| M-R |
| Word |
Definition |
| Mailbox |
Looks like a mailbox, but it is extended about 10 feet long, riders slide and grind on it. |
| Mashed potato |
An Alley-oop air on the backside wall of the halfpipe where the front hand grabs the toe edge in the front of the front foot and the back hand grabs the heel edge in front of the front foot behind the back. |
| Mcegg |
An invert where the rider plants the front hand on the wall, rotated 540 degrees in a backside direction and lands riding forward. |
| Mctwist |
An inverted aerial where the rider performs a 540 degree rotational flip. The rider approaches the halfpipe wall riding forward, becomes airborne, rotates 540 degrees in a backside directions while performing a front flip and lands riding forward. |
| Melonchollie |
The front hand reaches behind the front leg and grabs the heel edge in-between the bindings while the front leg is boned. |
| Method |
The front hand grabs the heel edge, both knees are bent, and the board is pulled up behind the rider. In the halfpipe, the rider's body can become almost parallel with the ground. |
| Michalchuk |
Mike Michalchuk's signature halfpipe trick, self-described as my backside flip - sort of like an inverted backside 540 or a backflip backside 540". Essentially a backside rodeo. |
| Miller flip |
An invert where the halfpipe wall is approached riding forward, the front hand is planted, a 360 degree frontside rotation is made, and the rider lands riding fakie. |
| Misty |
Can also be used as an adjective to describe a spin that gets a bit sideways ( somewhere between upright and inverted). |
| Misty flip |
Partially inverted bacside spin. Named by Ali Goulet. |
| Mogul |
A snow bump formed by the action of skiers. Usually found on steeper slopes. |
| Monocoque |
A form of integrated structural design that used the outermost material or skin to bear the load of strength of an object. To reduce weight and enhance torsional rigidity and edge responsiveness and eliminate the need for separate sidewall material. |
| Mosquito air |
The front hand reaches behind the front leg and grabs the heel edge between the binding. The front knee is then bent to touch the boards tuck knee style. |
| Mute |
The front hand grabs the toe edge either between the toes, and front leg is boned out. |
| Nollie |
Much like an Ollie only you spring off of your nose instead of your tail. |
| Nollie frontflip |
Springing off of the nose while going off a jump and leaning forward, allows you to do a frontflip. |
| Nose |
The front of the board. |
| Nose bonk |
To hit an object with the nose of the board. |
| Nose grab |
The front hand grabs the nose of the board. |
| Nose poke |
Any maneuver where you bone your front leg and "poke" the nose of the board in a direction away from your body. Usually while grabbing. |
| Nose slide |
Sliding on the nose of board on the edge of an obstacle like a handrail, ledge, or ramp lip. |
| Nuclear air |
The rear hand reaches across the front of the body and grabs the heel edge in front of the front foot. |
| Obstacles |
Jumps, hits, handrails, etc., anything a rider uses to throw tricks. |
| Ollie |
A method to obtain air by first lifting the front foot then lifting the rear foot as you spring off of the tail. |
| Open mold |
A form that is used to assemble and hold the parts of a snowboard during the pressing process that allows the expansion and bleeding of the bonding. |
| Palmer |
A kind of method where the grab is near the nose, the board is pulled across the front of the body, and the nose is pointed downward. Named after Shaun Palmer. |
| Phat |
Cool or a lot. |
| Phillips 66 |
An invert where the rider approaches the halfpipe wall riding fakie, plants the rear hand on the lip of the wall while doing a "front flip " and lands on the transition riding forward. |
| Ply |
Short for plywood. The most commonly used material for the deck. Usually seven layer ply. |
| Poach |
1) To ski closed or out of bounds terrain. 2) To drop in on a line someone else had lined up. |
| Poptart |
Airing from fakie to forward in the halfpipe without rotation. |
| Poser |
Someone who acts better than they are. |
| Pre-peg fiberglass |
A stiff sheet of fiberglass previously treated with epoxy resin. Used as an alternative to fiberglass. Generally a matter of manufacturer's production progress. |
| Ptex |
One of several names for the plastic base material used on boards. |
| Quarterpipe |
A halfpipe with one wall; a banked hit. |
| Rail |
There are tow rails on a snowboard; each comprised of a sidewall and an edge. |
| Railslide |
Also called boardslide. To slide on an obstacle or lip with the contact point being the underside of the board. |
| Rear foot |
The foot mounted closest to the rail. |
| Rear hand |
The hand closet to the tail of the board. |
| Regular foot |
To ride with the left foot forward. |
| Revert |
To switch from riding fakie to forward, or from forward to fakie, usually while the board is still touching the ground. |
| Rewind |
A term used to describe any maneuver where a rotation is initiated, stopped and its momentum reversed. |
| Rippey flip |
Straight back flipping frontside 360 , with a method grab (Jim Rippey). |
| Roast beef |
The rear hand reaches between the legs and grabs the heel edge between the bindings while the front leg is boned. Also, the wrist is rotated inward to complete the grab. |
| Rock and roll |
A trick where the underside of the board and wheels are tapped on the lip before a kickturn to reenter. |
| Rodeo |
Turning frontside 180 while completing an inverted 360 rotation for a total of 540. A rodeo 720 is when you would turn frontside 360 while completing an inverted 360 rotation for a total 720. |
| Rodeo flip |
Partially inverted 360 with a back flip. |
| Rolling down the windows. |
A phrase used to describe when someone is caught off balance, and they rotate their arms wildly in the air to try and recover. |
| Rubber dampening systems |
Incorporating rubber into the construction of the board to dampen vibrations and provide certain performance characteristics. |
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