FEATURE: Living A Dream

Learning to talk the talk can take some practice:

• Kicker: A word with several meanings. “Whoa, dude, there is a kicker before turn one.” One kicker is a bump that is developing on the race course. This kicker gets worse as the race goes on.
  “Levi gives the crowd a kicker.” A kicker can be a trick or kick a rider performs while in mid-air over a jump. Usually holding onto the handlebars of the sled, the feet come off the sled in any number of kick-tricks.
  “Dude, that course is a kicker.” It’s a tough course that kicks butt.
• Line: “Racers are checking their lines.” The fastest way through the course. Following good lines gives speed and consistency, but lines constantly change. What was a perfect line on the first three laps can be trash by lap number five.
• Cased the Jump: Crashed.
• Berm: The wall of snow built up in a corner.
• Crisp: Really quick throttle response.
• Dialed In: Tuned to perfection. They can be talking about the sled or the rider.
• Holeshot: Getting the lead at the start of the race. Because snocross courses can be so narrow, the holeshot sometimes decides who wins the race.
• Double A Jump: Taking two at a time.
• Triple A Jump: You guessed it—taking three at a time.
• Tech’d: “Dude, I have to get tech’d.” All sleds run through a technical inspection before racing.