EXTREME

15:55 Sep 19, 2001
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: EXTREME
ETREME SNOWBOARDING

SNOWBOARDS, GOGGLES, BINDINGS AND JACKET
TREVOR


Summary of answers provided
5à sensation forte
Stephanie Bachelay
5surf des neiges
Kateabc
4 +1Extrême snowboarding
Maya Jurt
5extrême
Germaine
4planche à neige sensation extême
Bram Poldervaart
4 -1de fond
Genevieve Tournebize


  

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de fond


Explanation:
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Genevieve Tournebize
Local time: 00:53
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 29

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disagree  Didier LONGUEVILLE: le ski de fond n'a rien à voir, désolé.
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à sensation forte


Explanation:
snowboard: un monoski
goggles: lunettes de protection
bindings: fixations de ski
jacket: veste ou combinaison de ski if one piece
hope it helps

Stephanie Bachelay
United Kingdom
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surf des neiges


Explanation:
Surf des neiges is snowboarding. I have seen "snowboard extrême", although this is more English than French.
Planche de surf des neiges - snowboard
Lunettes de protection - goggles
Fixations de sécurité - bindings
Veste - Jacket
Have fun!


Kateabc
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Extrême snowboarding


Explanation:
Snowboarding is of course "surf des neiges", but nobody says so.
"J'ai surfé à Zermatt" (the English word to surf is also taken over)
"J'ai un snowboard Nidecker"
I have a Nidecker snowboard (famous brand name)
"Ce surfeur fait de l'extrême"
This surfer is into extreme snowborading.
C'est un surfeur de l'extrême.

It means that the surfers do not surf on conventional snow, but descend through virgin snow over cliffs and rocks. It is a real "casse-coup" sport (neckbreaking). Pictures of those surfers flying down from the mountains are spectacular.

SOURCE: My son who is an extrême snowboarder. (not de circonflex on the e.

HTH

Maya Jurt
Switzerland
Local time: 07:53
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 491

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agree  severita
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planche à neige sensation extême


Explanation:
snowboard se traduit par planche à neige en français (France) monoski n'est pas la même chose: c'est skier sur un seul ski,

amateur du ski,



Bram Poldervaart
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extrême


Explanation:
Planche à neige extrême
ou surf des neiges extrême

With "extreme", you usually see "surf des neige" more often than "planche à neige", the word "surf" in itself holding more excitement.






extreme
extrême adj.
Déf. : Relatif à un sport de pleine nature qui est pratiquée à la limite des possibilités de l'être humain dans un lieu présentant des obstacles très difficiles à surmonter. (R)
Note : Par exemple, le ski extrême et le canoë-kayak extrême sont des sports extrêmes.


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Germaine
Canada
Local time: 01:53
Native speaker of: French
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