14 · KNOWLEDGE AREA
An overview of alpine snowboard racing — slalom, giant slalom and their parallel formats — and the skills of reading a course, choosing a line and managing starts and finishes.
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OPEN ENTRY →The size or height of an aerial performance under the applicable judging convention.
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OPEN ENTRY →A timed race format using a sequence of banked turns.
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OPEN ENTRY →An overview of riding a banked slalom course: choosing a line, pumping through transitions and keeping speed between banks.
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OPEN ENTRY →A format centred on individual large-jump trick attempts.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick named after Canadian snowboarder Eli Bouchard, who first landed it at the FIS Big Air World Cup in Chongli, China, in November 2025.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →An overview of mental preparation for competition: routines, warm-ups and reviewing performance afterwards.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →The quality of performing a trick or run under the relevant assessment or judging criteria.
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OPEN ENTRY →Briefly touching or dragging a hand on the snow during a trick.
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OPEN ENTRY →A competition grouping or round whose exact function depends on the event rules.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →A parallel-course giant-slalom race format.
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OPEN ENTRY →A parallel-course slalom race format.
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OPEN ENTRY →An overview of park and pipe competition formats: slopestyle, big air, halfpipe and rail events.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →An overview of racing technique: edge timing, turn radius, pressure, transitions and the trade-offs in choosing a trajectory between gates.
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OPEN ENTRY →A reversal or return in rotational movement within a trick or exit sequence.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →An overview of competition rules: eligibility, equipment, judging, penalties, protests and why the rule version and date matter.
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OPEN ENTRY →One performance or descent counted within the relevant event format.
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OPEN ENTRY →The selection and ordering of elements within a performance.
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OPEN ENTRY →An overview of what judges look at in a run: difficulty, variety, execution, flow and amplitude where applicable.
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OPEN ENTRY →A competition or riding format using a sequence of park features.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →A race format with multiple riders on a course containing terrain features.
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OPEN ENTRY →An overview of snowboard cross racing skills: starts, rollers, banks, jumps, passing and decisions in traffic.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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OPEN ENTRY →The reviewed original list names Tailfish without sufficient mechanical detail in the retained packet.
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OPEN ENTRY →An overview of technical (demonstration) and freeride competitions, plus regional and independent event formats.
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OPEN ENTRY →A grab in which the rear hand holds the toe edge between the rear binding and the tail.
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OPEN ENTRY →An overview of race training methods: timed sections, line comparison, split analysis and race simulation.
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OPEN ENTRY →A trick name listed by FIS whose movement has not yet been described in a published source.
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