What's the secret to snowboarding?

[Hausse 0]

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two days on the board.. and you'll be making turns.. that's when the fun starts.

Snowboarding:

Day 1: pain
Day 2: some pain, but turns start working one way
Day 3: turns both ways..

Day 50 (when you get really good and start doing the fun stuff): A LOT of pain

from then on.. big time fun

Fixed it;)

[livendive 8]

Drink.
Fall.
Get back up.
Drink.
Nurse sore muscles.
Repeat.


Whatever edge is closest to whatever direction you're going should be at least very slightly elevated. Failure to do so will result in "catching an edge". "Catching an edge" will result in you being promptly deposited on either your tailbone or your face. The speed with which such deposition will occur is directly related to how fast you were going when you decided to catch said edge.

Oh, and don't break both fucking wrists at the same time.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[skymama 35]

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Don't break your arm snowboarding the day you get a cast removed from breaking your arm snowboarding.

And don't break them at the same time either.

She is Da Man, and you better not mess with Da Man,
because she will lay some keepdown on you faster than, well, really fast. ~Billvon

[Dazzle 0]

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I was looking for a winter hobby up here in New England, and I figured why not try snowboarding? So as I usually do I put the cart before the horse and went out and got me a new board, bindings, and boots. Then last Saturday I took a loooong 4 hour ride to Maine, only to spend the day falling on my ass. It went something like this. I went down hill, gained speed...went "aack" tried to slow down then bang on my ass. Oh, and yes I did a lesson. Didn't help. I ended up taking the board off towards the end of the day and walked down the slope (easy slope too).

I had a trainee instructor friend teach me for a day. Was really helpful doing 1 on 1 instruction for that first morning. By the afternoon I was going ok on the green slopes although still falling over lots. Early lessons was the best for me. I was used to skiing though

After a week though I got fed up with the occasional falls and put the skis back on and didn't regret it at all

[DJL 232]

Put on a lot of pads - like a hockey goalie - and go back out. The first thing that matters is that you can't be afraid of falling.

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher

[Amazon 7]

The secret to snowboarding.....simple......learn to fall UPHILL

Falling downhill is what hurts people.

[johndh1 0]

One half-day lesson, then another full-day lesson the next day.

[B]WRIST GUARDS, GOOD TAILBONE PAD, HELMET.[/B]

Don't be afraid to fall, and flat terrain is not your friend.

Lean down the hill - as far as you can. You will feel at first like you're leaning farther than you really are.

Don't give up if it's something you really want to do.

Roll Tide Roll

[dfairleigh11 0]

The only reason to wear ass pads is to keep your ass warm on the lift

Bottom line here is to get your ass out there and keep doing it - you'll get better eventually. If you don't... ...pick another sport.

"We'll start the ass kissing with you"

[johndh1 0]

Still, the tailbone pad helped my fear of falling backward, and seriously improved my performance. It worked that way it should, too. I probably weigh a lot more than the average boarder (not fat).

Roll Tide Roll

[Hausse 0]

I didn't get any gear till I was really good and I think it helped me improve my abilities on big air because it gave me more confidence so I wouldn't necessarily start out with anything else but a helmet and wrist guards.

[Royd 0]

Don't try to learn on the Mt. Hood ice field in Oct. at the age of 43. Damn that hurt.

[Amazon 7]

DUH

[guppie01 0]

Whatever you do, don't swish turn - SOOOOOO wrong! Toe, heel turns baby - burn those calves and thighs!!!!

Lessons are your best friend

g

"Let's do something romantic this Saturday... how bout we bust out the restraints?"
Raddest Ho this side of Jersey #1 - MISS YOU
OMG, is she okay?

[JSBIRD 1]

Keep your knees bent, and keep most of your weight on your front foot. Trying to lift your back foot will help here.
Day 2 or 3 will be your breakthrough day. Suck it up until then...it's worth it.

BASE359

"Now I've settled down,
in a quiet little town,
and forgot about everything"

[d_squared431 0]

I will teach any of you to snowboard if you come this way. Just buy the drinks for the day....

TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1
I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH
You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly

[Hausse 0]

How I learned it: I took 2 privat lessons and at the end of the day I took the lift to the highest mountain with my dad. If you are standing up there and you have to get down you learn fast (even though I was sliding down most of the time). Then another bunch of lessons and a lot of practice.

[TonyTank 0]

Thanks all for the advice. Here's what I learned

#1 don't go flat and stay on the edges
#2 Don't go straight down hill and go perpendicular (sp)
#3 drink!
#4 smoke a doobie
#5 I get free lessons in Nevada if I can keep d_squared431 tanked all day

I knew I would get better advice from skydivers on riding, then I would from those so called snowboard instructors.

You guys rock!

[d_squared431 0]

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Thanks all for the advice. Here's what I learned

#1 don't go flat and stay on the edges
#2 Don't go straight down hill and go perpendicular (sp)
#3 drink!
#4 smoke a doobie
#5 I get free lessons in Nevada is I can keep d_squared431 tanked all day

I knew I would get better advice from skydivers on riding, then I would those so called snowboard instructors.

You guys rock!

Nicely buzzed would work....

TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1
I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH
You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly