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Alright, so maybe it isn't exactly your thing to be able to hop on a snowboard in the winter cold and start doing flips, turns or getting big air off the top of a mountain. While there are many people who get really big thrills from completing insane snowboarding tricks, they are not for everyone.

However, you still want to be able to talk to your friends about it without getting lost and wearing a big dumb blank expression on your face. So, here is a little cheat sheet for some of the most common snowboarding tricks terminology.

Big Air - You've heard everyone say this before, and you probably had no idea what they were talking about if you're not a snowboarder. Big Air simply means that a snowboarder gains speed going up the side up a half pip and then he flips the board at the top into the air.

The whole point of doing this is of course, to go as high into the air as one possibly can. Then the next step is to land nicely so you can get to the other side of the half pipe to do it all over again. Yep, I know. These guys are pretty courageous.

Switch - When a snowboarder does a switch, he performs a trick while he is boarding backwards.

Ollie - This is similar to an Ollie on a skateboard. The point is to catch as much air as possible by using the back of your board as a spring board while you jump up and lift your foot off the front of the board.

Speed Check - This means to ride sideways in order to slow down.

Scream - A scream is a hill so steep that you will probably be screaming the entire ride down.

Jib - This term is used to describe riding on anything that is not snow, such as rails, cement or grass.

So you may not be talented to do all these tricks yourself, or maybe you just don't want to risk breaking your neck to do them. That's alright. At least now you can talk with your friends without sounding like a total noob. And, you never know, they just might convince you to try these snowboarding tricks.