All good snowboarders out there! Help please!!?

Question

I am a HUGE snowboarding newb. im a goofy and i cant do toes. i mastered heals and i can start out toes and go into heals, but i cant start out heals and go into toes. i think i get my frint edge cought. any advice?!

Answer 1

frint???your confusing me are u speaking words???no body can help u ..ur just gonna keep catchin your edge and bashin ya head on the floor like i did

Answer 2

Just remember that practicing is the best way to overcome this problem. Be sure to really use your back foot when you try to start carving from heel to toe. Push down a little harder on your front foot while you remove some weight from your back foot and swing it around to start carving on your toes.  Keep your knees bent a little. Check to see if you can readjust your bindings to help you ride smoother.  Hope i helped.

Answer 3

I know you said that you are goofy, but are you sure? I skateboard goofy so when I first strapped a board to my feet I assumed I was. I had the same problem. I almost fell and reverted to regular and suddenly could turn toe side. And if you definitely are, then try always stopping toe side to get the feeling. Eventually kicking your back foot out wont feel unnatural.

Answer 4

You're on the right track!  I had this same problem in the early days.

One thing that helped was a friend telling me "when in doubt ride it out."  I had a tendancy to fall half way through a turn because I was confident that it'd fail.  Once I got that in my head as a little mantra I started to try and correct the turn and that helped.

You want to be smooth through the turn without jerking movements and don't engage your toe edge until you're past the fall line.  You will pick up some speed along there but it'll come off quickly enough.

Keep at it, this isn't anything a few hours on a green run won't fix!  You can do it!

Answer 5

I had this problem with my heel side when starting out. The only way to overcome a dominant side is to practice practice practice on your weak side. Do falling leaf (where you just traverse the slope side to side on the same edge) on your toeside. Ask an instructor on the mountain for 5 minutes to show you how to do it. When you get comfortable at it, work in some transitions to heelside. It takes work, but once you learn it it'll be second nature.

It sounds like you aren't getting the proper push. Your edge change has to be quick but not a jerking motion. It's gotta be fluid. alot of people get all tight, remember stay loose! You're having fun! Try pushing down with your back toes and kinda whipping the tail down the hill a little more while leaning uphill. The lean is a very important part. You gotta lean and get the downhill edge up off the snow or it will catch. Use your fingers to stabilize you (it is easier to learn this going at a moderate speed rather than slower)

Also some of the best advice I ever got in my life came from my peewee hockey coach when he told me "Don't be scared to fall down" You are going to fall alot doing this, you're headed in the right direction don't give up, and don't be scared that you'll fail or you will.