: a U-shaped high-sided ramp or runway used especially in snowboarding, skateboarding, or in-line skating
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Get a preview in the video below, starring Tony Hawk and other skateboarders zipping around a half-pipe soundtracked by Kraftwerk music.
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
The video features the skateboarder alongside three others, all echoing the cover of The Man-Machine, on a half-pipe as tour dates flash across the screen.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
The new version of Sancta, directed by Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, shows naked nuns roller-skating on a half-pipe and a wall of crucified unclothed bodies.
—Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
Down the same street, hundreds of young skaters put up mobile half-pipe ramps while a woman DJ with red highlights in her hair jammed away.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 26 June 2023
After their short performance, that also featured a skateboarder rolling across a mini half-pipe, Chris Aronson crawled out of one of those makeshift sewers carrying a pizza box.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2023
This spring, Aquatica will open Turi’s Kid Cove, which includes Tamariki Twirl, a kid-sized half-pipe ride.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
The run, which is above the treeline, is considered a black diamond likely because of its steep walls—it’s shaped like a curved half-pipe.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2023
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Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
The video features the skateboarder alongside three others, all echoing the cover of The Man-Machine, on a half-pipe as tour dates flash across the screen.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2024
The new version of Sancta, directed by Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, shows naked nuns roller-skating on a half-pipe and a wall of crucified unclothed bodies.
—Carlo Angerer, NBC News, 11 Oct. 2024
Down the same street, hundreds of young skaters put up mobile half-pipe ramps while a woman DJ with red highlights in her hair jammed away.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 26 June 2023
After their short performance, that also featured a skateboarder rolling across a mini half-pipe, Chris Aronson crawled out of one of those makeshift sewers carrying a pizza box.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2023
This spring, Aquatica will open Turi’s Kid Cove, which includes Tamariki Twirl, a kid-sized half-pipe ride.
—Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023
The run, which is above the treeline, is considered a black diamond likely because of its steep walls—it’s shaped like a curved half-pipe.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2023
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“Half-pipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half-pipe. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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