| Read over these three snowboarding for beginners | | | | #2 Snowboarding for Beginners Tip - Bend Your |
| tips and implement them today to instantly improve | | | | Knees! |
| your snowboarding abilities. It is hard to take up a | | | | If there is one thing that I can impart to you in this |
| new sport because you have to go through that | | | | article is to bend your knees! For the love of (fill in |
| awkward phase, or the learning curve, where you | | | | your chosen deity here) you must absolutely bend |
| don`t know what you are doing. So it helps to | | | | your knees. |
| understand the basic fundamentals of snowboarding | | | | How far down do you bend you ask? |
| to give you a good foundation for when you are on | | | | A simple way to tell is to stand up straight and feel |
| the hill. | | | | behind your knees. You feel how the tendons are |
| #1 Snowboarding for Beginners Tip - Which Foot | | | | tight and the muscle is firm? now bend your knees |
| Forward? | | | | until that tension goes away and you feel loose and |
| It's surprising how much time new riders waste trying | | | | bouncy on your knees. Riding like this is so important |
| to figure out which foot they should put forward; | | | | because it keeps you loose and you can absorb the |
| Right or Left? So here are some easy ways to | | | | bumps that occur while riding. If you hit a bump when |
| figure out your bodies natural preference. If it is your | | | | you are stiff you will bail for sure or hurt yourself. So |
| left foot forward that is called regular stance and if | | | | ride with your knees bent so that you feel loose and |
| you put your right forward that is called Goofy | | | | bouncy in your knees. |
| stance. | | | | #3 Snowboarding for Beginners Tip - Look over your |
| - Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and have | | | | shoulder to where you want to turn. |
| a friend gently push you forward. Which foot did you | | | | By looking over your shoulder to where you want to |
| put forward first? Use that one. | | | | turn your body begins to follow where you look |
| - Have you ever surfed or skateboarded? If so | | | | which is the first step in making a turn. When you |
| which foot did you ride with forward then? | | | | look over your shoulder you will lean with yourbody |
| - If you jump off a foot, like if you were doing a lay | | | | weight in that direction. So if you are riding downhill in |
| up in basketball or jumping over a high jump bar, | | | | your regular stance (left foot forward) and you want |
| which foot do you take off with? That is another | | | | to turn left, so on your heel edge, you would look |
| indicator of which foot you will likely find more | | | | over your left shoulder. |
| comfortable. | | | | As you look, feel your core twisting as well, and then |
| Your stance is vital to your riding because you need | | | | lean slightly back on your heel edge....Kneesbent! You |
| to be balanced and loose in order to ride fluidly and | | | | should feel your front foot swing up hill a bit while |
| well. If you are out of balance you will stiffen your | | | | your back foot will come down hill a bit. |
| muscles and won't be able to ride as well, and are | | | | And voila! |
| more likely to injure yourself. | | | | |