The blunt nose slide

A blunt nose slide is a variation of the Wheelie butstiffen you front leg. Lean backwards and raise your
with an interesting twist.front leg up in to the air in order to raise the tip of
A blunt nose slide is a Wheelie done on the front andyour snowboard off the ground.
side of your snowboard. Doing the same trick on theNow we put these two elements together. Traverse
rear of your snowboard is a switch-stance blunt nosea gentle slope with the heel side of your snowboard
slide.biting into the slope a bit. This will help to stabilize you
The two key elements to this trick are the wheeliefor the next part. Begin to put your weight on your
and the slide. You must be very proficient at bothfront leg and then pull your rear leg up. This action will
before trying them together. A slide is fairly easy toleave you riding on the tip and edge of your
get the hang of and mostly likely is how you firstsnowboard and looking really cool.
learnt to stop on your snowboard. As you are ridingAs you can imagine practice and control is the key to
down a gentle slope, turn to traverse the slope ina blunt nose slide. Make sure you are very good at
such a way that your heels are towards to slope. Aswheelies and slides before trying the two elements
you make the turn lean back towards the slope totogether. Another thing to think about is the quality
make the heel edge of your snowboard dig into theof your snowboard. Wheelies are known to cause
slope.weak and damaged snowboards to break due to the
A wheelie has a lot to do with the balance andextra strain put on the snowboard. If you have any
control of your snowboard. The easiest wheelie toquestion about yours you may wish to practice on a
do is on the tail of your snowboard. Begin by ridingrental snowboard.
down a gentle slope, relax your rear leg slightly and