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Snowboarding

Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive sport where the participant rides a board down a snow slope. The sport is involved in the winter olympics in several different specialized forms.

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Snowboarding

Rear foot

Sports; Snowboarding

The snowboarders' foot which is mounted closest to the tail of the snowboard.

Rear hand

Sports; Snowboarding

The snowboarders' hand that is closest to the tail of the snowboard.

Regular

Sports; Snowboarding

When a snowboarder is riding with the left foot forward. See Goofy.

Revert

Sports; Snowboarding

This means to switch from fakie to forward or from forward to fakie while the board is on the ground.

Rewind

Sports; Snowboarding

When a rotation is begun but then it is stopped or reversed.

Roast beef

Sports; Snowboarding

The snowboarders rear hand reaches between their legs and grabs the heel edge between the bindings. The tweak is often a tailbone.

Rocker

Sports; Snowboarding

This is the shape of a snowboard that has an upward curved shape. So that the tip and tail will curve up but the centre will sit on the surface. Opposite of camber.

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