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Snowboard Glossary
Definitions of snowboard slang, freestyle, and board construction.
- Tail search for term
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The rear of the snowboard located behind the back foot.
- Tail bonk search for term
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To hit an object with the tail of the snowboard.
- Tail grab search for term
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The rear hand grabs the tail of the snowboard.
- Tail poke search for term
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Any maneuver where you bone your rear leg and "poke" the tail of the snowboard in a direction away from your body usually while grabbing.
- Taipan air search for term
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The front hand reaches behind the front foot and grabs the toe edge between the bindings. The front knee is then bent to touch the board tuck knee style.
- Toe edge search for term
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The edge of the snowboard where your toes sit.
- Toeside turn search for term
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A turn made on the toeside edge.
- Torsional flex search for term
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The difference in edge angle of the tip and tail of the snowboard.
- Transition (tranny) search for term
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The radial curved section of a halfpipe wall between the flat bottom and the vertical. A snowboarder pumps and rides the transition to gain speed, catch air, and land.
- Traverse search for term
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To ride perpendicular to the fall line. Halfpipe
rider traverses from wall to wall in the halfpipe. - Twin tip search for term
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A type of snowboard designed for freestyle snowboarding. It has an identical tip and tail so that the board may be ridden similarly in both directions.
