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2. Half-pipe - Wikipedia

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   A skilled athlete can perform in a half-pipe for an extended period of time by pumping to attain extreme speeds with relatively little effort. Large (high amplitude) half-pipes make possible many of the aerial tricks in BMX, skating and skateboarding. For winter sports such as freestyle skiing and snowboarding, a half-pipe can be dug out of the ...

3. Vert ramp - Wikipedia

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   A vert ramp is a form of half-pipe used in extreme sports such as vert skating, vert skateboarding and vert BMX. And vert roller skating. And vert roller skating. Vert ramps are so named because they transition from a horizontal plane (known as the flat-bottom) to a vertical section on top.

4. Superpipe - Wikipedia

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   For winter sports, the term superpipe is used to describe a halfpipe built of snow which has walls 22 ft (6.7 m) high from the flat bottom on both sides. Other features of a superpipe are that the width of the pipe is greater than the height of the walls, and the walls extend to near vertical.

5. On the half-pipe: Kokomo's rich history of skateboarding - AOL

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   May 29—Near the center of Foster Skate Park, there's a red bank of concrete with a curb on top of it. For many young skaters at the park, it blends in with the park's aesthetic of plain concrete ...

6. Aerial (skateboarding) - Wikipedia

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   Aerials (or more commonly airs) are a type of skateboarding trick usually performed on half-pipes, pools or quarter pipes where there is a vertical wall with a transition (curved surface linking wall and ground) available. Aerials usually combine rotation with different grabs.

7. From half-pipes to gun turrets, skateboarder goes on a mission

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   A professional skater has partnered with a production firm to film him skating on top of an off-shore World War Two machine-gun turret.