2003-4 Snowboarding!

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2003-4 Snowboarding!
Its Coming

• Gear up for your bodacious moves this winter!

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Topics to be covered

• Introduction To The Sport
• Quick Mental Prep
• Equipment
• Slope selections
• Snowboarding Variations
• Building Basic Skill
• Beyond Basic Terrains
• Advanced Freestyle Riding
• A Growing Sport

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Introduction To The Sport

• Snurfing (snow-surfing) was the predecessor.
• In 1977, there was a 23 year old avid snurfer,
  Jake Burton, who founded his own company in
  Vermont.
• Snurfer/skateboarder Tom Sims began production of
  his own snowboards at the same time.
• These two men now lead two of the top snowboard
  companies of today.

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Quick Mental Prep

• Think how you prepare to go out on the slopes.
  You might want
• Safety gear
• Lunch
• Easily accessible pocket money
• Goggles, unless it is neither windy nor bright
• Backpack
• Face mask or scarf, and
• Layered clothing.

• Nobody enjoys being cold. Its up to YOU to
  dress warm enough so you enjoy the sport!

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Equipment

• We are taking our own, or renting.
• We need
• Our Appropriate Clothing
• Board Bindings
• Boots

• Consider
• A Wax Job -Improves smoother and faster gliding.
• Edge Sharpening -Improves controlled turning and
  stopping.

Renting is good if you dont now picture
snowboarding more than a few X per season.
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Slope Selections

• MYTH Small, gradual hills are best for beginner
  snowboarders because they are less intimidating.
• MYTH The big mountain resorts are only for
  intermediate and expert skiers.
• FACT By using a gradual large hill, or mountain,
  you are spending more time on the riding part.
• FACT Most all resorts, large or small, roughly
  maintain a 111 ratio, meaning 33 beginner
  trails. These wind around the mountain, and thus
  resemble the non-steep bunny hills, but for a
  longer period of time.

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Snowboarding Variations

• Most riders angle both bindings about 10-15
  degrees outwards for bi-directional riding.
• The forward foot is then usually angled slightly
  more forward than the other.
• Some boarders enjoy riding both feet angled
  forward, more for uni-directional racing.

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Snowboarding Variations

• Regular Stance Riding with your right foot back.
• Goofy Stance Riding with left foot back.
• Fakie or Switch, Stance Riding in the opposite
  stance of your regular.

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Building Basic Skill

• If boarding for the first time, I advise lessons.
  Nothing teaches better and quicker than someone
  showing you.
• Snowboarders should all know (and how to)
• Ride, turn, and stop
• Skate/Pedal (only front foot strapped in)
• Go uphill- walking with one strapped foot, or
  frog hopping with both feet strapped
• Slope etiquette
• Trail signs, and
• Lift procedures

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Building Basic Skill

• Consider harder slopes more often. You most
  likely arent zooming down all the double blacks
  because theres some intimidating elements.
• Try to learn all obstacles including glades,
  moguls, and drops.
• Sometimes try your own courses on the sidelines
  of these runs, maybe swerving around trees and
  out-sticking snow-making pipes.

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Beyond Basic Terrains

• So you think you have control of that board do
  you?
• Now would be the time to try a more difficult
  trail, or try the easier parts of a specially
  made snowboarder terrain park.
• On the lip of a bump or jump, your legs can
  either come up under you to absorb the bump, or
  extend to get air.

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Advanced Freestyle Riding

• Ground Spins For the first 180, facing
  downhill, you slowly swing your rear leg out on
  your heel edge until you pass 180 where you
  transfer onto the opposite edge and continue the
  next 180 in a fluid 360 spin.

Surface Tricks
Wheelies/Manuals Riding balanced on either the
front or back portion of your board.
Nose Manual
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Advanced Freestyle Riding
Other Tricks

• Before these next few, you should have a
  perfect, straight up, balanced jump.
• Grabs Any airborne move involving reaching down
  and grabbing your board somewhere with one or
  both hands.

50/50 Grind The easiest grind to learn. You
ride straight towards a rail or something else,
and slide straight. Board Slide If on snow you
jump, and do a 90 degree turn, you will normally
land leaning your weight on the more uphill edge.
You MUST land flat on the rail, one foot on
either side of it, and you slide.
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Advanced Freestyle Riding
Other Tricks

• The 360 Harder to land because your vision sort
  of blurs, until you learn to spot your landings
  ahead. Keep your upper body low, and on the lip
  of the jump, jerk your body in a quick twist.
• Riding Switch -Nothing is cooler than fluently
  riding and pulling off moves into and out of
  either stance. This just involves a lot of
  practice riding both stances.

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A Growing Sport

• There are endless combinations of varied flips,
  spins, grabs, and grinds. Today, young athletes
  are continuously pushing up this skill level.
• In 1985, only 7 of the American resorts
  permitted snowboarding, while ski resorts today
  are building specialized terrain parks and
  organizing all sorts of events for boarders.

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A Growing Sport

• Snowboarding is becoming popular at all ages now.
• This winter, check out Snowboardings hottest
  young star Shaun White.
• This orange hair, freckle-faced kid, born in 86,
  is tearing up the sport with the craziest tricks
  and winning all the competitions.

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