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.:Tips and Tricks
This page is to provide some general information on learning
to snowboard. It was compiled and edited by a professional
snowboard instructor to help with learning, east coast snow
conditions, etc. However, NOTHING will beat taking a
personal lesson from a professional snowboard instructor.
Conditioning
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Getting Started >>
Regular or Goofy >>
Board Setup >>
Stance >>
Balance >>
Weight Distribution
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Stopping >>
Turning >>
Heel to Toe Edge Riding >>
Catching an Edge
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Falling >>
Safety Equipment >>
Improving >>
Carving >>
Riding Steep
Terrain >> |
Improving
Say you're moving horizontally or diagonally across
the slope, and you're having trouble getting the end
of your board to point downhill. Regardless of
whether you are heelside or toeside, you can get
your board to turn more easily by REDUCING the
amount of edge-digging under the foot that you want
to go downhill. I suggested this same technique for
riding on crust and ice. Just remember, reducing
edge-dig is not the same thing as reducing total
pressure under that foot. Your weight should be on
both feet, front foot first in a turn, making sure to
transition the weight to the back foot to finish out
the turn. Once you are comfortable turning from heelside, to pointing your nose downhill, to toeside,
and once you are comfortable turning from toeside,
to nose downhill, to heelside, you’ll be “linking
turns”. Go all the way down the slope alternating
heelside and toeside. This will look like a zigzag
pattern down the slope. |
If
you have any tips or tricks you would like to share, please
feel free to email us, and we will test them out. If they
work, you could get your tip or trick posted on this site! |
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