When a skier or snowboarder eats it on the slopes and loses all of their gear. If a skier loses his skies, poles, hat, goggles, and anything else, shout "YARD SALE" from the ski lift above him.
"While the skier denied that he lost his skis and poles in the fall, everyone that saw it knew that in reality his fall was a classic yard sale"
by Erik August 31, 2003
The evidence or remains of a catatrophic accident or wipeout, in which the victim's belongings are scattered or spread out across a large area (resembling a traditional yard sale).
by braver October 08, 2003
a bad wipe-out on the ski slopes, your shit's all over the place: one ski over here, a pole over there, hat somewhere else
by Luber August 29, 2003
Snowboarding/Skiing - When you fall hard and leave your hat, goggles, clothes, gloves, poles, etc.. all over the mountain
by nig+ August 30, 2003
A lacrosse term used when a player of the opposing team is stick checked hard enough that he drops his stick, causing him to sometimes fall, keep running, or grab his head in disgust before being laid out by a longpole.
Jeb always tries to beat me with a cross but I know excactly where to check to get that nasty yard sale.
by David Burner May 20, 2005
by Zach March 25, 2005
An old-school lacrosse term for when a player or his stick is checked hard enough to make him drop it. Not many schools still follow with the tradition belowmentioned:
by talkshow April 30, 2005