half-pipes
U-shaped skating ramps
Half-pipes are U-shaped ramps or channels used in skateboarding, snowboarding, and similar action sports.
The curved walls allow riders to build momentum by traveling back and forth, gaining height to perform aerial tricks at the lips.
The name comes from the structure's resemblance to a pipe cut lengthwise.
Half-pipes range from small practice ramps to massive Olympic-sized structures called superpipes.
She landed a 720 in the half-pipe.
Upright orientation, abbreviated
- rampSloped connecting surface
- copingManaging under strain
- deckShip's flat surface
- drop-inUnscheduled brief visit
fakie · aerial · grab · lip · transition · roll-in · platform · plywood
vert
Upright orientation, abbreviated
drop-in · fakie · aerial · grab · lip · transition · roll-in · platform · plywood · concrete
superpipe
Enlarged ski/snowboard halfpipe
Shaun White · winter · alpine · resort · snow · corduroy · groomed · wall · amplitude · rotation
culvert
Tunnel for water passage
tunnel · irrigation · concrete · corrugated · metal · steel · PVC · section · diameter · semicircular
- action sports featuresramps, rails, kickers, jumps, terrain parks
- Rollerbladinginline skates, rollerblades, rollerblading, skates, wheels
half-pipesflat ground
Terrain without slopes
flatland · street · plaza · parking lots · sidewalks