Riding the board backwards from a normal riding position. Riding the whole mountain. Anything and everything including natural terrain jumps, bumps, trees, and carving. Freeriders spend most of their time riding forward. A type of riding where tricks are performed using terrain features such as Half pipes, Jumps, rails and flatland tricks.
Riders spend as much time riding fakie as they do riding forward.
Generally used by alpine style riders or racers. Very similar to a ski boot with a hard plastic shell. A turn or skid made using the edge of the board that is directly under the rider s heels. Highbacks come into play on this turn. The part of the binding that lays against the back of the ankle and the calf of the rider and is used to leverage the board on to the heel edge.