How to Get Off A Chairlift – Snowboarding for Beginners

Getting off the chairlift has to be one of the most difficult things for a beginner snowboarder to get the hang of. I’ve got three tips that will make getting off the chairlift easy!

1. Skating – Practice how to skate on your snowboard before getting on the chairlift. Skating is basically walking around with one foot strapped into your snowboard. You need to skate to the chair, and skate away from it. So if you practice allot of skating you’ll have more confidence when its time to attempt the chair.

2. One Foot – Find a small hill to practice riding down with one foot strapped in. When your riding the chair you have to do it with only one foot in. So when you get off you’ll have to ride down a small hill with one foot. At the bottom of the hill practice riding your snowboard with only one foot stapped in. Put your free foot in the middle of your snowboard pushed against your back binding. Your knees should be bent, and your hands should be over the nose and tail of your board. Practice riding down a small pitch with one foot until your feeling confident.

3. Stopping – When you get off the chairlift at the top, there may be people in your way. Being able to stop will save you a collision. To stop keep your heel on your snowboard and drag your toe to slow you down. Another way is to keep your toe on the board and drag your heel in the snow.

Master these three things before you get on the chairlift, and you’ll ride away clean on the top.

How to do a Backside 180 on a Snowboard

ENTER CONTEST TO WIN FREE GEAR! Want to learn how to 180 like the pros?Welcome to your online snowboard camp. This video breaks down how to do a backside 180. Our how to snowboard videos are filmed using real students in the Whistler terrain park. In this video I break the 180's down into three parts. Your line into the jump, wind up and rotation, and your jump (pop) off the lip. 180's are where you learn the basics of spinning. So If you can nail your 180's, the rest of the spins will come naturally. 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.

Snowboard Boots Buying Guide

A couple tips for buying snowboard boots. Your most important piece of equipment on the mountain!

1. Boots that fit - A good rule is your snowboard boot should be a size smaller than your shoe size. You would them snug and your toes to be touching because they will pack out a bit. But If your toes are too jammed in there thats not good either.

2. Lacing system - If you have laces make sure you can get them really tight and that they stay tight. If you have problems getting your laces really tight you can try the cable system boots. They have seperate cords for the upper and lower half of your boot. You just pull the cords to tighten your boots and lock them into place.  The Boa system is great aswell. It gives you a knob to crank that tightens your boots. But make sure they have the upper and lower cranks seperate for different tightness at the ankle to toes.

3. Water Proof - It sounds crazy but some boots are not water proof. Nothings worse than wet feet on a cold day!

4. Stiffness - I prefer my boots a bit softer for when I ride. But some people prefer a stiffer boot. Be aware of stiffness when your buying boots. Stiff boots give you lots of ankle support for  carving and powder. Where a soft boot give you flexibility to pull of freestyle tricks in the park.

5. Price - You get what you pay for. I recommend putting out the few extra dollars for a mid to high end boot. If this is out of your price range you can probably get a pair of last years boot for cheaper. Cheap boots are going to kill your feet and that translates into less fun on the mountain.

How to Shifty Boardslide on a Snowboard

Welcome to our online snowboard camp! This video breaks down how to do a shifty boardslide snowboarding. Our how to snowboard videos are filmed using real students in the Whistler terrain park. In this video I break the shifty boardslides into three parts. Your line into the jump, locking in the shifty, and riding away clean. 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 in Powder

Snowboarding in powder is what snowboarding is all about! It is also one of the more difficult skills to learn, if your used to snowboarding strictly on groomed runs and ice. Here are three tips to help you snowboard on powder.

1. Pressure your back foot. It is important to put more pressure on your back foot to keep the nose of your snowboard out of the snow. Try to bend you back knee more and move your hips back over the tail of your snowboard. Practising ollies and tail presses are a good way to practice for powder.  As you come around a turn in powder, push on your back foot to spray some snow out to the side. Spraying snow out to the side will slow you down, and set you up for that next turn. If we are spraying snow down hill, you will slow down too much, and get stuck in the powder. Its important to keep the nose of your snowboard up, and pointed somewhat downhill to keep your speed and momentum up.

2. Anticipate  turning  with your upper body. When your riding in powder, its a bid harder to turn your snowboard. If I'm on my heals, and want to make a toe turn, I begin to look where I want turn, and also point my front shoulder in that direction aswell. This isn't going to turn my board but it will antisipate the turn and help to make it easy for my knees and snowboard to follow. Anticipating the turn with your upper body will also help keep your body lined up. Having your shoulder, hips and ankles all squared up will keep you balanced through the powder.

3. Activate your knees. Your knees are key when riding in the powder. Keeping them bent will help you absorb any bumps through the powder. Extending your legs around a  turn will help spray snow to the side, and control your speed. Using your knees will help steer your snowboard through the powder and turn you where you want to go.

Hope these tips help!

First Day of Snowboarding - Three Things to Learn

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 Snowboard Toeside – Three Tips to Turn on your Toe Edge

Having trouble turning toeside on your snowboard? Turning onto the toe edge is definitely the harder edge to turn onto. I've got three tips to make the toe turn easy.

1. First I like to break the toe turn down into three parts. Being on your heels, pointing your snowboard straight, and finally on your toes. A good trick to get your snowboard from heels to staight is to point your front hand, straight down the hill , and lean a bit more on your front foot. These two things will make your snowboard go straight. Try this on a very gentle slope. An extra thing to try is point your back hand straight up the hill.

2. Now that your snowboard is staight, start to pull your back hand back, so that your shoulders start to face the top of the hill. As you do this start to push onto your toe edge. Pulling your hand back and facing your shoulders to the top will make your snowboard face the same way. Pushing on your toes will get you on your toe edge.

3. Once your on your toes bend your knees with equall weight on each foot, and slow yourself down. You want to spent as much time on your toe edge as your heel edge, so practice staying on your toes until you are in control of your snowboard.

Good luck with your toeside turns! Leave a comment if your need anymore tips, or Like this article if it helped you.