http://www.shredbook.com Get the Shredbook.com Shred-of-the-Day delivered via RSS daily. en-us http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Romantic To disregard logic in reason in favor of advancing ones ego. For example leaving a dance holding hands with a girl you have never met with the hopes of getting ones nob wet. March 11, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Romantic http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Rad! The building of the gnarliest BMX track in the world throws a small Idaho town into shambles and precipitates the relationship between a 'home-town hero' and a foxy professional rider in this 1986 romantic action sports film. Like Thrashin', Rad! follows its star through his quest to achieve fame and sponsorship culminating with his winning of the worlds hardest race at Hell Track. The film also made the song "Send Me an Angel" by The Pet Shop Boys famous. March 10, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Rad! http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Moab A famous mountain biking area in Utah. Moab is most famous for its highly technical 9.6 mile Slickrock trail. March 9, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Moab http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=rip To absolutely tear shit up and leave it for dead. Absolute ownage of a feature, wave, or half pipe. March 8, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=rip http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Jay%20Cloud The Jay Cloud refers to the uplift snow from moisture off of lake Champlain that they get pounded with in the winter. March 7, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Jay%20Cloud http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Floater To pop your board up onto the breaking lip of a wave, often times to clear a breaking section, or for a nice finishing touch to a closing out wave. March 6, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Floater http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=grind To glide over a surface (rail, coping, table, virtually anything) with a part of your board. March 5, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=grind http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Columbia%20River%20Gorge The massive Columbia River cuts through the Cascade Mountains creating a beautiful venue for Shredders, Hippies and Yuppies. Great water Shredding sports like Kitesurfin, Windsurfing, Wakeboarding and Wake skating go off in the summer. The Gorge also divides Oregon and Washington and is starts on the edges of the Portland Metro Area. March 4, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Columbia%20River%20Gorge http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Gypsy%20Moth 1.The gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar, is a moth in the family Lymantriidae of Eurasian origin. 2. Kyla Jacobs March 3, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Gypsy%20Moth http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Muskoka Muskoka Wild Life 2 Free Ride March 2, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Muskoka http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Brain%20Fork%20Technology The new Brain Fork on the specialized stumpjumper s-works. This suspension is only active when you hit a bump then rigid on the flats. This is the first year specialized bikes have been able to have the fork react fast enough without delays. March 1, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Brain%20Fork%20Technology http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=crampons Metal spikes climbers wear on their boots to give them traction in ice and snow. February 28, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=crampons http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=North%20Shores Man built jumps and skinnies. normally about 2-3 feet off the ground of mountain bike riders to ride a long on. turns and twists leading to different widths. Also built to help riders get over obstacles. February 27, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=North%20Shores http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=heavy%20wave When the lip of a wave is thicker than usual. Heavy waves often form in shallow offshore reefs or beach shore break's. February 26, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=heavy%20wave http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Gnar%20Bar Gnarlyer than Gnar. When something/someone goes buck wild. February 25, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Gnar%20Bar http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=grommet A young shredder. February 24, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=grommet http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Tree%20Jam Basically a poll jam on snow. Since there are not fence posts and parking meters on the slopes, and an abundance of trees, A tree replaces the poll, thus the tree jam is born. Two Planks and one plank shredders alike are known to fuck up bark. February 23, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Tree%20Jam http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=BMX An abbreviation for Bicycle Motocross. February 22, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=BMX http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Bike%20Bite an alternative to Shinburger meaning when your pedals snap around and the pins/teeth hit your leg (usually the shin) and sometimes penetrate the skin February 21, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Bike%20Bite http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Shane%20Flood Shane Flood is a professional snowboarder from Portland Oregon and rides at MT Hood. He is know for his gnarly style and his ability to ride switch and regular with easy and steeze. Flood is rarely seen with out his dogs. Shane is sponsored by Ride, Grenade, and Airblaster. In Grenade´s Night of the living shred part 2 Shane has a stand out part. February 20, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Shane%20Flood http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=black%20diamond A ski trail rating used to mark "Difficult" runs. February 19, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=black%20diamond http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Dude%20Machine%20Gun Used when one 'Dude' will not suffice, the dude machine gun must be utilized to convey EXTREME expression. This may happen when either A. One is excited over a gnar trick; B. When defending ones actions against a totally wack panel of judgment C. Attempting to overstate a minor event, or opinion. February 18, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Dude%20Machine%20Gun http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Cheese%20Wedge A jump that resembles a cheese wedge. Usually made by stacking blocks of snow. February 17, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Cheese%20Wedge http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=skinnies Logs and man built north shores. MTB freeriding that is a great time. Riding on top of the logs and north shores to small 2-4 foot drops. Technical because just as the name says they are very thin and most of the time in the air creating some hard wipe outs. February 16, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=skinnies http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=teahupoo One of the most gnarly waves in the world. Teahupoo is a razor edge reef break in Indonesia. Laird Hamilton is documented to have ridden one of the heaviest waves in history there. February 15, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=teahupoo http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Pulling%20an%20Ostrich Generally happens when some bro, or duderino attempts to get inverted prematurely and ends up landing square on their dome and tweaking their neck. "Ahh dude, dont be a pussy, just try to backflip," usually precedes pulling an ostrich. February 14, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Pulling%20an%20Ostrich http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Skid A mover performed on underwear and the back tire of a track or fixie bike where the rider locks up the back wheel and transfers all their weight forward. February 13, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Skid http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=tweak To extend a grab. February 12, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=tweak http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Jay%20Peak Jay Peak is a premier ski resort located in Jay, VT with 2,015 feet of vertical drop and a snow total average of 355 inches a year. February 11, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=Jay%20Peak http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=poles Skiers ski with two poles to help them make turns. February 9, 2010 http://www.shredbook.com/define.php?word=poles