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Snowboarding Tricks and What They Mean

  Alright, so maybe it isn't exactly your thing to be able to hop on a snowboard in the winter cold and start doing flips, turns or getting big air off the top of a mountain. While there are many people who get really big thrills from completing insane

   Alright, so maybe it isn't exactly your thing to be able to hop on a snowboard in the winter cold and start doing flips, turns or getting big air off the top of a mountain. While there are many people who get really big thrills from completing insane snowboarding tricks, they are not for everyone.

Even if you haven't been able to conquer the slopes you will still want to talk to your friends about it and actually understand what the conversation is about. So, here is a little cheat sheet for some of the most common snowboarding tricks terminology.

Big Air - I am sure everyone has probably heard of this term before. You probably heard it yourself and didn't really understand exactly what they were talking about and that is alright. What this means is when a snowboarder speeds up the side of the half pipe, and then flips the board into the air.

The whole point of doing this is of course, to go as high into the air as one possibly can. Then the next step is to land nicely so you can get to the other side of the half pipe to do it all over again. Yep, I know. These snowboarders are very brave.

Switch - When a snowboarder does a switch, he performs a trick while he is boarding backwards.

Ollie - This is similar to an Ollie on a skateboard. The point is to catch as much air as possible by using the back of your board as a spring board while you jump up and lift your foot off the front of the board.

Speed Check - This means to ride sideways in order to slow down.

Scream - A scream is a really steep hill.

Jib - Riding on something other than snow, such as cement, rails, grass, etc.

So you may not be talented to do all these tricks yourself, or maybe you just don't want to risk breaking your neck to do them. That's alright. At least now you can talk with your friends without sounding like a total noob. Plus you may find that in time your friends may just convince you to try these snowboarding tricks anyway.

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