half-pipe

American  

[haf-pahyp, hahf-] / ˈhæfˌpaɪp, ˈhɑf- /

Or half pipe

noun

1. a half-moon-shaped chute or ramp used by snowboarders and skateboarders to provide a takeoff for a jump.

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half-pipe British  

noun

1. a structure with a U-shaped cross-section, used in performing stunts in skateboarding, snowboarding, rollerblading, etc

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Example Sentences

The inner height of the walls is 7.2 metres and the athletes soar high above the lip of the half-pipe.

From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026

The skatepark - which at the time was considered state of the art - opened in May 1978 and featured bowls, a slalom run and a half-pipe, all with names like Jaws, Torpedo and Bazooka.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

“The experiment seems to agree well,” said Frank Feng, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Missouri who was not involved with the paper, but studied similar motions in half-pipe snowboarding.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 5, 2024

The duo rode a single plastic sled in tandem off a snowbank at the end of a half-pipe at the resort and were launched high.

From Washington Times • Mar. 21, 2023

Vassiliou’s team based its method on an early form of seismic isolation that rolls a shaking building to a stop the way a skater in a half-pipe eventually comes to rest.

From Scientific American • Jan. 3, 2022