Half Pipes

To most, skateboarding is a sport featuring half-pipes and high-flying riders performing daredevil tricks. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I've never known my fingers so nimble as I tightened the screws and adjusted the half-pipes in their sockets; everyone else seemed slow by comparison, and I cursed them good-naturedly and finally left Ko Dali's daughter to see to the final adjustments while I went off to examine the rockets. ❋ Geoff Barbanell (2010)

The half-pipes and jumps on this beast are where local pros like Olympian Shaun White -- and your moody 15-year-old -- can throw down some serious fun. ❋ Forbes Life Staff (2010)

Putting up the frame was simple - it's just an iron fence, you see,. with supports both sides, and half-pipes running from the ground behind to the top of the fence, to take the rockets. ❋ Geoff Barbanell (2010)

And the stick is fifteen feet long - and before you can fire one you have to have the firing-frame, which is solid steel weighing God knows what, with iron half-pipes. ❋ Geoff Barbanell (2010)

And I lectured them about Congreves - it was remarkable how well I remembered each detail about assembling the firing-frame and half-pipes, and adjusting the range-screws and everything; the excellent fellows took it all in, spitting and exclaiming with excitement, and you could see that even if they weren't the kind to get elected to the Royal Society for their mechanical aptitude, their hearts were in the right place. ❋ Geoff Barbanell (2010)

With smooth concrete pools,half-pipes and a freesyle practice area. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2008)

Cypress Mountain, West Vancouver Snowboarders will execute half-pipes, big airs and other maneuvers in this World Cup competition. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Tonight on CNN, another hot "thirtysomething," Larry King, talks about his weekend riding half-pipes in Malibu. ❋ Unknown (2002)

At ten, he took his athletic prowess to the ski slopes and began to surf the half-pipes on a snowboard. ❋ Sandy Hotchkiss (2002)

When the old house had to make room for the new, the staves of the last of its half-pipes of claret, one of which used always to stand on tap amidst the peat-smoke, yielded its final ministration to humanity by serving to cook a few meals for mason and carpenter. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

Today, the eclectic mix of art and artifacts continues to grow with a statue from a Bob's Big Boy restaurant, a sign - never quite explained - announcing "the dark side of the corn dog"' and a skateless skateboard park where visitors can play but not skate on the ramps and half-pipes. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Today, the eclectic mix of art and artifacts continues to grow with a statue from a Bob's Big Boy restaurant, a sign - never quite explained - announcing "the dark side of the corn dog" and a skateless skateboard park where visitors can play but not skate on the ramps and half-pipes. ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)

Teenagers, inspired by visions of Shaun White doing flips above half-pipes and Lindsey Vonn storming down mountains during. the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, gritted their teeth and went for it. ❋ < (2010)

Amid the half-pipes, triple axels and doubled triple lutzes of the Vancouver Games, viewers are being treated to quite a feat: A corporate bendover-backward. ❋ STUART ELLIOTT THE NEW YORK TIMES (2010)

I heard they're building a new half-pipe down at [the park] this summer. Let's try it out but I'm not [down with] wearing all of the [armor] they are going to require. ❋ Tentochi (2005)

She [stoped] [giving] me head before I cames and she [left]. All I got was a half-pipe. ❋ King Of Half'rs (2005)

How [the fuck] is [half pipe] [not defined] yet? ❋ Tomtom Not Johnjohn (2011)

It was horrible when I had to [walk in] front of [the class] with a half-pipe [hanging out]. ❋ Jonathan And Carl (2004)

i cant [stand up] right now [cos] i got a [half pipe]. ❋ Halfpipeasaurus (2011)

[Adam] R was [taking a shit] and [got] half-piped! ❋ Zach Laflair (2008)

Man, I gave myself [a crazy] [half-pipe special] last night. Now my back is [killing] me. ❋ Getfisted (2012)

[Friend 1]: "your car looks gay." Friend 2: "[you are a] little half-piped bitch." Friend 3: "half-piped bitch." Friend 4: " What a [douchebag]." ❋ FozLola (2017)

I saw two [hippies] riding one [longboard] today! It was a total [San Fransisco half-pipe]. ❋ Tigertim. (2009)

Yo bro, you really shouldn't go out to that party during this pandemic. Why? Uh cuz keep the dog off the half pipe [ooo] [shit bro], [you right] ❋ Bigthunker (2020)