Finish/finish phase The last third of a turn; beginning shortly after the fall line and continuing until direction change is accomplished.
flat
An area that is smooth and level; lacking in pitch, e.g., a flat landing; or the area of the halfpipe between the transitions; a snowboard with a mainly flat profile and minimal elevation in the edges (see camber).
flex
To bend a limb or joint. flexion
Any movement that decreases (i.e., closes) the angle (as expressed in degrees) of a joint. Often, this entails bending the spine, the knee, hip, and ankle joints simultaneously. See also extension.
flexors
The muscles that cause flexion at a joint.
flex patterns
A snowboard with a well-balanced flex pattern that allows a rider to evenly carve and turn.
float
A sensation of lightness derived from riding in powder or through the air; or to rise to, or ride on, the surface of the snow.
footbed(s)
An insert for shoes or boots designed to support the foot and/or provide a neutral stance.
force
A push or a pull that acts on a body and changes its position or speed. The forces most relevant to skiing and snowboarding are gravity, friction, and centripetal force.
fore Toward the tip of the snowboard.
forward lean
Measured in degrees, the design of a boot that establishes a degree of ankle dorsiflexion and limits the amount of plantar flexion; adjustable in some boots.
free foot
The foot that is not secured in a binding. freeride
A style of snowboarding (or skiing) that encompasses tree runs, steeps, bowls, all-mountain natural terrain, powder, and backcountry; riding the entire mountain; freeride is the last phase of the Motor Learning Cycle when a student is ready to anchor new skills by riding a variety of terrain and conditions.
freestyle
A style of riding (or skiing) that encom- passes jumping, butters/presses, halfpipes, rails/boxes, spines, tabletops, and other natural and manmade terrain features.
friction
Resistance to an object sliding across a surface. A snowboard sliding on ice experiences less friction than a snow- board sliding through wet snow.
frontal plane
An anatomical plane that divides the body into front and back halves; lateral movements occur in this plane.
front foot
The foot closest to the nose of the snowboard.
frontside
The front (anterior, as opposed to posterior) of a person’s body, used to describe the direction of an initial spin or turn; used to describe a turn on a halfpipe wall that requires the snow- boarder to face up or out of the pipe; or a rail approach in which a snowboarder approaches the rail from the toeside with the line of the rail in front.
funbox
A box that is square or rectangular, slightly higher than the snow, and wider than a rail.
fundamental movements An umbrella term for how snowboarders move. These movements include flexion/ extension and rotation; and specific references such as inversion/eversion, dorsiflexion/plantar flexion, adduction/ abduction.
gap
To air over something; the distance a rider must clear to make it to a good landing zone; or the space between the ramp and landing where the rider may perform some type of aerial maneuver.
garland
A turn involving the initiation and finishing phases without the control or middle phase of the turn. A series of linked “half turns,” in which the rider turns down the fall line, then turns back across the hill in the original direction of travel.
giant slalom
Considered a technical discipline in racing, the course is set with gates farther apart than in slalom, dictating medium-to-long radius turns.
gliding joint
A joint in which the bones glide (slide) along their smooth surfaces, with a limited range of movement; also known as “plane” or “arthroidial” joints; typically found in wrists, ankles, and in the transverse and spinous processes of the vertebrae.
goal
A purpose, aspiration, intent, outcome, or end to be met.
goofy foot
A directional stance in which the right foot is the front foot; see also regular foot.
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