USA Sports
Snowboarding
3 styles
• Terrain( includes pipe)
• Freeride
• Downhill
Terrain
| Rails- Handrails that are extremely dangerous to ride. Very advanced |
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| Boxes- flat box like structures that you can grind or nose/ tail press on |
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| Pipe- Halfpipe with curved walls that you ride up and perform grab tricks |
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Jumps- Self-explanatory, allows for spins and grabs
Flatland- Manuals, "Butters", Combining rotations with manuals
Freeride
Backcountry- powder riding, trees, moguls, cliffs, steep
Downhill
Racing down a mountain as fast as you can to win the race
Tricks and tweaks
180- half a full rotation
360- a full rotation
540- one and half rotations
Bone- Front hand grabs front of board, back leg kicks out
Indy- back hand between bindings on your toe edge
Mute- front hand between bindings on your toe edge
Cab 5- Switch FS 540 Rotation
Melon- front hand reaches behind the front leg and grabs in front of the bindings while the front leg is boned.
BS- turn your front shoulder towards your toe edge
FS- turn your front shoulder towards your heel edge
Tailgrab- Use back hand to grab tail end of board
Nosegrab- Use front hand to grab front end of board
Created by David Kellond