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HALF-PIPE [3 records]

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Record 1 2013-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roller Skating and Skateboarding
OBS

Looking down at the board, you stand on top and rock back and forth feeling the curves and the rock under your feet. After a few rocks, you set your stance to ollie position getting ready to pop an ollie up onto the curb -- or whatever you imagine doing on this skateboard.

OBS

The half-pipe allows a skateboarder to roll like a pendulum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patin à roulettes et planche à roulettes
DEF

Mouvement de va-et-vient effectué d'un côté à l'autre d'une piste incurvée sans retourner la planche.

OBS

Puis vient l'apprentissage du «fakie» qui permet d'acquérir une impulsion sur le demi-tube : le skateur monte et descend sur le demi-tube sans tourner.

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
CONT

FIS Freestyle World Cup. Worldwide events series featuring the world's best freestyle skiers competing in moguls, aerials, dual moguls, Ski-Cross, and Half-pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
CONT

Le skieur qui pratique le ski freestyle est appelé freestyleur, ou plus généralement rideur.

CONT

Coupe du monde FIS de ski acrobatique. Série d'événements d'envergure internationale où les meilleurs skieurs acrobatiques du monde s'affrontent lors de compétitions de ski de bosses, de sauts, de bosses en parallèle, de demi-lune et de ski cross.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Equipment and Accessories
  • Roller Skating and Skateboarding
CONT

He had been on a team in the glory days a couple of years before, doing demos on a portable halfpipe which he somehow inherited after the team broke up.

CONT

Our "Demo Team" and portable half pipe have been used all over the Midwest for these special events.

CONT

The Wild Ones-Bikes, Boards, and Blades Show takes place on a giant, portable half-pipe ramp.

OBS

Skateboarding terms.

Key term(s)
  • portable half-pipe
  • portable half pipe ramp
  • portable halfpipe ramp

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et accessoires de sport
  • Patin à roulettes et planche à roulettes
DEF

Rampe de démonstration en forme d'U, démontable et transportable.

CONT

Le rampage est uniquement le demi-tube de démonstration; il se démonte et se transporte (Skate France International, no 9, décembre 1978, p. 11).

OBS

Terme du domaine de la planche à roulettes.

Spanish

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