Tips for skaters who want to learn how to snowboard

Question

well i have been skating for around 6 years and i am very seriously good,by the way i wouldnt lie becuase i do not like liers and it would be no meaning to ask this if i was lying.anyway,ive been snowboarding once down a long hill but was a little shallow it was my first time and i got the hang of it really well,better than my friends.is it hard to learn to snowboard with a background of skating.any tips or things i need to know first?

Answer 1

hey i've also been skating for years as well  so i figured snowboarding was gonna be easy. WRONG. well i took several lessons but i pretty much had it mastered by the end of the season. (hittin cliffs and stuff) . maybe its because of the skaing backround,  or well...im just athletic i guess. its difficult to master. yer gonna fall down a lot lol but once you get the hang of it, its easy and wayyy fun.

maybe take some lessons if you need to. i dunno.

before you know it you'll be hucking double backflips ; ]

Answer 2

Some of my best students ever were skateboarders before they tried snowboarding - I think that the balance and the skill of keeping the board under you is a big help in learning to ride.

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 3

i dont really skateoard so i cant help you out on the answer but i know someone that does snowboard lol i dident help but oh well !!!

Answer 4

I think any experience helps, my brother skateboarded and he picked it up easier than my brother who hadn't. I have never skateboarded but I got the hang of it pretty quick, I think it was because I had lots of experience with skiing and how to use the edge to handle snow. not being scared to hurt yourself and pushing your limits also helps, ending up in the snow lots is actually a good sign while your learning