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Encyclopedia > Terrain parks

A terrain park is an outdoor area that contains jumps and half-pipes that allow snowboarders and skiers to do tricks. Halfpipe A halfpipe is a structure used in gravity extreme sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, freestyle BMX, or inline skating. ... Snowboarder in a half-pipe Snowboarder trail entry Snowboarding is a boardsport on snow similar to skiing, but inspired by surfing and skateboarding. ... Skiing is the activity of gliding over snow using skis (originally wooden planks, now usually made from fiberglass or related composites) strapped to the feet with ski bindings. ...


Jumps in terrain parks can range from five feet to ninety feet, but not all resorts would have those size jumps. Terrain parks also have rails and boxes to slide, also called jibbing. These rails and boxes have many different shapes and sizes, from straight ones, sloped ones, curved ones, kinked ones, the possiblities are expansive.

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Deseret News | Terrain Parks: They're magnets for adventure seekers (771 words)
PARK CITY — There were some who wondered if altering the surface of the snow, to make bumps and jumps and narrow rails only inches wide, would survive the test of the paying customer.
Terrain parks built within the boundaries of ski areas have become magnets to both skiers and snowboarders looking for something that isn't perfectly flat.
So popular are the parks these days, ski schools, as Pettigrew pointed out, are expanding their curriculum to include lessons on feeling comfortable with the features.
Terrain parks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (133 words)
A terrain park is an outdoor area that contains jumps and half-pipes that allow snowboarders and skiers to do tricks.
Jumps in terrain parks can range from five feet to ninety feet, but not all resorts would have those size jumps.
Terrain parks also have rails and boxes to slide, also called jibbing.
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