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turning screws

Refers to working in a ski shop and is derived from adjusting and mounting ski bindings. Turning screws also includes the work a person does in a snowboard shop as well.
I'm turning screws in a ski shop at the base of Okemo and I scored a season pass too!
by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010
mugGet the turning screwsmug.

Snow Safety

Snow Safety is the practice of monitoring and controlling snow avalanches for public safety and to protect structures in areas prone to avalanches.

Snow Safety Teams are part of Federal Governmental AgenciesState Governmental Agencies such as State Highway Departments, Ski Resorts, Helicopter Ski Operations, Mountain mining operations and more...

Snow Safety Teams use a variety of methods to stabalize the snowpack and or force it to slide using explosives, ski cutting, boot packing and more...
The Head of Snow Safety for the ski resort decided to close the upper mountain so the trollers could shoot down that avalanche using a Avalauncher. That sucks for us cuz there's 3' feet of fresh pow up top, dude.
by The Snow Prophet May 13, 2010
mugGet the Snow Safetymug.

floatation

Floatation is a state of ecstasy achieved by skiers and snowboarders in powder snow conditions.
My skis give me killer floatation in the waist deep.
by The Snow Prophet May 18, 2010
mugGet the floatationmug.

edge hold

Edge hold is used to describe a ski or snowboard performance characteristic. The term is used when describing the ability of a ski or snowboard to hold the arc of a turn on firm snow.
The ski shop tech said that these Fischer skis have incredible edge hold.
by The Snow Prophet May 12, 2010
mugGet the edge holdmug.

boot-out

In Alpine Skiing a boot-out occurs when the skier lays his or her skis so far over on their edges that the ski boot makes contact with the snow causing the ski edges to lose their edge grip.

Boot-out mostly occurs during a carved ski turn and impacts Alpine skiers far more often than snowboarders.
I had a boot-out on that steep section and my skis shot out from under me.
by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010
mugGet the boot-outmug.

Jackson Hole Air Force

The Jackson Hole Air Force is the name for a group of men who were ducking the rope and skiing outside the ski resort boundry at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in the years prior to such activities becoming legal.

The movie, "Swift. Silent. Deep" follows the groups founding members with in-depth interviews and epic skiing footage.
The Jackson Hole Air Force is finally making a little money from their criminal skiing activity. God bless those bastards!
by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010
mugGet the Jackson Hole Air Forcemug.

Depth Hoar

Depth Hoar is a type of snow crystal also known as TG snow. Depth Hoar forms a layer in the snowpack that acts like ball bearings on the floor of a old folks home. Chances are, some poor bastard is gonna get taken down. Depth Hoar is the weak layer and fails under both natural and manmade triggers such as skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers and explosives.

Ski Patrollers have been overheard referring to TG snow as depth whore; nasty, sloppy, unreliable long-term and above all, costly.
The Depth Hoar that formed early this ski season is gonna come back and bite us in the ass if we don't blast the shit outta it.

This season's Depth Hoar created some of the worst avalanche conditions we've seen in a long time.
by The Snow Prophet May 13, 2010
mugGet the Depth Hoarmug.

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