Forehead Cleavage

One of the great things about Park City is hanging out with people from all over the world. Who knew that Utah would end up being one of the most diverse places I've visited? And one thing I love about hanging out with foreigners is picking up foreign vocabulary.

The phrase of the year (so far) has to be forehead cleavage. Forehead cleavage refers to an unnecessarily large gap between the top of snowboarder's goggles and his helmet (or tuque). Good snowboarding style dictates that the goggles and the helmet should form a nice seal along the forehead. And it's not just an issues of aesthetics, either. Forehead cleavage leaves the forehead exposed, which can lead to a brain freeze if you spend a couple hours outside.

But forehead cleavage does happen. Whether it's the result of bad equipment (say a pair of hand-me-down goggles that are way too small) or just plain ignorance it's always worth a laugh. Sadly I don't have any pictures yet, but it's become one of my goals this year.