fakie


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fa·kie

or fa·key  (fă′kē)
adv. & adj. Sports
In sports such as skateboarding or snowboarding, riding with the foot one usually has forward placed to the rear: rode fakie down the rest of the hill; a fakie trick.

[fake (perhaps because a maneuver performed while riding fakie can be seen as a fake version of a maneuver performed in normal stance or can seem more novel or difficult than it actually is) + -ie.]
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Jamie earned the title of FAKIE World Champion at the international NASS Festival in Somerset.
Jamie, who went to school in Crosby, now competes at the international NASS Festival in Somerset and has earned the title of FAKIE World Champion.
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Air to fakie: any airborne trick when the wall of snow is approached head-on and the landing is made backyard.
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Cardiel broke in the block on top with a 50-50, Tim McKenney lipslid it, Tim Upson went over a bench with a heelflip, so did Dan Drehobl with a blind-side ollie, Dennis put his signature Busenitz on it for sure and no denying the smooth stylish tailslide fakie that Phil Shao handed it.