Terrain park
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A terrain park is an outdoor area that contains terrain that allows snowboarders and skiers to do tricks.
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[edit] Jibs
Jibs are any type of fixture which can be ground, buttered, or tricked off of.
- Rail: A metal bar, either rounded or with a small flat surface, which a skier or snowboarder can slide across (called "grinding").
- Funbox: Similar to a rail, but wider with a ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) surface. May or may not have metal edges. Compare Funbox, for skateboarding.
Rails and boxes have many different shapes and sizes: straight, sloped, curved, or kinked.
- Wall ride: A vertical, or near-vertical, wall-like surface made of UHMWPE. Most wall rides have another similar surface at the top that is angled down towards the wall, but more perpendicular to the ground (like a sideways funbox attached to the top of the wall ride)
[edit] Jumps
Jumps in terrain parks can range from five feet to ninety feet, although terrain parks vary from resort to resort.
- Tabletop: A jump that looks somewhat like a table or trapezoid in which you take off of an incline (the lip), clear a flat part (the table), and then land on a downslope (the landing)
- Step-down: A jump in which the landing is lower than the takeoff
- Step-up: A jump in which the landing is higher than the takeoff
- Gap: A jump that has a large gap in between the take off and landing, instead of a table
- Hip: A jump with one landing, which is perpendicular to the take off
- Spine: A jump with two landings, which are perpendicular to the take off. Similar to a hip, but with a landing on both sides
[edit] Vertical
- Half-pipe: A downhill trough with vertical lips on each side. It resembles a half of a cylinder. See also: Superpipe
- Quarter-pipe: A vertical lip with the intention of the snowboarder or skier to launch straight into the air and then land back onto the same lip.
