September, 2007     •     Vintagesnowboarder.com

Ready For The New Season! As the snowboarding season in South America and Australia, North America and Europe is gearing up for what will hopefully be a great snowboarding season.   Of course, a number of issues will affect how the season, especially in the United States, goes.   These include the  U.S. economy and global warming.  For now, make sure that you have your equipment fixed up, cleaned, and ready to go.  check helmets, boots, board, and bindings to make sure that they are in good shape.  If not, it is a good time to take care of all of that.       As for your snowboarding clothes, check for rips and tears in your jackets, gloves, and pants.  Also, make sure that your undergarments are all good.  (By the way, if you've gained a little weight because you didn't eat well, or didn't exercise, you might need new outfits.) Now is also a good time to start your exercise regimen to prepare you for the snowboarding season.  Remember, we are getting older, and each year it is a little bit more difficult to board down those black diamonds.  by working out, and getting in shape, you'll have a much more enjoyable time on the slopes.	An Adult's Guide to Snowboarding Snowboarding is quickly becoming the winter sport of choice for the more mature set.   As result, resorts, equipment  and clothes manufacturers, and publishers, are paing more attention to this demographic. Luis and Libby Valentino are working to contribute to this niche not only with the co-founding of the Vintagesnowboarder website, but also with their new publication, Vintagesnowboarder:  An Adult's Guide to Snowboarding, published by Publish America.  It is a great little book that offers practical advice on selecting the right equipment, staying safe, finding prime resorts, and more importantly, enjoying the experience.  Slanguage In preparation for the 2007-2008 snowboarding season, the Shredderletter brings you the following snowboarding terms: Airdog:  A snowboarder who enjoys doing aerial maneuvers Alley-Oop:  Any maneuver inside the halfpipe in which the snowboarder rotates 180 degrees or more in the uphill direction Backside:  The snowboard's heelside What's new at "I do not participate in any sport with ambulances at the bottom of the hill." - Erma Bombeck	ADVERTISEMENT Latest Articles HEALTH AND SAFETY: Footcare Tips for Winter Warriors HEALTH AND FITNESS: 30-Minute Circuit Training Program Saves Time and Burns Calories HEALTH AND SAFETY: Tips to Prevent Winter Snow Sport Injuries ADVERTISEMENT
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Big Mountain Pro 2007 The Swatch & O'Neill Big Mountain Pro 2007 is well under way. The first, of what will hopefully become an annual event in early March, Swatch O'Neill Big Mountain Pro will include 16 of the world's best snowboarders and skiers coming together for a unique experience. The participants will be free to roam the European Alps in search of the best slope and the best powder. Nicolas Hale-Woods, who is organizing the event, is looking forward to seeing what happens when you provide the world’s most talented shredders with an open format. This event will last 10 days, with three competition days. These competitions will span 3 different mountains. Check out the Big Mountain website for full coverage.	Keep Winter Cool! Those of us who snowboarders and/or ski have become the environmental canaries, in that, for some time now, we have felt the impact of global warming on snowfall. Global warming has cause our resorts to get a late start because there has been less snow on the mountain. Casulaties include the O'Neill Freestyle Festival, in Avoriaz, cancelling the Slopestyle event due to poor snow conditions. In Southern California, Mt. Baldy has been operating less than six runs because it has had almost no snow. In the Northern latitudes, mountains are losing snow below 5,000 feet on a more frequent basis. Keep Winter Cool (KWC) has stepped up to address this problem. Working in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA), KWC is raising public consciousness to the problem of global warming and spotlight opportunities that exist right now to start fixing the problem. Read more... Slanguage The evolution of board sports (surfing, skateboarding, skiing, snowboarding, etc.) has included great influences on each other's development. This is certainly true in the building of a lexicon that served to define a sport. This sharing of language has helped to bring a common element to board sports. Snowboarding, like other board sports, has developed a lexicon, or slanguage, that it uses to describe itself. From month-to-month, we will bring you a word or two from our Shredder Slanguage Dictionary to keep you informed of the latest in snowboarding lingo. Aerial: Air maneuver Base: The bottom of the mountain Carve: The using of the snowboard’s edge to turn ADVERTISEMENT	ADVERTISEMENT Latest Articles SAFETY: You Don't Have to Hurt Yourself to Snowboard CONSERVATION: Green Power Program Continues to Snowball HEALTH AND WELLNESS: Visualization To Manifest... ADVERTISEMENT
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The Slanguage of Snowboarding

The Shredderletter, from Vintagesnowboarder.com, brings you this snowboarding dictionary. Snowboarding has a lexicon that helps to define the sport. We'll be updating it periodically to ensure that you get the most current usage from this popular sport. For any questions, or to contribute your own vocabulary, contact us at Vintagesnowboarder.com.

•Aerial: Air maneuver

•Air: A jump;

•Air to Fakie: Any maneuver inside the halfpipe where the snowboarder approaches
the wall riding forward with no rotation, then lands riding backwards

•Airdog: A snowboarder who is interested in aerial maneuvers

•Alley-Oop: Any maneuver inside the halfpipe in which the snowboarder rotates
180 degrees or more in the uphill direction

•Andrecht: A handplant maneuver using the rear hand while grabbing the board
with the front hand

•Avalanche: When large sections of snow slide down the mountain

•Backcountry: Unmarked and out of boundary areas

•Backside: The snowboarder’s heelside

•Backside Air: A maneuver performed on the backside wall of the halfpipe, where
the snowboarder grabs the heel edge of the board with the front hand.

•Backside Handplant: A maneuver where the snowboarder places both hands or
the rear hand on the edge of the halfpipe, rotating 180 degrees in the backside
direction

•Backside Rotation: A maneuver in which a regular-footed snowboarder rotates
clockwise or a goofy-footed snowboarder rotates counter-clockwise

•Backside Turn: To turn on the snowboard’s heelside

•Backside Wall: The side of the halfpipe that is behind the snowboarder, while
snowboarding downhill

•Base: The bottom of the mountain

•Bevel: The degree in the angled edges of the snowboard

•Betty: A female snowboarder

•Blindside: Any maneuver in which the snowboarder is unable to see his/her
takeoff or landing

•Bone: The straightening out of one or both legs while on an aerial maneuver

•Bonk: The hitting of an by the snowboarder while snowboarding

•Boost: The amount of lift a snowboarder gets from a jump

•Bunny Hill: A small, easy hill, usually for beginners; also referred to as
a bunny slope

•Cab: An abbreviation for a caballerial

•Caballerial: an aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder reaches
the edge of the halfpipe, completes a 360-degree rotation in the air, then
lands riding
forward

•Canadian Bacon Air: A maneuver in which the snowboarder reaches with his/her
rear hand behind the rear leg to grab the toe edge between the bindings while
keeping the rear leg straight

•Carve: The using of the snowboard’s edge to turn

•Chatter: A snowboard’s vibration that affects a snowboarder’s
control

•Chicken Salad Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder reaches with
his/her rear hand between the leg, grabbing the heel edge between the bindings
while
keeping the rear leg straight

•Choppy-Choppy: Rough terrain

•Corduroy: Groomed terrain with straight groomed lines

•Corkscrew: A sideways rotation

•Crail Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder reaches with his/her
rear hand to grab the toe edge in front of the front foot while keeping the
rear leg
straight

•Crippler Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder approaches the wall
of the halfpipe riding forward, performs a 180-degree flip and lands riding
forward

•Crud: Slush snow mixed in with dirt and/or other debris

•Crust: Hard packed layer of snow over soft snow

•Detune: To dull the edges of the snowboard

•Double Grab: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder performs two separate
grab maneuvers

•Double-Handed Grab: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder grabs the
snowboard with both hands

•Duckfoot: A snowboard stance in which the toes point outward

•Edge: The lip of the halfpipe walls

•Effective Edge: The side of the snowboard’s edge in contact with
the snow

•Eggplant: A maneuver in which the snowboarder does a one-handed 180-degree
backside rotated invert, planting the right hand on the edge of the halfpipe
wall.

•Elgeurial: A maneuver in which the snowboarder approaches the halfpipe wall
fakie, plants the rear hand, makes a 360-degree backside rotation, and lands
going forward

•Face Plant: A maneuver in which the snowboarder falls on his/her face

•Fakie: Riding backwards from a normal stance

•Fall Line: The steepest pitch and most direct line down the slope

•Flat Bottom: The flat area in the halfpipe that lies between the two walls

•Flatground: Snowboard maneuvers that are performed on a flat slope

•Flex: The stiffness of the snowboard

•Food Trick: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder grabs the edge of
his/her snowboard

•Freeriding: Non-competitive snowboarding

•Freestyle Snowboarding: The style of snowboarding that encorporates maneuvers

•Fresh Powder: Fresh, and dry snow that has recently fallen

•Front Foot: The foot mounted closest to front of the snowboard

•Front Hand: The hand closest to the front of the snowboard

•Frontside: The snowboarder’s toe side

•Frontside Air: An aerial maneuver in which a snowboarder performs it on the
frontside wall

•Frontside Handplant: A maneuver in which the snowboarder places the front
hand on the edge of the halfpipe and rotates 180 degrees, and lands going forward

•Frontside Rotation: A counter-clockwise rotation for a regular-footed snowboarder
or a clockwise rotatioin for a goofy-footed snowboarder

•Frontside Wall: The side of the halfpipe that is in front of the snowboarder
as he/she snowboards downhill

•Gap: To fly over anything without touching it

•Glide: Riding the snowboard on the flat surface of the snowboard

•Gnarly: Awesome or outrageous

•Goofy-Footed: A snowboard stance in which the right foot is forward

•Haaken Flip: An inverted aerial meneuver in which the snowboarder approaches
the halfpipe wall riding backwards, the snowboarder then flips backwards into
the pipe and rotates 720 degrees and lands forward down in the pipe

•Halfpipe: The snow structure made up of a flat bottom, a transition area,
and two walls of the same height and size on either side

•Hardpack: Firm, packed snow, and fairly icy

•Ho Ho: A two-hand handplant

•Indy Air: An aerial maneuver in which a snowboard approaches the backside
wall, grabbing the board with the rear hand between the bindings

•International Ski Federation (FIS): The international organization that establishes
the rules, schedules events, selects the referees, judges and other officials
for the Olympic Games as well as other international competitions

•Inverted: Upside-down

•Inverted 180: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder approaches the wall
of the halfpipe riding forward, performs a 180 flip, and lands riding forward

•Inverted Aerial: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder goes airborne
and upside-down

•Japan Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder grabs the toe edge
of the snowboard between the bindings with his/her front hand and the front
knee
is pulled toward the board.

•Jib: Riding on any surface other than snow (i.e. rails, trees, trunks, table
tops, etc.)

•J-Tear: An invert in which the snowboarder rotates 540 degrees in a front-side
direction while planting one or both hands on the edge of the wall

•Kink: Rough and abnormal patches on transitional surfaces

•Late: Incorporating a last minute trick into a maneuver just before the maneuver's
completion

•Layback Handplant: A maneuver in which the snowboarder places the rear hand
on the edge of the halfpipe and rotates 180 degrees in the frontside direction

•Lien Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder grabs the heel edge
with his front hand and leans over the nose of the board, on the frontside
wall

•Line: The path the snowboarder takes, normally while snowboarding the backcountry

•Lip: The top edge of the halfpipe wall

•Lip Maneuver: Any maneuver performed on or near the edge of the wall

•Manual: To snowboard along the terrain with the nose of the snowboard raised

•McEgg: An invert maneuver in which the snowboarder plants his/her front hand
on the wall, rotates 540 degrees in a backside direction and lands riding forward

•McTwist: An inverted aerial maneuver on the backside wall in which the snowboarder
performs a 540-degree flip, and lands riding forward

•Melonchollie Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder reaches behind
his/her front leg with the front hand and grabs the heel edge between the bindings
while his/her front leg is straightened

•Method Air: An aerial maneuver on the backside wall in which the snowboarder
grabs the heel edge with the front hand, bends both knees, and pulls the board
to the level of the head

•Michaelchuck: An invert maneuver on the backside wall in which the snowboarder
performs a backflip with a 180-degree backside rotation

•Miller Flip: An invert maneuver in which the snowboarder approaches the halfpipe
wall riding forward, plants the front hand, performs a 360-degree front-side
rotation lands riding fakie

•Mogul: A bump on the terrain

•Mosquito Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder reaches behind his/her
front leg with his/her front hand, grabbing the heel edge between the bindings.
The front knee is then bent, touching the top of the snowboard

•Mute: A maneuver in which the snowboarder grabs the toe edge with his/her
front hand between the bindings, and front leg is straightened

•Mute Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder grabs the toe edge with
his/her front hand either between the bindings or at the front of the board

•Newbe: A beginning snowboarder; noob

•Nose: The front tip of the snowboard

•Nose Grab Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder grabs the nose
of the snowboard

•Nose Poke Air: Any maneuver in which the snowboarder straightens his/her front
leg and "pokes" the nose of the snowboard in a direction away from
your body

•Nose Manual: To snowboard along the terrain on the nose of the snowboard;
also known as a “nose slide”

•Off-Piste: Backcountry; also refers to groomed terrain

•Ollie: A maneuver in which the snowboarder lifts the rear foot, then lifting
the front foot as the snowboarder springs off the nose of the snowboard, catching
air without jumping

•Pack: Describes a crash or hard fall

•Palmer Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder grabs the board near
the nose and pulls it across the front of the body, the nose is pointed downward,
and the nose is released

•Phat: Describes something that is awesome; gnarly

•Phillips 66: An invert maneuver in which the snowboarder approaches the halfpipe
wall riding fakie, plants his/her rear hand on the edge of the halfpipe while
doing a front flip, landing in the transition area riding forward

•Piste: Snowboard trails; also refers to groomed terrain

•Plank: Snowboard

•Plate Binding: A binding system in which the snowboard boots are attached
to the snowboard by a flat plate similar to ski bindings; clicker bindings

•Poke: Position

•Pop Tart: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder goes up fakie and lands
going forward

•Pow: Abbreviation for powder

•P-tex: The plastic based on snowboards

•Rear Foot: The foot mounted closest to the tail of the snowboard

•Rear Hand: The hand closest to the tail of the snowboard

•Regular-Footed: Riding on a snowboard with the left foot forward

•Revert: To switch from snowboarding forward to fakie or fakie to forward

•Rinse: Used to describe excellent snowboarding technique

•Roast Beef Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder grabs the heel
edge of the snowboard between the bindings with his/her rear hand and his/her
rear
leg is straightened

•Rocket Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder grabs the toe edge
in front of the front foot with the front hand and the back leg is straightened
while the board is positioned perpendicular to the ground

•Rodeo Flip: An invert maneuver in which the snowboarder rotates diagonally
over his/her shoulder while flipping.

•Rolling Down the Windows: A phrase that describes the motion used when the
snowboarder is caught off-balance and rotate his/her arms wildly in the air
to try to recover

•Sato Flip: An invert maneuver performed on the frontside wall of a halfpipe
in which the snowboarder does a front flip with a 180-degree rotation front-side

•Seatbelt Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder reaches across his/her
body with his/her front hand and grabs the tail while the front leg kept straight

•Shifty Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder twists his/her upper
torso and lower body in opposite directions and then returned to normal

•Sick: Used to describe something that is exceptionally good

•Shred: To ride fast and gnarly; to tear up the terrain

•Slob Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder performs a mute grab
while the back leg is straightened

•Snowcat: Large machine used for grooming snow

•Snowgun: A machine used to spray manmade snow

•Stance: The position of the feet on the snowboard

•Step-in Binding: A binding system in which no straps or latches are used to
attach and detach the boot from the binding; flow bindings

•Stiffy: An aerial maneuver in which both legs are straight

•Stiffy Air: Any aerial maneuver in which both legs are straight and a grab
is done

•Switchstance: A maneuver in which the snowboarder performs it backwards, just
as the maneuver is performed when riding forward

•Tail: The rear tip of the snowboard

•Tail Grab Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder grabs the tail
of the snowboard with his/her rear hand

•Tail Poke: Any maneuver in which the snowboarder straightens his/her rear
legs and "pokes" the tail of the snowboard away from the body

•Tail Slide: To snowboard along the ground solely on the tail of the snowboard;
a manual; tail wheelie

•Thrash: To tear up the terrain

•Toe Edge: The edge of the snowboard on which the toes rest

•Toeside Turn: To turn on the snowboard’s toeside

•Tranny: Slanguage for transition

•Transition: The curved surface of the halfpipe walls that lies between the
flat bottom section of the pipe and the vertical portion of the walls

•Traverse: To ride perpendicular to the fall line

•Tuck Knee: A snowboarding technique in which the snowboarder bends one knee
to the snowboard between the bindings

•Twin Tip: A type of snowboard used in freestyle with an identical tip and
tail that allows the board to be ridden in either direction

•Vertical: The top portion of the wall in a halfpipe that allows the snowboard
to fly straight up in the air

•Vintagesnowboarder: An adult snowboarder, normally over the age of 30

•Wipeout: A serious fall

•180 Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder rotates 180 degrees

•3, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 Air: Abbreviations for a 360 Air, 540 Air, 720 Air, 900
Air, 1080 Air or 1260 Air, respectively

•360 Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder rotates 360 degrees

•540 Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder rotates 540 degrees

•720 Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder rotates 720 degrees

•900 Air: An aerial maneuver in which the snowboarder rotates 900 degrees

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