How to do a Front Side Boardslide - Snowboard Pro Camp

Your first day of snowboarding there are a three things you should learn to make your first day of snowboarding safe, and fun.
1. Walking with your snowboard on (Skating) - The first thing you want to learn is how to skate on your snowboard. Skating is basically walking around with your front foot strapped in. Your front foot is usually your stronger leg. The one you would kick a soccer ball with, or the one you would put out first when sliding across some ice. When walking try to keep more weight on your free foot. Keeping more weight on your free foot will let you move your snowboard easier, and will keep it from sliding out. Another trick to skating is to keep your snowboard on a bit of an edge. The edge will help keep your snowboard locked into the snow.
2. Getting on a Chairlift - Practising getting off the chairlift before getting on it will save you allot of falls. Find a very small decline to practice going staight down hill with one foot. Take your free foot and put it in the middle of the board against your back binding. Bend your knees and keep your weight centered in the middle of the snowboard. When your ready to stop try dragging half of your free foot in the snow. When you have this mastered, your ready for the chairlift!
3. Stopping - Before you learn to turn, you need to learn how to stop. Find a easy slope and someone to give you a hand. The things that stops your snowboard is your edges. Practice sliding down the hill on your edge. Your edge is like a gas peddle. The closer your edge is down and close to the snow, the faster your board will go. Lift up your edge away from the snow to slow down and stop. Try to keep equal weight on both feet to use your whole edge evenly. Keep your knees bent and your back straight.  Having someone give you a hand will save you allot of falls and a sore butt. Once you can control your speed on both edges confidently your ready to start making some turns!

How to Ollie Your Snowboard

Ollies are an essential snowboard skill. They are fun to do around the mountain, and they are key for tricks in the park. They are also super easy to learn. Just think of the tail of your snowboard like a spring. If you jump on that spring your snowboard it will spring your up. So lean onto your back foot and trying jumping off that foot alone. What will happen is it will spring you forward onto your front foot. To fix this, as your jump off your back foot, pull your front foot up to level out your board. Suck your knees up and land with both feet at the same time. Start off trying to ollie on the flat ground, then master it off the run, before taking it to a small jump. Good luck! How to ollie snowboard video coming soon!

How to 180 onto a Box - Snowboard Trick Tips

Whats up Guys? Welcome to your online snowboard camp! Today we’re going to work on  how to 180, on and off a box. This trick is stylish and allot of fun. Couple skills you want to have  before trying this trick, are front and back 180’s, 50/50’s, and board slides. A new skill you will learn in this trick,  is how to twist a 180( Or skate style 180). The difference between a skate style 180 and a regular 180 is skate style you twist your upper body in the direction you want to 180. Then untwist your legs and snowboard underneath you. Keeping your upper body and lower body separated. If you twist your upper body and jump, your legs and snowboard will want to follow.. The reason we don’t want to rotate the 180 is because if you rotate your spin. You’ll keep spinning. By twisting its stops your spin at  180 degrees. Practice twisting 180’s on the snow before you take it to the park. On your ride in, you want your snowboard to be headed straight towards the center of the box. This will line you up to stay on the box until the end. You want your upper body to be twisted facing towards the box. Next you want to get a little bit onto your heel edge. Popping off your heels will help your toe edge clear the front of the box. As you pop untwist your legs underneath your and land 180 on the box with your board flat. Once your on the box start twisting your upper body back .  As you come off the box you want to  untwist your legs to land the 180. Bend your knees to absorb the landing, and ride away clean. Once your comfortable with this trick, you can add variations to it. Adding a tail or nose press. And stepping it up to a more advanced rails or doing the trick switch. Have fun with this trick, and I’ll see ya in the park!

Snowboard tips - Backside Board Slide (Keeping Your Board Flat)

Have you ever gone for a backside board slide, and slid out on your heels? I've got two tips for you to keep your snowboard flat. The First one is to bend your knees. By keeping your knees bent it puts your weight on the center of your board. Straight legs puts your weight over your heels edge, and causes you to slide out. The second tip is to keep your hands out in front of you. Your body want to naturally lean back, so by putting your hands out front it encourages you to stay forward. Try these two tips and I guarantee you'll ride out your next board slide!

180's Twist vs Rotate

There are two different ways to do a 180, and there are pro's and con's to each. You can rotate a 180,  where you wind yourself up, then rotate your body in the direction you want to spin. Or Twist a 180,  where you face the direction you want to spin, then pop and twist your legs and board beneath you. So which is better and why? If you want to 180 onto a box and keep spinning once your on, then you wan to rotate. When your doing a 180 onto a rail you probably want to twist, because it stops your spin. You can twist a 180 allot quicker than you can rotate as well. Twist a 180 off small jumps and side hits. On a big jump rotate your 180 around slowly for style. Twisting a 180 stops you from going past 180 degrees so if you want to spin 360's and beyond then you should be practising rotating your 180's. Which do you prefer?

5 Different Ways to Jump on your Snowboard

It seems like allot, but there are actually five different ways you can jump on your snowboard. Which is cool because when your snowboarding on the mountain this gives you allot of different options. If anyone has more ways to jump, or disagrees with me, let me know. But here is my list of five ways to jump on your snowboard.

5. Ollie - I think this is the most obvious way to jump, but its also difficult to to correctly. The easiest way I can describe how to ollie is jumping off of one foot. Sounds dumb but when you ollie you basically jump off your back foot and suck your knees up level in the air. Which allows you to land level on your snowboard. The reason this works so well is because the back of your snowboard is like a spring. When you jump more off your back foot you active that spring giving you more height. The trick is to suck your knees up and keep your snowboard level. Ollie's are great for grabs, because they give you extra time in the air.

4. Even Pop - Evenly jumping off both feet gives you a level jump in the air. This type of jump is also really effective when spinning. Because if you pop even off your heel or toe edge it help you to spin level in the air. The down side to an even pop off both feet is you dont get the spring you would from an ollie.

3. Coast - When you want to hit a jump and be a bit lazy you can just coast off it. Let the jump do work. Head for the jump bend your knees and let the kicker determine how much air you get. The down side to coasting is I find it harder to stay balance in the air. Any irregularity in the jump will set you off balance slightly. It is good though if you dont want too much air.

2. Nollie - Nollie's are fun and stylish. Popping off the nose of your board is a great way to earn some style points. A great way to practice your nollies is to do switch ollies.

1. Absorb the Jump - Ever feel like your coming into a jump with way too much speed. The best way to fix this last minute is to absorb the jump. As your getting to the lip of the jump, bend your knees as much as you can. Your going to take all the pressure off your board. Which equals doing a much small jump. Its the anti jump.

How To Snowboard - How to 180 (Beginner Snowboarding Tricks)

Want to learn how to 180 like the pros?Welcome to your online snowboard camp. This video breaks down how to do a frontside 180. Our how to snowboard videos are filmed using real students in the Whistler terrain park. In this video I break the 180 down into three parts. Your line into the jump, wind up and rotation, and your jump (pop) off the lip. There are other how to snowboard videos on the channel to help improve any area of your snowboarding. Including trick tips in the terrain park, tips for in the alpine, and beginner snowboard lessons(coming soon). All the snowboarders in the video are actual students. So whether your an advanced snowboarder or a beginner, there's something on this channel for you. Subscribe to get updates as new videos are released.

How to Snowboard - How to Cliffdrop (Advanced Snowboading)

Do you want to learn how to cliff drop like the pro's?Welcome to your online snowboard camp. This video breaks down how to do a Cliff Drop. Our how to snowboard videos are filmed using real student snowboarders in the Whistler alpine. In this video I break a cliff drop down into three parts. Checking out your landing, how to set yourself up to jump off the cliff, and how to stomp your landing. There are other how to snowboard videos on the channel to help improve any area of your snowboarding. Including trick tips in the terrain park, tips for in the alpine, and beginner snowboard lessons(coming soon). Whether you are a advanced snowboarder or beginner there is something for your on this channel. Subscribe to get updates as new videos are released. Grab your snowboards and lets get started!

How to Snowboard - How to Backside Boardslide (Beginner Snowboarding Tricks)

Want to learn how to Boardslide? Welcome to your online snowboard camp. This video breaks down how to do a backside boardslide. Our how to snowboard videos are filmed using real student snowboarders in the Whistler terrain park. In this video I break a boardslide down into three parts. Your line up to the box, the wind up and rotation on, and your clean jump (pop) onto the box from your heels. There are other how to snowboard videos on the channel to help improve any area of your snowboarding. Including trick tips in the terrain park, tips for in the alpine, and beginner snowboard lessons(coming soon). So whether you are an advanced snowboarder or a beginner there's something on this channel for you to learn. Subscribe to get updates as new videos are released. Grab your snowboards and lets get started.

How to Snowboard - How to Hit a Jump (Beginner Freestyle Trick)

Want to learn how to do a jump on your snowboard? Learn from the pro's! Welcome to our online snowboard camp. This video breaks down how to do a jump. Our how to snowboard videos are filmed using real students in the Whistler terrain park. In this video I break the jumps down into three parts. Your line into the jump, how to be solid in the air, and your landin. There are other how to snowboard videos on the channel to help improve any area of your snowboarding. Including trick tips in the terrain park, tips for in the alpine, and beginner snowboard lessons(coming soon). All the snowboarders in the video are actual students. So whether your an advanced snowboarder or a beginner, there's something on this channel for you. Subscribe to get updates as new videos are released.

How to Snowboard Videos Coming Soon!

Having your own personal snowboard coach is the best way to board better, and start nailing tricks. The next best thing would be videos that you can pull up any time. Also a great thing about a video is that its free! Coming soon I'm going to be posting a series of how to videos. Covering topics like boardslides, 180's, 360's, cliff drops, and any request videos I might get. So if you want to check out these videos, follow me on my blog, and stay tuned!