I was riding in Durango with my buddy Kevin (Lanke-
Then Kevin said "Norelco", and we both got a laugh out of that. I was just a kid when I saw the old electric razor adds, I guess it was every xmas, when Santa would ride around on a giant electric razor. Smooth and effortless.
I was thinking about that, and it occurred to me that I ought to share our local slang. We do need our own language, the snowboarders have one (and we are cooler than they are).
FLINTSTONING: Heel braking, like the characters in the Flintstones. It was a cartoon
about cavemen. Yeah-
SUBMARINING: This is what we call it when your skis, especially your front ski, disappear beneath the snow, but you keep going. It always reminds me of that shot you see in every submarine movie, from the conning tower, when the submarine dives and the deck disappears beneath the waves.
SPEEDER CHASE: A group of bikes zipping through the woods. Everybody saw the third Star Wars movie, right?
HOVERING: Riding a ski-
ONE-
IT BURNS!: The distinctive cry of a rider who A: wears a full face helmet B: just
did a face-
NORELCO, NORELCOING: Oh, come on, you didn't forget that one already?
FROGGING: To move a ski-
SKATING: To move a ski-
SPEEDBUMPS: Any snowborder or group of snowboarders who, for reasons unknown, decide to sit down in the middle of a run.
GANG: A group of ski-
EATING NEEDLES: A tree run through tight trees with low branches.
SCRAPIN' BARS: Working through really tight trees.
BIKER: When someone yells at me from a ski-
SCRAPE IT OFF: To shed speed by wiggling your ass, while keeping the front ski pointed where you want it to go. This makes the rear ski go diagonal, from side to side, providing braking without changing direction. I'm not sure how well this works on tall bikes.
KNEE-
ACCESS: Do we get to play on this mountain?
MACHINE: Any ski-
TWO DOLLARS: Something skiers yell at us from the lifts. If you don't get it, get BETTER OFF DEAD on netflicks. Really.
THAT'S SICK!: Something snowboarders tell us in lift lines.
FULL SPEED!: Something ski-
SPIEL, SPIELING: (pronounced "speeling") To stop and answer questions on the slope.
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Some of these terms are Los Angeles/So. Cal, some of these terms I've heard elsewhere. Add to this list, so we can be just as incomprehensible as the boarders.
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