efore they are sometimes thought of as less intelligent. Both of these ethnocentric views are from the truth, yet many people still hold these prejudices, and just as those sub-cultures, it is not any different from viewing snowboarders as druggies or delinquents just because they might use funny sounding words and phrases that other people have not heard before. So even though one might hear a boarder say, "In the sticks we bombed the backcountry booter and bombshelled the landing in the cherry cherry pow pow," it doesn't mean they went to the country and did drugs. Question List1. How long have you been snowboarding?2. Have you realized that snowboarders often have their own lingo? If so, do you and your friends talk alike?3. Why do you think this type of jargon came into being (just for fun/creativity, or purposeful)?4. Has snowboarding been influence by other sub-cultures?5. Do you have any future plans for snowboarding?6. What do you like most or least about it?7. Do you think other people judge you because of how you talk?8. Do you ever confuse the different names of tricks with each other?Glossary1. Freeriding the Powder- snowboarding on freshly fallen snow just for fun2. Powder- snow3. Run- go down the course4. Riding- snowboarding or rider (snowboarder)5. Big Air- high jumps6. Pulled- executed, did. Also, see bust7. Flick- a really good trick8. Tweak- to straighten legs to add style to a trick9. Rail Slide- to slide the rails of the snowboard onto almost anything, other than a flat slope10. Nose Bonk- to hit an object with the nose of the snowboard11. Lien Air - The front hand grabs the heel edge and the body leans out over the nose. Named after skateboarder Neil Blender. 12. Palmer Air - A kind of method where the grab is near the nose, the board is pulled across the front of the body, and the nose is pointed downward. Named after Shaun Palmer.13. Hella- very, really, a lot14. Mad- lots of15. Bust-...
