: a U-shaped high-sided ramp or runway used especially in snowboarding, skateboarding, or in-line skating
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Young people sat on either side of a half-pipe, looking like members of a very eclectic tribunal.
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
The staff stays creative with a spacious recreation space boasting a half-pipe, basketball hoop, and Ping-Pong tables.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
Bear Mountain, known for its terrain parks and half-pipes, has operated under various names in the San Bernardino National Forest since the 1940s.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Get a preview in the video below, starring Tony Hawk and other skateboarders zipping around a half-pipe soundtracked by Kraftwerk music.
—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
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Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 5 May 2025
In Robert Brill’s set, the stage is shaped like a half-pipe with rungs, so that cast members scramble, pitch, tumble, and row flimsy whaleboats over massive waves.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
The staff stays creative with a spacious recreation space boasting a half-pipe, basketball hoop, and Ping-Pong tables.
—Nick Davidson, Outside Online, 1 Oct. 2014
Bear Mountain, known for its terrain parks and half-pipes, has operated under various names in the San Bernardino National Forest since the 1940s.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Get a preview in the video below, starring Tony Hawk and other skateboarders zipping around a half-pipe soundtracked by Kraftwerk music.
—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
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“Half-pipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/half-pipe. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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