Snowboarding Dictionary

Snowboarding Dictionary - Terms Definitions and Slang.

In our current Snowboarding Dictionary, there are a number of terms and words used. However, the dictionary is not exhaustive. If there is any term that you know, which is left out of our Snowboarding Dictionary, then feel free to make a suggestion on our Forum.

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AASI

American Association of Snowboard Instructors, a way for all snowboard instructors to conduct a safe and fun lesson for everyone.

ACCESSORY MAN

The type of guy who owns every and any piece of snowboarding gear out there and uses it no matter if it's needed or not.

AIRDOG

A snowboard more interested in jumping and conducting aerial tricks.

ALIEN LID AKA ALIEN

The rifer who wears a helmet used for speed-oriented downhill skiing, the kind of helmet that looks like the kind a cyclist wears.

ANCILLARY STOKE

The awesome feeling faces in the crowd have as they watch a boarder pull off an insane manoeuver.

ANDRECHT

When you pull off a rear-handed backside handplant with a front-handed grab.

ANGELO

A trick, turn or jump so perfectly performed there's no fall involved, a title that can only be bestowed upon professions: 'That guy was jumping Angelo-style!'

ARCTIC COUGAR

Hot older lady hunting out for the younger guys on the slopes or in the lodge. Beware of the mighty cougar.

ASSPASS

Being able to shake off the embarrassment and smoothly racing past so fast other riders: 'He just made an asspass!'

AVALANCHE ACTIVATOR

The kind of person who triggers an avalanche wherever they go: 'Look out for the avalanche activator!'

B.C.O.C

Boarders Code of Conduct.

BACKCOUNTRY

Off-piste, areas found outside of the ski hill boundaries.

BACKSIDE 180

An area manoeuvre where the rider rotates at 18 degrees off the jump and leads with a heelside (clockwise for a regular stance, counter-clockwise for goofy).

BACKSIDE BUTTSLIDE

Where the rider rides p beside a rail or box and sits on it. They kick their feet out and slide across on their backside. You can also put your arms behind your head.

BACKSIDE RODEO

Coming off a jump and riding as you turn your back down the hill. you then flip 540 degrees and can land fakie or rotate 720 degrees and land regularly.

BAIL

Chicken out of a trick. Also used to describe a rider crashing and falling.

BANGING

What you say when you land a nice trick.

BARGE

Going for a trick with all you've got: 'Just make the jump!'

BATTLESHIP

the rail in the park that kinks up, flattens out and kinks back down again.

BEAT

To describe something shitty: 'That's real beat if we gotta shape the pipe for the rest of the day!'

BEEF

To describe a wipe-out: 'Man, did I beef that or what?'

BEEF WELLINGTON

To describe something huge or tricky.

BEIGE

To describe something bad: 'That trick was so beige!'

BETTY

A female rider.

BI

To ride a board either goofy or regular style without problems. Also see Switch.

BIFF

Wiping out or making an epic fail: 'God I totally biffed that jump!'

BINGO

Pulling off three 360s in a row.

BIP

A blending of the words 'butt' and 'hip.'

"BITCHIN" CALFDICK

Pressing your high back into your calf and making it difficult to ride.

"BONED OUT"

Emphasising the style in a trick, eg. Someone bones out an indy, meaning they would have to grab hard and create emphasis on the manoeuvre and appearing that his/her legs are extending or stretched as far as they can go.

BIZATCH

That idiot who cuts you off on the slope.

BLASTED A DOOKIE

Watching as someone falls real hard from the safety and comfort of your lift.

BLAZIN' RAISIN

That awesome old bloke gunning it down the mountain.

BLEAH

Achieving insane air on the slope.

BLINDSIDE

Where the rider has made themselves 'blind' to their take-off or landing. They must stretch to look over their shoulder and is a technique that involves great difficulty.

BLINGERS

The kind of people who by all matching equipment whether it helps their performance or not, showing off on the slopes. Otherwise known as a tool./p>

BLUE BIRD

A lovely day: 'Can't wait to hit the slope on such a blue bird day.'

BOARSKII

Blending 'snowboarding' and 'skiing.' We don't know, either…

BOMB

Pointing the nose of your board straight down the hill to go faster: 'He bombed right down that slope!'

BOMB HOLE

A big hole found in the landing of a powder jump because of someone else bailing. Don't do it, you'll just look like a prick if you do.

BONJ

Someone who takes a beating from everyone else on and off the piste.

BONKING

Hitting something really hard with your board.

BONO

(Not that one). To hit a tree while going really fast unintentionally.

BONUS LIFE

Leaving the rest of the competition in the dust.

BOOMPH

The sound you make when you fall into the thick snow.

BOOST

A way to describe catching air of a jump.

BOOTER

The massive kicker that needs to be hit down just a little harder in order to achieve air: 'That thing is huge, what a booter!'

BOTWOKER

The word to describe a newbie rider who is unable to stay upright.

BOWLING PINS

The type of riders who make obstructions of themselves or the kind who all have to stop in a group and block the track for everyone else, sometimes in a flat spot or right at the top of an incline. The rider will need to keep up with enough speed in order to get over it, which can be a struggle. Can also relate to slow riders and skiers you can't pass who are carving the track together.

BP

Boarder Patrol

BRA TREE

Girls who apparently leave their underwear under a tree or lift. Not one that's real familiar to us, but whatever...

BRICK

Someone that hits a kicker with their board, which comes out from underneath while the rider lands on their back. Traditionally an East Coast term.

BRID (PRONOUNCED 'BREATHE')

Describes an unintentional fast descent, eg. where someone might try to stay off the fall line but instead have to 'brid.'

BRO

What you call your mates, of course. Or anyone's name you don't actually know.

BROADWAY

To describe something real cool: 'That trick was real broadway.'

BUNK

To describe something 'wack,' like when a great pipe or run is closed off.

BUNNY HILL

A small hill with a toe rope perfect for beginners to start out boarding on.

BUST

A verb used in the same way as 'to do,' but with more emphasis: 'He's totally busting that slope!'

BUTT SLIDE

Sliding out while you try to backside boardslide down the slope.

BUTTER

A tail press on flatland or a box, eg. 'Did you see that landing, so butter!' Also conjures up the image of warm, buttery toast... Can also mean leaning on the nose of your board (just as you would with a nose manual) and swinging the tail of your board in front.

BUTTER PRETZEL

Refers to a butter frontside or backside before launching in to a 180.

BUTTERY

Describes a snowboard with a good flex that provides well to the butter manoeuvre.

CASE IT

Where you land on the knuckle of the jump before compressing.

CHATTER

Where a board can unnecessarily vibrate, which can happen at higher speeds through turns. Riders try to cut down on the chatter caused in their boards in order to better control it.

CHILLAX

What do you think? Chill out and relax!

CHOPPY CHOPPY

Describes a particularly rough terrain.

CMANIA

Someone obsessed with taking C-boxes out on the slope.

COLORADO SLIDE

When you come to a halt on your board by sliding between someone else's bindings.

CORDUROY

Describes a snowcat grooming a trail that leaves a finely-edged surface. Nice for laying out clean turns on the slopes.

CORK OR CORKED

Freestyle to describe an off-axis rotation on the slope.

CORNICE

Describes a sudden drop-off, which happens often in the backcountry.

COULOIRS

Describes slopes, eg. 'Fly down those couloirs!'

CRAPTASTIC

Pretty obvious.

CRASHTASTIC

Someone who crashes out so bad, it's amazing they're still intact.

CRATER

Describes a crash or fall, eg. 'She slid right off and cratered right into the bank.'

CREW

Those you shred and die by on the slope.

CRISPY

To refer to something cool: 'That trick was so crispy!' See also: Crunchy.

CRUISER RUN

Making a relaxing run on a smooth trail.

CRUNCHY

Like Crispy, describes something awesome.

CRUST-BUSTIN'

Also describes something great: 'That was totally crust-bustin!'

CRUSTY

To refer to something ugly.

CRUTCH

A rider with a ski pole who pushes themselves along on their board.

CURLING FIELD

Refers to the slopes being so icy they look like a curling field (that Canadian sport with the brooms?)

DANK

Used to describe something cool.

DEATH COOKIE

Refers to a big snowball in the middle of a run or slope that's frozen to the ground.

DECK

Describes top of both sides of the halfpipe where riders can stop and drop-in or destroy themselves if they happen to fail to carry proper momentum.

DIRTY POOL

Describes a sick trick or awesome run.

DOG TRAINER

Parents who use a leash on their kid as they learn how to properly use a snowboard.

DOINKLET

A word that describes something that can't be described. Really.

DOLPHIN TURN

When you make an Ollie to change edges in a turn when going down a hill,, for example, making heelside nose lifts of snow, then a heelside tail, then a nose toeside that lands and then tail toeside and so forth.

DOPE

To refer to a sweet or cool trick.

DRAGON

When a ski/snowboard instructor helps to lead children around the slope during a lesson by wearing a red or orange safety vest to warn other riders in the area, therefore resembling a dragon from a distance due to the line of dots on the vest.

DRIFTER

A newbie who has a habit of 'drifting' across the hill accidentally side-by-side and back and forth again.

DROP TROU

To mean 'drop your trousers,' used as an insult to another rider.

DROPPED A LOAD

When you shake the snow off your board while you're riding on a lift and accidentally hit someone below.

DROPPING IN

Referring to the next person who will jump, run or rail.

DRY SLOPE

Any other board or slope that isn't snowy and able to be used all-year round.

DUDE

On the slope, everyone is your dude.

DUST ON CRUST

The thin layer of snow on top of the crusty snow on a slope.

DUTTY

In reference to something that is awesome: 'Dutty jump there, bro.'

DYKE BOARD

A rider using a board too short to support their height.

EAT SNOW

Just like a face plant.

ELGEURIAL (BFM)

An invert where the halfpipe wall is approached fakie, with threar hand planted and with a 360 backside rotation. The rider goes forward as they make the manoeuvre, with the move itself christened after Eddie Elguera.

EPIC

C'mon, how could you not know this one?

'ERIAL

Getting some air and feeling a sense of calm as you do.

ETCHED OUT

Refers to the opening take-off for a rail or jump or any other piece of equipment being cut into and tracks are left by riders and the edges of their boards as they turn before the take-off or at the lip of the jump itself.

FACE PLANT

Landing face first, splat into the snow.

FAKIE

Basically riding backwards on your board.

FAKIE TO ARSE

Where you land on your arse trying to attempt a rail.

FALL LINE

The route that runs right down the hill and the most direct path when you go down a mountain.

FALLING LEAF

A newbie that rides on one edge horizontally and back and forth all the way down a slope.

FANCY PANTS

An embarrassing older male wearing outdated snow pants, apparently...

FLAIL

Someone who rides so out of control, it's awful.

FLAMBOYANT WEEZY

A rider who looks worse for wear after getting into a bender while under the influence of something a little suspect..

FLUKE

Pulling off a trick without trying.

FLUTE

The column of snow stacked on a feature found on the terrain, which can include rocks or a near-vertical slope.

FLY-SWATTER

Refers to when a rider catches an edge and falls forwards, resulting in slapping the ground quickly and gives the rider feeling like they have whiplash.

FRAGGLE

An accident involving two riders ending up with their boards entangled and can result in injury.

FREAK A LEAK

Taking a toilet break.

FRESHIES

Describes the morning powder before anyone else has hit the slope, being the first to ride the pure snow.

FRUIT BOOTER

A term used to refer to a skier: 'Did you see what that fruit booter just did?'

FS

Stands for Frontside (regular: spinning to the left, goofy: spinning to the right.)

FUDGED

Refers to messing up a jump or trick: 'Fudged that jump badly up there, mate.'

GAFFER

To describe a tourist or skier who has no business being on the mountain, gets in the way.

GANGSTAR

Someone so badass on their board it shouldn't be allowed, bringing shame to all other riders in the vicinity.

GAP

Refers to flying over something without actually touching it: 'Totally gaped that hill, there.'

GAPER

Describes and experience skier or rider who tries to pull off runs or tricks that they aren't actually capable to do, yet come out unscathed and leaves others hurt in the process.

GHETTO

Something gross: 'Man, you should have seen the state of my board, totally ghetto.'

GIGANDOIDTRON

Describes a jump or wave that looks like a big, scary monster.

GNAR POW KILL

Slashing up the gnar pow at a rapid pace.

GNARLY

To describe something cool or something of great difficulty.

GNATS

To describe a newbie or any selfish or confused riders on the slope that basically sit right in the middle of the trail or generally get in the way.

GON-GUIPTOO

To describe a rider who's gone totally crazy, either in a positive or negative way, especially after they have pulled off a hard manoeuvre or when another rider cracks it and lashes out at everyone else.

GOOFY

Riding right-footed in front rather than the left (normally the usual stance you ride with on a board).

GROMMET (GROM)

What you call a smaller and younger rider on the slope, especially those who are very much into the sport.

GROOMER

What can you call the piste, ie. 'cruising the groomers.'

HAIF

Stands for High Altitude Flatulence, also known as the dreaded Mountain Butt. Unfortunate condition that occurs when a rider comes from sea level up to a higher elevation.

HANDSOME PANTS

A rider wearing spiffy snowpants stomping it all around the slopes.

HANDY DANDY

Someone (usual an older skier) who carves all over the slope left and right cutting everyone else off.

HEADER

Taking a headfirst dive: 'Look at the header she took with that flip!'

HEEL TO HEELS

When a rider is hopping backside 18s between the transition of turns. The rider uses nothing but the heelside edge of their before and is a more difficult manoeuvre than toe to toes dies to the backside rotation of the move.

HEELSIDE EDGE

Edge of the board closest to the rider's heels.

HELLA

To mean awesome or 'really' awesome.

HERB

An abbreviation of 'herbert' that refers to a bad skier or rider, especially those who cut boarder up and are unable to pull of parallel turns.

HIPPIE

Apparently this refers to a rider boarding shirtless with a peace sign necklace.

HIT

A park feature: 'There has to be at least 16 hits in the park,' or a trick performed off a park feature, eg. to pull off a manoeuver off a rail.

HOEDAD

The kind of person you see sitting in the car park of the resort with their boards, but never actually goes out to do any riding..

HOMBRE

A Spanish term for dude or friend or homie.

HOT DOG

Hot girl that totally tears it up and down the slopes.

HOWLER

A terribly windy day so bad there's a chance the lifts could be shut down: 'Man, what a howler up in here!' Can also relate to when a rider bombs a run and howls at the slowpokes who amble past.

HUCKER

A rider who throws themself through the air and fails to land on their feet.

HUCKFEST

When a group of boarders ride hard and wild.

HUGE

To describe a trick or jump or anything else that is awesomely huge or something that is just plain insane.

ICEPHALT

A run that is particularly icy and would be better off riding on skates (or end up with a concussion should you catch an edge)

INVERTED

Pulling a jump or trick upside down, ie. pulling off an inverted method.

JAM

Short for jampiece, meaning is the same: 'That trick was the jam!'

JAMES BROWN

A trick performed with the heel side edge of your board as you cross the box or rail (the opposite of performing a Michael Jackson).

JAMPIECE

To describe something awesome: 'That run was the jampiece!'

JAPAN

Where the rider's front hand grabs the toe edge of the board, tuck their front knee in and pull the board up while their back is arched.

JEANER

Riders who dare to ski or ride in jeans.

JELLYBEANING

Going down a run when you're now allowed to and having to run back up to avoid being caught by security and risk getting kicked off the mountain: 'Great, we have to jellybean it back up there now!'

JIB

Riding on something else besides snow, like rubbish bins, rails or logs

JIMMY LEG

A rider from the 'Dirty South' riding with a stiff front leg and kicks the tail with their back foot (jimmying).

JOEY

A newbie rider who has a gap between their goggles and helmet. See Also, Gaper.

JOLLYOLLIE

Crashing out while trying to attempt an Ollie, suffering the indignity of everyone mocking you mercilessly afterwards.

KARAHE

Being unable to tolerate someone or something.

KICKER

Building your own jump.

KICKIN CHICKEN

Catching large air either off of a jump or in a pipe and kicking your legs back and forth to keep stable.

KILLA

A homicidal maniac who boards with a knife in one hand.

KINK

When riding halfpipes or other jumps, one may experience difficult surfaces. These kinks cause problems when you ride over them.

KOOKOO

Pulling off a crazy move: 'Man, that move was kookoo!'

KRUNKED

Getting hurt on the slope and unable to move.

LATE

Incorporating something else into a trick before you've finished doing it.

LAWN CHAIR AIR

Jumping very high before falling and collapsing (just like a lawn chair).

LAYOUT

Landing flat on your back.

LEAF

Swaying like a leaf from side to side down the slope.

LEGIT

To call something cool or awesome: 'That trick was legit!'

LEONARD

That person who's having a rough day and completely stacking on their board.

LIMP

To fake an injury.

LINE

The path a rider takes that normally located in the backcountry or off the lay out of the reg. slope.

LIP

To describe the top of a jump and how steep it is.

LIPLAYER

The coward who bails at the lip of a jump

LIP-MOLE

A person who sits behind the lip of a large jump so they can't be seen until you're in the air.

LOCKDOWN

Referring to when a rider will obviously land a trick without fail.

LOTTOEY

The kind of rider with all kinds of expensive equipment.

LOUNGING POSER

The kind of guy or girl who just sits around at the resort with actually doing any riding.

LUMP

A skill hill that has been remodelled from a landfill.

MANNY

Short for manual.

MANUAL

When a rider pressures the nose or tail of the board so the other end is raised in the air.

MAX AIR PLUMMET

Getting maximum air off a jump, but flying horizontally in the air as you forget to land and make a huge face plant on the ground.

MEAT TORPEDO

A young kid on skis with no regard for safety.

MILAGS OR MILAGRO

A word to describe something that's really cool or awesome.

MISTYFLIP

A Frontflip 180

MOB

When a rider goes fast down a hill or pull off a trick off a jump, or just decide to leave.

MOFO

You ski-instructor.

MOGULS

The bumps on a hill due to snow being pushed down the mountainside.

MONKEY BRAINS

Nickname for a diner.

MONKEY TRAIL

Off-piste trail that leads off into the woods.

MUNTJAC

A mysterious rider unknown to others on the slope.

MUPPET

Playful insult to another rider.

MYSTERY DATE

When you use your back arm to balance out on a board.

NECTAR (NEC-TER)

To call a trick or jump sweet.

NEWBIE

A new rider.

NO JOY

Pilot slang that translates to: not possible/ no good/ why bother.

NOLLIE

Launching the board up in the air like an Ollie manuover, but rather lading the nose of the board in order to pop it.

NOOB

A new rider. Can also be used as an insult: 'Look at the noob out there!'

NOSE MANUAL

Riding with your board's tail off the ground.

NUCKLE

The point on a jump before you land.

NUKE

Bombing a hill.

OL' POPS

Older people found on the slopes.

OLLIE

A move where you lift the nose and tail of your board at the same time.

ONE-FOOTY

A rider riding with one foot in the bindings of their board.

OSCAR

A poser who has all the gear and the nice board, but epically fail at boarding. Pass off the act so well of looking like a rider, they should get an Oscar for their performance.

PACK

To describe a crash or fall.

PANTBINDER

Careless rider who is selfish on the slopes despite anyone else.

PARGNAR

Another word for gnarly.

PENGUIN SLIDES

Where you lie face down on a green or blue slope 9red or black for the more advanced) and press your stomach into the snow. Raise your board off the ground, bend your knees and slide down as fast as you're able, looking like a penguin, of course.

PERPENDICULARITY

Where the rider maintains a stance perpendicular to the snow surface like an upside down 'T' The rider is able to keep balanced and control of your board.

PEW PEW

That thin layer of pow that you find on top of compacted snow on the slope.

PHAT

To describe something huge, like 'phat air' or an awesome trick.

PIPE

Abbreviated use of halfpipe.

PISTE (PRONOUNCED PEEST)

Originally European word for a trail, groomed run or slope. French for 'trail' or 'track.'

PLANK

Slang for snowboard.

POACH

Meaning that the powder field is out of bounds if the halfpipe is closed, but ride it anyway.

POACH

Riding a board in a ski-only area or resort and dodge security. Gets its name from Jake Burton, who requested video evidence of riders cruising around Mad River Glen, Deer Valley, Alta Ski and Taos Ski Valley, offering $5000 for the video of a rider being poached and able to win $20,ooo for their efforts.

POETRY

Something that means a combination of strange slang, Swiffers and those who partake in some more suspicious herb substances..

POO ICE

Hard snow that could be filthy-looking or just plain dirty. Not pleasant.

POP

Getting the push off the lip of a pipe or jump ex. "i didnt get the pop i needed to pull that trick"

POP TART

Falling to one side and ended up with the front or back of your body covered in snow, just like a frosted pop tart.

POSEUR

Trying to pull off the moves and pretend to be a true rider when you're obviously not.

POTE

French word translating to 'friend' or 'mate.'

POW

Abbreviation for powder.

POW POW

Fresh powder.

POWDER PUFF

That rider who loves riding the pow pow.

PWNED

1337 internet lingo meaning to completely destroy the competition or pulling off an epic trick when no one else can. Total pwnage ensues.

POW-PHOBIA

Someone who can't even bear to hit the snow.

PRESS

Applying pressure to a particular part of the board (either the nose or the tail) in order to raise it up.

PRICKS WITH STICKS

An insult against a dickish rider or a bunch of them altogether.

PULLIN A PLAX

A rider who boards down the slope without any problems until he crashes out of nowhere.

PUNCH

Crashing out horribly.

QP

Abbreviation for quarter pipe.

RABBIT

Term for an old man or woman out on the slopes.

RACHETS

The name given to a traditional style of bindings, which were strapped in.

RAD!

Sick! Awesome! Gnarly! Cool!

RAGDOLL

When bailing occurs mostly at high speeds, where it will catch and edge (usually the heel) and sends them out of control flailing about as they run down the slope.

RAPTOR

When a riders boards with their arms out.

RHINO FUCK

The other name given to a knuckle.

RIDIN HIGH

Apparently when someone partakes in a suspicious herb substance while riding the chair lift.

RINSE

Describes a boarding technique when done well: 'You totally rinsed that jump!'

RIP

When you ride the slopes well, ripping it up.

RIPPIN FLAKE

As christened by boarder Any McPherson, it pretty much describes all kinds of snowboarding, ie. ripping flake on holiday.

ROCHAMBEAU

Used when lining up during a lesson to determine who is teaching instead of riding the 'knee deep freshies.'

ROCKY

That rider who loves ollying and bonking rocks a little too much on the slope.

RODEO

Backflip 540

ROLLING DOWN THE WINDOWS

When a rider is caught off-balance and try to rotate their arms to recover on the slope as they go down.

RUBE GOLDBERG

A term given when describing a whole collection of tricks in one.

SALAMI SANDWICH

Overpriced food found at the ski resport.

SAUCE

When a rider slides on a rail.

SCHRIFF

Carving out on the slope.

SCHWANK

To call something cool or awesome.

SCOPE

Checking something out.

SCORCH MUFFINS

Ended a trick badly, usually by falling on your arse.

SCORPION

When a rider face plants so hard your legs and board hit the back of your head, looking like a scorpion's tail.

SCREWED

When you board has a screw is higher than the lexion top sheet on a jib feature, which can result in a broken body and edge.

SEAL BOARDING

When a rider lies on their belly on a board and holds it up like a spoiler and ride down the slope, which works best on smoother terrains.

SESSION

The interval in which a rider boards.

SHACK

That lodge on a pretty ghetto hill

SHACK BOOTER

A jump consisting of a triangular prism of snow.

SHARKING TORPEDO

Crashing out when you know it's all going to go wrong and just letting yourself fall over.

SHAVE IT

Shaving the fresh powder off a slope, mountain or the top of a cornice.

SHITTER

Wiping out badly on the slope.

SHLOBY

The bigger rider who thinks they can achieve big air but can barely get a couple of inches off the ground.

SHMOB

Controlling your board recklessly.

SH'MON

Yes, kinda like MJ used to say, but in this case meaning to go or more or come back or forth, or if you don't know what something is called or you cannot think of what it is at the time.

SHRALP

Riding really aggressively.

SHRED

Tearing up the snow.

SHRED HEAD

A rider really good at riding, but is always up against those who shred worse than him.

SHRED SLED

Slang term for snowboard.

SHRED THE GNAR

Shredding something, like a hard run.

SHREDDER

A great rider.

SHRIPPING

Shredding/ripping

SHUT DOWN

Either stomping out a mad trick or crashing out epically.

SICILIAN

Term used in conjunction with epic, daring, grand, fearless and so on.

SICK

Something good.

SICK NASTY

Totally intense.

SKATING

Moving with you front foot strapped into the board and pushing with the other, then putting it on the stomp pad and taking off.

SKETCHING

Riding along precariously and almost falling.

SKETCHY

Landing a small trick, but messing up the landing without falling.

SLAY

Pull off a crazy trick on a rail or grinding on a job or whole rail.

SLOPE(S)

Another name for mountain.

SLOWPO

That slow bastard on the slopes getting in everyone's way.

SMOKIN'

Making an 'S' shape in the air.

SMUD

Brown muddy snow festering on a warm day.

SNAKE

Describing someone who cuts in front of you in the line to the lift or butts in front of you on the half pipe.

SNIP

When a rider has nothing better to say or do when they can't think of a good answer to something.

SNO

The thing you ride on.

SNOKED

Stoked/snow

SNOW ANGEL

Hot chick on the slopes.

SNOW BUM

That rider who lives, eats, breathes and sleeps everything to do with snowboarding.

SNOW BUNNY

Female rider.

SNOW GUMP

That rider who tries to pass themselves off as a true rider and pick up on all the lingo, but epically fails.

SNOW SLAPPED

The rider who does a huge carve in the snow and gets it all over to you.

SNOWBOARDIONARY

The oracle for all you ever wanted to know about snowboarding.

SNOWING

Shorthand way of saying snowboarding: 'Let's go snowing.'

SNOWSNIFFER

The rider who stops right at the lip of a jump.

SOUTH SHORE BIRTHDAY

A type of beating. No, we don't know where the South Shore is, either, but we're not planning to go there anytime soon now..

SP

Ski Patrol

SPLATTIN

Falling straight onto the ground.

SPORE

Stupid Person On Rental Equipment

SPRAY

When powder flies up when you biff or land a jump on the slope.

STACK

Falling over so badly, you're pissing yourself with pain. There's nothing worse than stacking it.

STEEZ OR STEEZE

When you display so much style, it's sick. Style with ease, a term popular on the East Coast.

STFG

Shred The Fu**ing Gnarr

STICK

What you can call a snowboard. Also used when you make a good landing on your board.

STICKS

The strange-looking things skier ski with that are difficult to carry around.

STOKED

To mean psyched or excited.

STOMP

When you make a great landing.

STRAIGHT AIR

The ultimate in achieving aerial manoeuvres on a board. Achieve instant legendary status.

STUMPY

Someone who really loves ollying or bonking stumps.

STUNTED

When you embarrassingly fall while you get off the lift and stop while you're riding up it.

SUATB!

See You At The Bottom!

SUITCASE

Where you use your leading hand to grab the toe side of the board from underneath while your forearm is against the bottom base of your board.

SUITCASE GRAB

Throwing your leading arm behind you and grabbing the toe side edge of the board from underneath, while the bottom of your forearm is against the base of your board.

SUN BAKER

Someone who chills on a break on the side of a slope or hill.

SWAG

Scoring free gear or equipment.

SWIFFER

Pulling two turn in opposite directions, forming the Swiffer 'S.'

SWITCH

Riding with the tail of your board in front, like a fakie.

SWOOF (SWOOFER)

A newbie who has no idea how to carve and just end up bombing out on the slope.

TABLETOP

Consists of a smaller jump, then a larger tranny jump, followed by then landing.

TAIL SLIDE

Sliding on a box or other type of surface only on the tail of your board.

TECH

When a rider hits the rails with hard styles lie a tweaked-out nose press or style EX.

TEPEE AKA MOOMOO

Normally a younger rider who wears t-shirts and hoodies way too big for them that end up looking like a tepee or moomoo.

TENDER VITTLES

Young riders who prefer the Arctic Cougars in the resort.

THE WETMORE

That rider too big and goofy for their board.

TIGHT

Something awesome or cool.

TITS

When something is good: 'That jump is tits!'

TOE TO TOE TURN/CARVES

When a rider hops 180s between the transition of turns and use the toeside edge of the board to do so.

TOESIDE TURN

When a rider lifts the front heel and presses the toe down, then moves their knee over foot (followed by back and shoulders) and eventually press all their toes down.

TOGNAR

Stands for totally gnarly.

TOOTLOOP

Schwank recovery from a dook blast.

TORPEDO

A board travelling at an insane pace.

TRAIN PACK

A crazy bunch of skiers that may show elements of cool, but not quite.

TRANNY

The sloped part of a landing that helps you not end up in the flats, basically a ditch or empty space.

TREE

The kid blocking the middle of the trail or jump. If it's a group of friends in the way, it's known as a forest.

TRICK

Basically all the awesome stuff a rider can do with their board.

TRICKY

That kid pulling off the sweet manoeuvres: 'Tricky bastard.'

TRIP

Something wicked or cool.

TRIPPY

To call something cool or crazy.

TUCK

The term given to low wind resistance in the crouch position to help a rider go faster.

TWEAKED

Explains the focus given on the style in a trick, when something 'tweaks out' a method, either grabbing hard and creating emphasis on the manouever and make their joints seem bent or injures. Ouch.

TWO-PLANKER

What is known as a skier.

WACK

To describe something shitty: 'That jump was wack!'

WARBLE

A lump of snow which a rider ollies off and spins on top off before riding on.

WARCKDARD

To describe something weird.

WARPED

A bumpy or rough terrain that's difficult to shred or ride on.

WASTED

When a rider is sprayed with snow by another nearby rider.

WAY OF LIFE

To describe the lifestyle, how most riders see snowboarding and the life in general surrounding the sport.

WEST-BURN

To totally wipe out on the slope.

WET RIDE

The kind of… 'interesting' people who think it's a good idea to take a piss off the side of a chair lift. Not cool, guys.

WETCAT

Snowboarding's Todd Richard's trademark pipe move involving an inverted aerial with a 540 degree rotational flip, which is then added with a flat, spinning 360 degree rotation, completing a rotation of 900 degrees altogether.

WICKED

Something cool, awesome, gnarly, sick, whatever you want it to mean.

WILDERBEAST

A rider who can't actually board and takes up space on the slope.

WIMP

Basically a big wuss on the slope.

WISH BONE

When a rider slams a board so hard doing something awesome, they snap their board.

WONKED

Someone who is stoked or just plain stoned.

YA SMELL ME?

Translates to: 'You understand me, bro?'

YARD SALE

A rider bailing so hard on the slope their hat/goggle/whatever else flies off in the process.

YUPPIES

City folk who think they can ride (but not very well).

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