airwalk

Passage between buildings

An airwalk is a skateboarding or snowboarding trick where the rider appears to walk or run in midair while the board is beneath them.

The term extends to any gravity-defying movement in video games or film where a character walks on nothing: The glitch let players airwalk across the gap.

As a verb, to airwalk is to perform such a maneuver.

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Handsfree skateboard jump

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Steadiness or amount owed

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skateboarding

Sport on wheeled plank

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footwear

Garments for feet

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Opposites
elevation/position

airwalktunnel

Enclosed underground route

underpass · subway · street crossing

CONTACT WITH GROUND (for skateboard trick)

airwalkmanual

Written instructions for use

grind · powerslide · roll · carve

Family

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