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Snowboard Glossary
Definitions of snowboard slang, freestyle, and board construction.
- Face Plant search for term
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Where one's face meets the ground before any other part of one's body, usually not intended.
- Fakie search for term
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Riding backwards, meaning the opposite direction than your usual stance. Also called Switch
Stance. - Fall line search for term
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The path of least resistance down and given slope. Also referred to as the gravity line.
- Flat bottom search for term
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The part of the halfpipe between the two walls.
- Flatland search for term
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Term used to describe tricks performed on the flat slope with or without obstacles.
- Flex search for term
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Describes the stiffness of a snowboard. Different degrees of flex are better for different styles of riding.
- Forward lean search for term
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The degree to which the high backs of traditional bindings or the boots of plate bindings keep your ankles and calves bent over your toes.
- Freeriding search for term
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Snowboarding on all types of terrain for fun.
- Freestyle search for term
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The kind of snowboarding which is mostly associated with riding the halfpipe, and in terrain parks with jumps and rails. Also is used to describe any type of snowboarding which includes tricks and maneuvers.
- Front flip search for term
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Flipping forward off a jump.
- Front foot search for term
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The foot mounted closest to the nose. Right foot forward is called Goofy Footed, and left foot forward is called Regular Footed.
- Front side search for term
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The front side of the snowboard is the side where your toes rest. The front side of a snowboarder is the side to which his/her front faces. While rotating front side regular foot is counter clockwise, and goofy foot is clockwise.
- Frostbite search for term
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Occurring when parts of the body are exposed to extreme cold for a period of time.
