Skiing+ snowboarding jargon – match the words and their definitions

Backcountry: To land a trick

Bail: Slang term for the chunks of ice formed by snowmaking

Balaclava: Snowboard

Brain Bucket: High on the scale of dangerousness and coolness

Chatter: An epic snowfall of fresh powder

Crust: Painful fall

Death Cookies: This term is used when you majestically fall to the ground and take a tumble

Dump: The vibration of skis or snowboards caused by traveling at high speeds

French Fries: Powder snow

Gnar: Slang term for a helmet

Grooming: Skier

Jib: Slang term for a chair lift carrying people

Lunch Tray (aka "Launch" Tray): A facemask worn to cover exposed skin

Planker (Two-Planker):  The most common form of trail maintenance

Pow (Pow-Pow): American term for skiing with skis parallel to one another

Schussing: Crossing one's ski tips, with edge-to-edge contact which can cause quite a kafuffle

Scissoring: Skiing straight downhill without turning

Shredder: An accomplished snowboarder

Six-pack: Riding a snowboard or skis across on a non-snow surface, be it a rail, fun box, or even
fallen log

Stomp: Otherwise known as off piste. This is skiing and snowboarding at your own risk.

Wipe Out: Refers to a frozen layer either covering softer snow or buried under a fresh dusting of
snow