Downhill Glossary |
A glossary containing terms relating to downhill sports including skateboarding, luge and buttboard.
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| airbrake | to increase wind resistance by standing up and spreading arms. it slows the rider down less then foot braking but is more stable. |
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| Block Pass | A pass done by taking a fast, aggressive Inside-Out line. Cutting off the line of the rider being passed and ruining his exit speed, contact may be involved. A practice often considered \"dirty\" outside of Canadian racing. |
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| Bump Drafting | Often used by team mates, it is done by having the 2nd person in a draft push the leader forward when he gets close, there for boosting his speed. The trailing rider then preforms this action as many more times as needed, boosting the pairs speed greatly. |
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| Classic Luge | Another term for the old style luge or Buttboard
  Thanks to http://www.skateluge.com/ for the image |
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| Drafting | Technique used to gain speed. One gets behind the path taken by the other in front. This causes the person in back to gain speed due to the hole in the air that the first person makes. |
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| Drift | A cornering method in which you slide through the corner to control your speed throughout the turn. |
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| Drop Deck | A type of board that is low to the ground but raises up at the spot were the trucks are to be mounted. Usually a very sharp rise. |
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| Drop Through | Speedboard where truck baseplates are mounted through the deck to allow for more stability and a lower ride. Usually cut out for large wheels as the low ride of the board can easily cause wheelbite. |
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| Full Face | A helmet that covers the face.
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| Grade | How steep a hill is.
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| Headwind | A wind source that goes uphill; slowing down the racer with wind drag. |
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| Leathers | A protective suit worn by riders to prevent abrasion injurys. Often made of cowhide, usualy contains some sort of internal armor for more safty. mostly appated from motorcycle racing suits. Highly expensive and exclusive Speed board specific suits exist from a couple of makers such as NJK. |
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| Luge | A long spear with wheels.
An example of a luge race at IGSA |
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| Rail | Railing a corner is when you sharply take a corner while maintaining complete traction. |
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| Rubbing | It ya ain't doin it ya ain't racing
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| Speed suit | An other kind of body suit worn by riders. These suits sacrifice most of the protective qualities of leathers in favor of superior aerodynamics. Made of spandex, very thin leather or idealy a wind impermeable material called Isofilm these suits fit extreamly tightly and conform over the body as to not have any bits sticking out into the air stream.
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| Stink Bug | The act of grabbing the board between ones legs during a heel side corner, with the rear leg standing straight up. The name of the term comes from its look. In such a pose the offending rider looks too be defecating on the ground, or like the attack pose of the insect it takes its name from. |
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| Surf | To execute a tight corner while standing up, using no hands on the board or the pavement. |
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| Tailwind | A wind source that goes downhill; speeding up the racer.
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| Top Mount | When your trucks are mounted so the baseplates are underneath the board. |
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| Tuck | The positioning of the body, in order to lessen the frontal area of the rider that is exposed to the wind. The rider usually tucks their rear leg's knee behind the forward leg creating somewhat of a "narrow pedastal". The rider's upper body is usually lowered down to the board in some fashion. The rider's hands are either tucked behind the rider's buttocks, out to the side resting on the hip to cut through the air, or in front of the rider's helmet in a prayer-like position to cut through the air.
 An example of a tuck
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