The Three Basics of Snow boarding
Snow boarding basics: learning to ride, stop and turn
Snow boarding is maybe not exactly EASY to learn -- but it is 'simple.' Snow boarding really only consists of three basic moves that you'll need to learn, practice and get good at, in order to have a blast in the powder!
The First Step to Snowboarding
The first thing you need to learn for snow boarding is stance and balance. How you stand on your board, which foot needs to be forward, and having your body properly balanced over your board are all the basic skills you'll need -- just to stay on your feet. Strapped to a slab. On an angle. In slippery stuff called snow. ;)
So let's just say you've mastered the stance and balance of snowboarding, and you actually start to make your way down a hill. Everyone knows that making your way down a hill, any hill, involves this thing called MOMENTUM -- meaning you don't stay at the same speed, you actually get going faster and faster.
NOW what?
Well, you'll need to learn snow boarding turns, and snow boarding stops, that's what. ;-) Simple -- but not easy.
Snow boarding turns are accomplished pretty much by simply turning your body a few degrees one direction or another -- learning the parts of your body that need to turn, and the degree or angle of those turns, is the stuff that dreams (and nightmares
Or, in some cases, a LOT of patience and practice.
And just to complicate things a bit, there are several specific turns you can learn and master in snow boarding, not just one. And some of those turns will result in STOPS, believe it or not.
Getting nervous about snow boarding yet? Don't worry ... let's face it, HUNDREDS of others have learned snow boarding, so you can, too!