SNOWBOARDING LINGO Kicker – a small to medium-sized jump Booter – a considerably larger jump Drop, drop in – taking your turn Jib – a rail or anything other than snow that you ride your board on Ollie – pushing hard with your rear foot to get lift Poseur or poser – someone who pretends to be better than they are Stoked – pumped, excited Steez – style Mad steez, fresh steez – good style Sick steez – extremely good style Beat steez – bad style Newbies – beginners Ski Lingo – General Big air (also for snowboarding) – leaving the ground for more than a few seconds Jibber – a skier who concentrates on tricks Tourons – a cross between tourists and morons Yard sale – a fall where skis, poles, hat, and gloves are strewn all over the hill Ski Lingo – Freestyle Aerials Half – 180° rotation of the body around its vertical axis Full – 360° rotation of the body around its vertical axis Rudi – 540° rotation of the body around its vertical axis Double Full – 720° rotation of the body around its vertical axis Randy – 900° rotation of the body around its vertical axis Kicker – snow ramp used to perform jumps in aerials Speed check – skiers ski down the in-run to test their speed, stopping just before the jump Speed gun – apparatus that times the speed of skiers as they come into the jumps Balk – decision by the athlete to abort take-off of jump Slap back/backslap – term that describes how a skier over rotates their somersault, causing them to slap their back onto the landing hill Knoll – top edge of the landing hill Sling – term that describes how a skier mistimes their take-off Spot – term used to describe the way skiers look for their landing Pull – shouted by coaches to make skiers tighten the tuck and speed up their rotation Stretch – shouted by coaches to make skiers stretch their layout and slow down rotation Death cookies – hard chunks of snow at the bottom of the landing hill Ski Lingo – Moguls D-spin or Hucklebuck – off-axis double revolution 720 Sushi Roll – off-axis double revolution with a mute grab Cork-7 Iron Cross – off-axis with skis in an ‘X’ formation Spread Eagle – arms and legs are extended in a star position Twister – the skis are twisted 90° to the side of the body, while arms counter the opposite way and the body remains facing downhill Daffy – legs perform a scissor-like front-back split with legs Back Scratcher – legs bend back behind the body, causing the tail of the skis to almost scratch the back Mule Kick – combination of a back scratcher with a 45° twist of the hip to the side Zudnik – skier’s upper body bends forward and the arms reach toward the ski tips Kossak – skis are brought up sideways, almost on a level with the skier’s ears, hands/poles are pointed downward between legs (maneuver reminds viewer of Russian Cossack dancers) Iron Cross – back Scratcher with skis crossing to form an “X” shape behind the body Helicopter or Heli – 360° or single revolution of the body on a vertical axis Heli-X – Iron Cross performed in the middle of a helicopter while the skier faces uphill 720 – 720° or double revolution of the body on a vertical axis Mute Grab – skis are crossed and tucked under body while the skier grabs the front of the ski while extending the other arm Bronco – 180° rotation with a Spread Eagle performed while the skier faces uphill, followed by another 180° rotation to land Tail Grab – skier grabs the tail of the ski
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