Alright this winter is going to be my first time hitting the slopes and snowboarding, got any tips?

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Alright this winter is going to be my first time hitting the slopes and snowboarding, got any tips?

Answer 1

yea. get a lesson for at least half the day, it'll help tremendously unless you have previous boarding experience.

Answer 2

dude, snowboarding is freaking awesome :]

1. have fun

2. don't give up

3. have fun

4. don't go when you have the flu, it'll get worse...bad 1st experience, i had a small fever when i went snowboarding, and when i came back, i have a fever of 102.8. not cool. but i'm still riding!!

5. don't go down the hill in a straight line.

6. waterproof clothing

7. be hydrated!!(i usually carry a small bottle in my jacket)

8. eat a hearty breakfast about an hour before you ride

i can't think of anything else, but have fun!!!

Answer 3

If you are familiar with any type of boarding, mainly skateboarding, it will not be too hard, If not, work on balance before you leave to go. After you acquire balance, there are other things to work on. To stop, twist the board sideways and lean back to fall on your butt or back. When you go down a hill, do not go straight down. go at an open angle, which means if you are goofy stance, you are goign down at an angle to the right, and if regular stance, an angle to the left. Keep your knees bent and relaxed. Do not try jumps or anything out of your level until you feel very comfortable with all of the above! Enjoy!

P.S. On the skiline, when you go back up, you cna only have your board strapped to one foot, it kinda twists your ankle so put your other foot (unstrapped) under the board to level it out!

Good Luck!

Answer 4

dont build a foundation of fear

Answer 5

Good tips from the other posters, the only thing I have to add, and I'm not trying to scare you, but be prepared to fall....alot. But keep with it all those days of falling will be worth it one day. Good Luck!!

Answer 6

These are some beginner tips that I have been writing:

You will probably be renting, so let the staff fit the boots and board correctly for you - and take a group lesson for a couple times and practice what you learn in the afternoon. Here are the basics of learning the way that I was taught to teach:

To determine your stance, slide on a hard floor in your socks, which foot is in front? Left foot in front - Regular stance, Right foot in front - Goofy stance. The rental place will ask you this.

Day 1 lesson usually includes:

Learn how to fall. Forward on to your forearms - never your hands as you can break yours wrists. Backward onto one side of your butt and try to roll - never your hands or the center of your butt as you can break your tail bone.

Consider wearing wrist guards and a helmet

Turning - think about turning as additional pressure on the front toe or heel. Turning a snowboard is all about edge control. When you have the board across the hill and stand up on the heel edge, you can tilt your feet forward to slide down the hill, tilt back to get more edge bite and stop - the basic side slip.

To turn, you bite the edge into the snow and then put pressure on the downhill egde of your front foot. This will release the edge in the front only and the nose of the board will start to swing down the hill. This will also put your weight forward which is correct. Then, put equal pressure back on the uphill edge with both feet and you will turn back across the hill and stop. Practice this a lot until you can get the board almost straight down the hill before returning to a stop.

Day 2 lesson:

A complete turn is just a continuation of this exercise. Use more pressure on the downhill side of the front foot to release the front of the edge and the board will swing faster toward the fall line. You MUST wait for the board to cross the fall line (straight down the hill) before you transition your weight to the other edge (or you will catch the downhill edge - ouch). Then use equal pressure on both feet on the new uphill edge to get the board to move back across the hill - this is a complete turn.

Once you are doing these in both directions, you can start linking the turns.

Good Luck

Answer 7

Take a series of lessons from a qualified professional instructor. Dress in layers of clothes, drink lots of water, take money, make new friends.