Kicker

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Kicker

Other wise known as: A Hit, A Jump, Booter

“We built the biggest kicker out in the back woods and that is the biggest yard sale I have ever had.”

A Kicker is the mound of snow that is shaped so that a snowboarder can ride off of it and into the air… A good kicker is a pile of snow that is shaped to provide maximum height and/or distance for the terrain provided and does not throw the rider off balance when going off of it.

A good kicker is hard to build and take some serious practice but hitting one is great.

Hitting a kicker and not doing what was planned is one of the most common injuries in snowboarding so don’t be dumb or push too far beyond your limits.

Learn how to build the perfect kicker.

User Contribution

A kicker is a jump that shoots you high into the air to gain maximum height (usually has a big curve to it). While, a launcher is a jump that shoots you far to obtain maximum distance (no curve just a straight jump).

- Scott R.