Squirt Glossary

Bow

The front half of the boat.

Cartwheel

A "double ender" + a "smash" a transition move from bow to stern to bow, or reverse - stern to bow to stern. Each end that is brought into the air is a "point" ie, bow, stern, bow, stern is a four "point" cartwheel.

Double Ender

Transition from a bow squirt to a stern squirt

Mush Move

Mystery move done running downstream

Mystery Move

A squirt "move" in which both ends of the boat sink at once. Good Mystery Moves will sink the squirter over his head.

Smash

Transition from a stern squirt to a bow squirt

Snyder, James "Jim"

Often thought to be on of the "fathers" of squirt boating, he was one of the pioneers of squirtech. Has designed some of the more popular squirt designs available, including the Bigfoot, Shred, and more recent designs such as the Fantum and Underdawg.

He also the author of "The Squirt Book" and has a video titled "The Great White Charc"

Squirt

Sinking one end or both ends of a water craft. Many of today's newer "rodeo" kayaks are designed to "squirt" even tho they are technically not "squirt boats"

Squirt Boat

A low volume kayak or decked canoe basically "designed to sink" either one end at a time, or both ends at once.

Stern

Rear half of the boat