layback

Meanings

Noun

• A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards toward the ice. Also called a layback spin
• A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs underneath, and shuffling up on limb at a time.
• A surf maneuver where the upright surfer leans back against the wave.
• A trick where the boarder leans back while on the lip of the ramp, or down a rail.
• The process of recording the final sound onto the master track.
• A short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position
• A wedge-shaped kerbstone that allows a vehicle to enter a driveway without a bump

Verb

• To climb using layback maneuvers.

Origin

• lay + back (presumably from confusion between lay and lie).