does anybody have tips for snowboarding?
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First learn to fall with grace. once you learn how to do that, than you can move on. do you remembver that old wise saying about learning how to crawl before you can walk?\nit is also true with moving allong with anything you do.
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Skateboarding will definately help your overall balance and ability to orient your body. For example skateboarding goofy foot on my street really helped me out when I was learning to ride switch on the mountain. It was a good way to practice the whole riding with my left foot forward thing. This is because you are using a lot of the same muscles. \n\nPlus many of the grabs and tricks in snowboarding were originally derived from skate tricks so you will gain at least some competency in one from doing the other.\n\nI suppose that grinding rails and stuff may be similar to snowboarding but I'm not that good on a skateboard and wouldn't know for sure
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The first suggestion has to be if you cannot snowboard yet then give it a try!  You might like it, and it solves the problem of having nothing else to do when everyone else is out on their boards. Even if you are unable to snowboard then there will be some snowy sport you could have a go at.\n\nAnyway, back to the question.  I went to Are in Sweden a couple of years ago which is quite a nice little place with a reasonble amount of things to do in town if you're not boarding/skiing.  There's dog sledding, skidooing, ice driving (take your licence) and a fair few shops and nice cafes etc. to keep you occupied.  If  Sweden won't suit then try and find a resort near e.g. Salzburg in Austria.  In general France is a bad choice if you are not going to be out on the slopes as many of the resorts are purpose built and have nothing else for you to do!
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If you go on ebay and search for a snowboard, you can find complete snowboard packages for pretty inexpensively. And all you're really looking for is a cheap board and some good inexpensive boots. The most important thing to do with your board is to get it edged and waxed before you go. Any board is good with the proper care. Got to ebay, look in the newspaper, and try these sites\nwww.shopzilla.com\nwww.shopping.com\nwww.backcountryoutlet.com
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Go fot it!!\n\nI've been waterskiing since i was about 13 (over 20 years) but only started to learn to wakeboard about 2 years ago. They are nothing like each other but it's good that you're used to being in the water. It took me about 40 attempts to get up the first time but my girlfriend got up on her first go! (Must have been my expert tuition after making all those mistakes!)\n\nOne tip for getting up - Pretty much as soon as the boat starts to pull turn your hips (to the right if you're right foot forward, to the left if your left foot forward) and also push your toes down.\nOnce up the tendency is to try and keep the board flat which makes it very difficult to control so keep your weight on your back foot which will ensure the fins are in the water and keeping you straight. After that it's just a matter of getting the feel for it and practise.\n\nGreat sport and i'm really enjoying doing something new.\n\nGood luck!!
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Snowboarding!!!!!!!!\nAnd praying to god the snow stays in the mountains and not in town. It such a pain in the rear end when theres snow in town. In fact the snow level is so low right now. Their at the foot of the mountains!!\now well.\nAnyway SNOWBOARDING!\nIm gonna go next weekend. New start of the season!!!!
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You have to have about six inches, but for good snowboarding you want about 5 or 6 feet.  That guarantees that most of the ground is covered.  That's about 66 inches.  Without that, bare spots will start showing up if there are many people on that slope or if it is not groomed often.
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Both are absolutely awesome!\n\nI've been snowboarding for twenty years but I love to ski every now and then (I get about 100 days a year on the mountain and I spend 10 or 12 on skis). \n\nOn hard snow, skis are much better than a snowboard. A snowboard isn't exactly bad on hard snow but I can rail my turns so much better on my skis than on my board when it's icy. \n\nIn powder there is no contest, snowboard all the way. Much more fluid and graceful and most skiers can't keep up with me if I really want to run in deep snow.\n\nAnd I have to say when it all comes down to it, if you are a speed freak then you need to ditch the snowboard because skis are much, much faster than boards. On my board I can hang with all my skier friends, especially in deep snow, but if they want to go it's all I can do to just keep up and I ride really, really fast.\n\nThe Olympics is definately not the venue for Snowboarding and it's a bad place to compare Skiing and Snowboarding. You should see how big the skiers go in the Halfpipe or how much faster they are on the Snowcross course. It's really amazing to watch.\n\nDon't get me wrong, snowboarding is in my blood and I'm a snowboarder till I die but skiing is pretty cool too.\n\nEDIT: In reply to Golfguy. Snowboarders can and do ride moguls, in fact I charge moguls hard and I love them. They are a bit more challenging on a board but still totally fun and doable.\n\nAs for snowboarders pushing off the powder and making it icy, that is just ridiculous. It's ignorant statements like that that have given snowboarders such a bad rap. I NEVER "push" off the powder. I carve the powder as well as the best skiers and better than most. Yes, occasionally you see idiots, in over their head, sliding sideways down the hill because they don't know what they are doing. It's just as likely to happen with a guy on skis as it is with a guy on a board. You need to try snowboarding and see what it's all about before making misinformed comments like that.
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i also started skiing and switched to snowboarding after like 5 years of ski exp.  I got on the mountain day 1 with my snowboard, went to a green trail, did 2 or 3 runs before I was bombnig down blues and soon single diamonds. I kid you not, it was extremely easy for me to pick up having a ski backround.  Just read up online on how to turn on a snowboard and remember it when ur on the hill.  if you google 'how to turn snowboard' you will find pages.  A snowboard is basically a big ski.  if you have the curve skis then you know how easy it is to turn: you put some weight on your right ski at the big toe and take the weight off the left to turn to the left, more pressure and lean = sharper turn.  as you let off the pressure your skis fall back to straight down the mountain.  just remember the principles of where you place weight to turn and apply it to a snowboard - heel edge to toe edge.  Just be careful to not prematurely shift the weight to one edge while that edge is still downhill.  i.e. you turn to the left on your heel, and then while still facing diagonally on the slope you shift to the toe edge.  You have to let the board return to its natural downhill direction before doing this or you will just catch the edge and fall on your face.  just work it all out in your mind with what you know from skiing like I did and you'll be fine!
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The only time snowboarding is more difficult than skiing is the first few days. The first day on skiis you can at least stand up and shuffle your feet around like you're walking, whereas the first few times on a snowboard can be a little rough. After the initial shock, snowboarding is much easier than skiing. It takes a few dedicated years of skiing to get to a point where beginning snowboarders are after half a season.
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Rent the boots and the board, Bring a good Water resistant jacket and Pants. Bring your determination, snowboarding for the first time is NOT that simple.
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It is always a good idea to wax a board before you ride it. Yes, it is true that most boards come waxed from the factory and this is certainly true of Burton boards. However, factory waxes are hardly as good a hot wax done by hand. \n\nHere is what I do with a new board. Get some inexpensive all-condition wax. Nothing too fancy as this process will waste a lot of it. Drip the wax onto your board generously and iron it into the board evenly. Now, before it cools take your scraper and scrap all that wax off. If you can, collect this wax and use it again. I Repeat these steps as many as six or seven times. This process of "hot scraping" will do two things. One, it helps remove any impurities from the base of your board and two, it squeezes the wax into the millions of pores in your base. Now, after this is done get a good quality wax that will match your riding conditions (a good ski or snowboard shop can help you make this selection) and wax you board normally with this wax right over the all-condition wax you already put in. Let this wax cool completely then scrap it off and buff the base normally with a cork and you're done. \n\nIf all this seems a bit daunting any good snowboard shop should be able to take care of you. Done right, you'll have the fastest board on the hill. \n\nEnjoy
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ride snowboards have a great Freestyle (park) boards with a lot of wide options. I am 6', 170 and size 12, i have a 159 santa cruz board (regular),  a 154 ride (reg) and a 131 nidecker (reg) for park. i tried a wide board once and hated it. i couldn't cut and carve as quick as i could with a reg board. I adjusted my bindings perfectly so i have zero toe or heel drag. they also make "risers" it lifts the binding a bit so you get no toe drag. My favorite setup i have for just freeriding is '06 santa cruz 'duo freedom' board, '06 ride SPI bindings, and '06 ride 'amp' boots\n\nLong time boarder...snowboard instructor at california resort
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This looks like a great place to check out how to do tricks. I clicked on a few of the links, and step by step pictures come up along with the how to guides..\n\ngood luck.\n\nhttp://skateboard.about.com/od/tricktips/\n\nclean link.
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Here is a site that you can go to, additionally many mags have tips of course. Having said that it all comes down to trying to execute safely and practice. Almost every advanced trick you try is predicated on being able to generate speed always a good place to start. \n\nhttp://www.transworldsurf.com/surf/archive/howto/1,19931,,00.html\n\nHave fun and safe surfing.
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Really easy? Well none of the people I usually go snowboarding with have ever broken a leg so... You will not detach from your snowboard when you fall (unlike skiing), so there is a potential for injury that way, but you can break your leg skiing also.
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I demonstrated how to properly attach a snowboard.\n\nYou can re-string a guitar, do napkin folding, US flag folding, proper diapering,how to lift a dumbell in order to build a particular muscle, how to wrap a gift, etc.