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TUBE RIDING [2 records]

Record 1 2025-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surfing and Water-Skiing
CONT

Tube riding is a term used by surfers to describe riding well inside the curve or barrel of a finely-shaped breaking wave.

Key term(s)
  • tube-riding
  • barrel-riding

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski nautique et surfing
DEF

Manœuvre qui consiste, pour un surfeur, à se faire recouvrir par la vague et à évoluer dans le cylindre qu'elle a formé.

OBS

tube : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 15 décembre 2022.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wheels and Tires (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
  • Cycling
DEF

An internal puncture marked by two small holes caused by the tube being squeezed against the rim.

OBS

It results from riding into an object too hard for the air pressure in the tube. Also called a snakebite.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Roues et pneus (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
  • Cyclisme
CONT

La crevaison par pincement consiste à venir pincer la chambre entre le sol et la jante. La jante fait alors 2 trous caractéristiques dans la chambre, que l'on appelle parfois "morsure de serpent" [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ruedas y neumáticos (Vehículos automotores y bicicletas)
  • Ciclismo
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