Skiing+ snowboarding jargon KEY

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

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

Balaclava: A facemask worn to cover exposed skin.

Brain Bucket: Slang term for a helmet.

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

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

Death Cookies: Slang term for the chunks of ice formed by snowmaking;

Dump: Slang term for an epic snowfall of fresh powder

French Fries: American term for skiing with skis parallel to one another;

Gnar - high on the scale of dangerousness and coolness

Grooming: The most common form of trail maintenance

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

Lunch Tray (aka "Launch" Tray): Snowboard.

Planker (Two-Planker):  Skier

Pow (Pow-Pow): powder snow .

Schussing: Skiing straight downhill without turning. Normally done when a slope flattens out but
also attempted anywhere by university trips to get ‘gnar’ points

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

Shredder: An accomplished snowboarder who like the ripper knows exactly what they are doing.

Six-pack: Slang term for a chair lift carrying people.

Stomp: to land a trick

Wipe Out: painful fall