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Jargon Buster

Don't know an Ollie from a Nollie? Wondered why everyone was talking about a Melon in last week'south freestyle session?! Don't worry, all is explained below…

Freestyle Snowboard Jargon

Frontside and Backside Rotations

For tricks on obstacles such as jumps and kickers, in snowboarding, frontside and backside is the direction in which the rider rotates.

Frontside is when the rider turns their breast down the slope start, in comparison to backside when the snowboarder turns their back downward the slope offset.

Switch-stance and fakie

'Switch' refers to any trick that a snowboarder performs while moving backwards, or the reverse of his/her normal opinion (left leg or right leg frontward). Alternatively, known as fakie, which is a term that comes from skateboarding.

Ollie

A unproblematic trick in which the snowboarder springs off the tail of the board and into the air.

Nollie

A simple pull a fast one on in which the snowboarder springs off the nose of the board and into the air.

Melon and Indy Grabs

An Indy Grab is where the snowboard grabs the front (toe edge) of the lath with there back mitt, in comparison to a Melon Take hold of which is when a snowboarder grabs the back (heel border) of the board between the bindings with the leading mitt.

Method

A fundamental snowboard trick to go down! Performed by angle the knees to lift the board behind the rider'due south back, and grabbing the heel border of the snowboard with the leading manus.

Nosegrab

When the snowboarders front mitt grabs the nose of the lath, a basic play a joke on, great for trying on jumps!

Tail Catch

When a snowboarder'due south trailing hand grabs the tail of the board. Variations include straightening, or 'boning' the front leg, or 'tweaking' the lath slightly frontside or backside.

Spins

A spin itself is just the rotation of a snowboard from the moment of take off until landing, normally performed on jumps or onto or off rail. Spins are typically named in 180° increments. Even in cases where spins are performed on unusual obstacles, the rotation is considered equally the nearest increment of 180°. A spin attempted on a rail is the only time a spin can exist referred to in a 90 degree increment, examples: 270 (between a 180 and 360 degree spin) or 450 (between a 360 and 540 degree spin). These spins can be frontside, backside, or switch-backside just similar whatever other spins.

50 50

When a snowboarder rides straight along a rail or other obstacle. This trick originated in skateboarding, but is a starting point for anyone hit their starting time rail or box on a snowboard!

Boardslide and Lipside

When a snowboarder slides down a rail with the runway passing beneath the heart of the snowboard, between the bindings for both a lipside and boardslide the rider will cease up in the same position on the characteristic, but in that location is a pregnant divergence betwixt these two types of tricks.

When you lot Boardlside, you pop the nose of your board over the feature to so land but when you Lipslide, yous pop the tail of your board over the feature to country on he feature.

These tricks can be performed frontside or behind. When performing a frontside boardslide, the snowboarder is facing uphill. When performing a behind boardslide, the snowboarder is facing downhill. This is often disruptive, because during a frontside boardslide you are actually moving backwards down the track.

Nose Press

A simply fashionable trick performed past traveling straight along an obstruction, with force per unit area beingness put on the nose of the lath, and so that the tail of the lath is raised in the air.

Shifty

A flim-flam performed in the air, where a snowboarder twists their body, rotating his/her lath ninety° and then returning information technology to its original position earlier landing. This trick tin can be done frontside or backside, and besides in variation with other tricks and spins.

Stiffy

Whatsoever grab where both the legs are boned-out (straightened as much as possible). Typically performed every bit a variation of a frontside grab.

Freeski Jargon

Frontside and backside

When 'switching up' or spinning off rails on skis, frontside is when your front faces downhill first and backside your back faces downhill starting time.

Spins

A spin itself unremarkably refers to the rotation of the skis from the moment of take-off from the snow, until landing, usually performed on jumps or onto or off track. Spins are typically named in 180° increments. Even in cases where spins are performed on unusual obstacles, the rotation is considered as the nearest increment of 180°. A spin attempted on a rail is the simply fourth dimension a spin can be referred to in a 90 degree increment, examples: 270 (betwixt a 180 and 360 degree spin) or 450 (between a 360 and 540 caste spin). These spins can exist frontside, behind, or switch-backside merely like any other spins.

Pretzel

To spin off the end of a rails in the contrary direction to which you lot spun on. (The same for both skiing and snowboarding).

Condom Grab

Does what information technology says on the can, the safest grab! An excellent go to for beginner freeskiers as it's easy, but still looks good. Just grab under your foot, left hand to left human foot or correct mitt to right foot.

Mute Grab vs Nippon Grab

A mute catch is performed in the air by grabbing just in front of the boot on one ski with the contrary hand, whilst at the same fourth dimension pulling the toe across to cross the skis. A nippon grab is where the skier grabs the inside border of the ski with the opposite hand from behind.

Nose/Tail Butter

To perform a butter when spinning onto a runway or off of a spring, leave the noses or tails of your skis in contact with the snow (noses when spinning forward and tails when spinning switch) for the get-go 180.

Afterbang

Is the act of styling out a trick on landing, often making landings expect heavy. Think about leaning back a flake on your skis, stiff legs and a heavy head.

Switch upwards

A switch upwards on your skis is when yous jump onto the characteristic and so perform a 180 spin half way down the feature to land with the other foot forrad. This tin can exist done in either management.

1000-fed/B-fed

A 1000 -fed is when the skier will jump onto the feature consummate a 180 spin (too known every bit a Switch Up) and and so keep spinning 270 off the stop of the rails in the same direction. K-fed is frontside and B-fed is behind.

Truck Commuter Vs Tail Grab

A truck driver is when you catch both skis with both hand infront over a leap or kicker, a Tail Grab is when the skier grabs the tail (end) of the skis from behind.

Switch

When a skier is riding backwards, this is called riding Switch.

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