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.

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Snowboarding

This is a rotation in which the snowboarders back is the first thing to cross the line or direction they are traveling in. The rotation is clockwise for a regular and counterclockwise for a goofy. ...

alley-oop

Sports; Snowboarding

This is any move in the half-pipe where the snowboarder rotates 180 or more degrees. This can be in an uphill direction with the snowboarder rotating backside on the frontside wall or doing just the ...

vertical (vert)

Sports; Snowboarding

This is the vertical top portion of a wall in a half-pipe.

backside turn

Sports; Snowboarding

This is a heelside turn on the edge of the board. The rider's back will be uphill.

alpine snowboarding

Sports; Snowboarding

This is a directional carving snowboard that uses hard boots and plate bindings. Alpine boards are designed for high speeds. For a full description see our section on equipment.