Zanny's definitions

tacking

When a sailboat switches back and forth, alternating which side of the boat is facing the wind. Tacking allows a boat to make progress in whichever direction the skipper wishes to go.

The catamaran tacked toward the sunset.

by zanny May 26, 2004

snow plowing

When someone goes all the way down the ski slope on their snowboard on their heal side, taking the mountain with them.

When Jack found himself amongst an entire slope of moguls he gave up on carving and snow plowed down the mountain.

by zanny May 26, 2004

heelside

A snowboarding term. It is when a snowboarder is going down the slope with his back to the mountain.

After a day of snowboarding my calves were killing me from boarding so much on my heelside.

by zanny May 26, 2004

Naked Run

An event at UC Santa Cruz that takes place every year the night of the first rain. A group of students goes around from college to college, collecting more crazy people on the way, in nothing but their birthday suits.

I couldn't believe my eyes when a member of the Naked Run came running into my dorm, trying to recruit more insane people.

by zanny May 24, 2004

the falling leaf

When someone is first learning how to snowboard and they are scared shittless to attempt carving, so they go all the way down the slope on their heal side by first heading downhill with their dominant foot, and then their other foot, immitating the motion of a falling leaf.

Sarah was tired of falling on her ass every time she tried to carve, so she just did the falling leaf all the way down the slope.

by zanny May 26, 2004

edumacation

Used to refer to an education that someone received at a crappy school, or a lack of education all together.

I received my edumacation at Willits High School.

by zanny May 26, 2004

groovin'

A term used to describe how a person dances.

Everyone in the club was groovin' to the music.

by zanny May 24, 2004