Italian Alps - snowboarding

[Boomin33]

phone pic. scoping out the landing on a little backcountry kicker yesterday...

http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o136/boomin33/jumpapproach.jpg

[forumadmin]

Someone needs to tell me what 'kickers' are, and all the other terms in boarding. I can do it, but I can't talk about it.:)

[Boomin33]

Someone needs to tell me what 'kickers' are, and all the other terms in boarding. I can do it, but I can't talk about it.:)

Kicker - slang for a jump you build in the BackCountry.. usually small to medium in size.

Not to be confused with a Booter which is large to huge in relation to the size of air you can expect to carry off of it.


Hmmm... this dictionary is a bit OTT (over the top) but at least has most of the common terms explained. http://www.abc-of-snowboarding.com/snowboarddictionary.asp
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[markc]

Someone needs to tell me what 'kickers' are, and all the other terms in boarding. I can do it, but I can't talk about it.:)

Ha ha here you go Kevin... http://www.snowboarding.com/howto/trix/trix_def.html

It's like me with Wakeboarding. I can do it but 20yrs as a proper waterskiier (that'll get 'em going :)) means I don't understand the jargon that goes with it.

In wakeboarding the language is very youth fashion driven with complex names describing relatively simple moves e.g a "Backside Butterside 180" is a 180 degree turn that starts from the 90 degree position (sliding sideways).

Why on earth they wear their shorts on the outside of their wetsuits will always be beyond me... bless 'em :)

Cheers

Mark

[dan the man]

Snow looks great there...... thats what we crave, looks perfect :)

Nice report on my Thread sounds like u came out unscathed! Hiking so has its rewards, fitness being one of them.

glad u still had fun