is worth the effort.

dual slalom

Sports; Snowboarding

This is when two snowboarders race against each other on a slalom course.

duck foot

Sports; Snowboarding

This is a stance where the snowboarders toes are pointing outward...like a duck.

edge

Sports; Snowboarding

These are the metal strips on the bottom sides of a snowboard.

Featured blossaries

Essential English Idioms - Elementary

Category: Languages   1 20 Terms

Financial Derivatives

Category: Education   1 3 Terms