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Boarderspeak
Fakie — riding backward; also called switch or switch stance
Goofy-footed — riding a snowboard with the right foot forward
Haakon flip — rider flips backward into halfpipe with 720-degree spin
Heel edge — edge of the snowboard on which the heels rest
Huck — to throw oneself off a jump
McTwist — an inverted aerial with a 540-degree rotation
Method air — front hand grabs the heel edge, both knees bent, and the board is pulled to head level
Regular-footed — riding a snowboard with left foot forward
Rodeo flip — an invert where the rider rotates while flipping
Sick — great, as in a "sick" run or trick
Sketching — flailing precariously and almost falling
Superpipe — a halfpipe with larger, smoother transition
Throw — to perform a trick in the halfpipe
Tranny — the radial curved section of a halfpipe
Toe edge — edge of the snowboard on which the toes rest
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