Bank: An obstacle that
usually sticks out of the side of trail like a triangle, looks like a tabletop
angled at 45 degrees. [Top]
Boards: Pair of Skiboards
(if you didn't know that, this sport isn't for you). [Top]
Fruit Booters: What
snowboarders and skiers call skiboarders (disrespect term). [Top]
Gap: Distance between two
jumps. [Top]
Joey: Another name for
poser. [Top]
Launch: Term used for
when rider starts to execute the jump, or when they are flying through the air. [Top]
Mini Skis: Another name
for skiboards. [Top]
Mailbox: Looks just like
a mailbox, just 10 feet long. Used for a grind. [Top]
Obstacles Anything a
rider uses to throw tricks. [Top]
Poser: Skiboarding
wannabe. Anyone who looks and acts the part, but can't back it up in
performance. [Top]
Rider: Name use for
Skiboarders (the good kind, not posers). [Top]
Skiboarding: Preffered
name for the sport. [Top]
Skiboarder: Another name
used for a us, same as rider. [Top]
Slope Style: The name of
the type of course skiboarders compete on at Winter X 2000. It is a competition
format derived from snowboarding. Should include quarter pipes, spines,
tabletops, gaps, banks, handrails, mailboxes, etc. Riders are expected to
utilize all of these to score maximum points. [Top]
Spine: Two quarter pipes
placed back to back. [Top]
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