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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 >> |
Carving
Now that you can link turns, you can learn to carve.
Start with your weight over your front foot and
press on your front heel or toe. As the edge digs
into the snow, transition your weight to the center
of the board and put equal pressure on the front and
back heel or toe (whichever is pressuring the edge).
At this point you should be in the center or crux of
your turn as well as your board. As you begin the
last half of your turn, your weight is transitioned
in a fluid motion to the back heel or toe and
applied to the edge to finish the turn. Rock forward to the front of the board and apply pressure
to the front heel or toe. If you just turned on the
toe, you will now be on the heel and vice versa.
The weight transition, although described in
sections, is a fluid motion resembling a circular
swaying pattern. Once you get better, you will find
yourself torquing (twisting) the board to an extent
that there is pressure on the front toe and back
heel (or vice versa) between turns.This whole process can be done without using your
upper body.
Here are some problems people have when learning to
carve:
Swinging the back of the board from side to side to
make turns, basically using the front foot as a
pivot point. This looks sloppy and a lot of people
ride this way because they don't know any better. It
just takes paying attention and relearning to
correct this. You will notice an increase in
performance on steeper terrain and more speed on any
terrain.
Rocking from toe to heel, this is just what it
sounds like. There is no transition from the front
to back in regard to edge pressure. The leg, not the
ankle is used to apply pressure to the edge. When
you see someone rocking their pelvis from front to
back (sticking their butt in and out) they are
having this problem and that's why it looks like
they are doing some sort of humpty-dance workout. To
correct this, read the part about turning and
carving. |
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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