"Method Air" (1995)

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METHOD AIR--56,200 Google hits
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"Method air" was mentioned in an ESPN Winter Olympics story. It's in the  
Encarta Dictionary. "Method air" is not in the revised OED. OED  editors should 
go snowboarding more.
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_http://espn.go.com/_ (http://espn.go.com/) 
Jacobellis fell grabbing some "method air" on the second-to-last  jump.
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_http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561536292/method_air.html_ 
(http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561536292/method_air.html) 
    meth·od air (plural meth·od airs)  

noun     Definitions:    snowboarding  trick: a snowboarding trick by  which 
the rider grabs the heel edge with the leading hand, keeping both  knees bent, 
and pulls the board level with the  head
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_WakeWorld -- Trick Tips_ 
(http://www.wakeworld.com/Tricklist/TrickTip003.asp)       
The Method Air is probably one of the styliest  moves of all time. Skaters 
invented the trick and every board sport has a  spot for it. ...
www.wakeworld.com/Tricklist/TrickTip003.asp - 58k -  _Cached_ 
(http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:Egq_pm4KNykJ:www.wakeworld.com/Tricklist/TrickTip003.asp
+"method+air"&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4&ie=UTF-8)  - _Similar pages_ 
(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=related:www.wakeworld.com/Tricklist/T
rickTip003.asp) 
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_SKATING SLANG summary_ 
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.skate/browse_thread/thread/a3667a0d63d42aa5/4fcdfcf8baacb0b9?lnk=st&q="method+air"&rnum=201&hl=e
n#4fcdfcf8baacb0b9)  
... Rel.  Japan air, method air, mute air. scitz v. to hold on to a  moving 
automobile
to get a free ride across part of town or up a hill.  ...   
_rec.skate_ (http://groups.google.com/group/rec.skate?lnk=sg&hl=en)  - May  1 
1995, 8:42 pm by Jerry Dunn - 2 messages - 2 authors  
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_HECKLER SNOW/SK8/MUSIC ZINE pt. 4_ 
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.skiing.snowboard/browse_thread/thread/d38bd6d0a691fe6d/92b87d3ee2c7fd18?lnk=st&q="me
thod+air"&rnum=205&hl=en#92b87d3ee2c7fd18)  
... ass. White, bleak, falls, without a sound as  I'm standing on the ground,
shifting moving over their now I pulled a  method air. Handed ...   
_rec.skiing.snowboard_ 
(http://groups.google.com/group/rec.skiing.snowboard?lnk=sg&hl=en)   - Jan 16 1995, 1:01 pm by HecklerMag - 1  message - 1 author 

 

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