halfpipes

Snowboarders' curved ramps

Halfpipes are U-shaped ramps or channels used in skateboarding, snowboarding, and skiing.

The structure resembles a pipe cut lengthwise—riders descend one wall, cross the flat bottom, and ascend the opposite wall to perform aerial tricks before dropping back in.

She landed a 1080 in the halfpipe.

Olympic halfpipe events feature walls over twenty feet high.

skateboarding

vert

Upright orientation, abbreviated

wheels · bearings · griptape · coping · lip · drop-in · pumping · carving · transition · ramp

structure

transition

Change from one state

  • vertUpright orientation, abbreviated
  • copingManaging under strain
  • lipMouth's outer edge

flat · wall · radius · curvature · drop-in · platform · deck · concrete · wood · snow

snowboarding

superpipe

Enlarged ski/snowboard halfpipe

big air · powder · bindings · goggles · carving · winter sports · backcountry · cork · rotation · amplitude

tricks

ollie

Handsfree skateboard jump

  • kickflipLengthwise board rotation trick
  • grindCrush into particles
  • heelflipSkateboard trick, board spins laterally

indy · method · 720 · 900 · 1080 · frontside · backside · grab · rotation · spin

competition

Olympics

Global athletic contest

amplitude · execution · difficulty · run · finals · qualifying · medal · podium · athlete · professional

Categories
Opposites
terrain feature shape

halfpipesflat ground

Terrain without slopes

flatland · rails · boxes · handrails · jibs

feature completeness

halfpipesquarterpipes

Curved ramp ending vertically

Family

halfpipe

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G