Snowbaording?

Question

How does friction help and hinder snowboarders?

Answer 1

Friction slows you down, such as on snow, rails, various jibs.  It's also bad for body raspberries.  When an exposed part of your skin rubs against the snow.

It helps by allowing you to stay in control of your speed.  You would easily slide off the side of a trail without it.

Answer 2

friction slows you down some what

Answer 3

Going fast is fun = Friction BAD

Stopping is good = Friction GOOD

Answer 4

Creating friction with the downhill edge causes the snowboarder to trip.  The existence of a downhill edge is present, when a snowboard is sideways, for one to ninety degree of surface-rotation, about the fall line.  That is one example of how some friction can hinder snowboarding.