The Snow Prophet's definitions

ducking the rope

The act of going outside a ski resort boundry or closed area. Ducking a rope often results in the loss of one's skiing or snowboarding privlages and in many states and provinces is punishable by law.

If I catch you ducking the rope again, I'm going to have to pull your ski pass.

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010

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

ski quiver

A ski quiver refers to a skier's collection of ski gear. A ski quiver can be anywhere from one to fifty pairs, or more, of skis or ski boots, depending on the indivdual's point of view.

I just waxed my ski quiver and all five pair of skis are ready for winter.

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010

blower skiing

Outstanding, epic, skiing and or snowboarding conditions, both during and after a major snow event. Blower skiing and riding is specific to powder snow conditions, but the term is sometimes used in a general sense to describe an amazing ski or snowboarding experience.

The blower skiing conditions from that last storm cycle makes me wanna give up the day job!

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010

boards

Slang used to describe a pair of skis used for the sport of snow skiing.

Somebody ripped-off my new boards!

by The Snow Prophet May 11, 2010

gillnet

Brightly colored, nylon fencing. used by ski resorts to slow skier and snowboarder traffic. Usually orange, gillnetting is placed on ski trails to direct skiers and snowboarder traffic flow as well as establishing slow skiing zones.

The ski patrol set out gillnet at the bottom of the Cramner Ski Run at Winter Park, Colorado to slow down the skier trafic.

by The Snow Prophet May 12, 2010

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