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How to Attach Snowboard Bindings

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Snowboard bindings are an essential part of the winter sport's equipment. The bindings hold your feet to the board. As such, they need to be set up correctly to maximize your control on the slopes. You need to know how to attach snowboard ... more »

How to Avoid Lines at Ski Areas

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Lift tickets are too pricey to spend half the day with your nose freezing while you wait in line. Use these tips to pack the most runs possible into your day on the slopes... more »

How to Backside a 180 With a Melon on a Snowboard

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The melon grab is one of the most popular grabs in snowboarding. Because it's relatively easy, it's a good grab for beginners to start with when learning to tweak tricks. It goes especially well with the backside 180, a trick that combines style ... more »

How to Backside a 360 on a Snowboard

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After you've mastered the basic jumping tricks on your snowboard, it's time to move onto spins and flips. A good introduction to the harder spin tricks is the backside 360. By practicing this trick off of medium-sized jumps, you'll learn how to ... more »

How to Backside Boardslide a Snowboard

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The backside boardslide's an advanced snowboarding trick you can use to transition down boxes, rails and any other surface that's slideable. Unlike the frontside boardslide where you travel backwards down the rail, the backside boardslide lets ... more »

How to Become an Olympic Snowboarder

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The Winter Olympics in 1998 was when snowboarding was introduced. It has grown to six events since then including slalom, parallel slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom, snowboardercross and half-pipe. Like any Olympic sport, snowboarding is ... more »

How to Bomb a Hill When Snowboarding

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There's no thrill quite like bombing downhill on a snowboard. Surfing the snow down a good slope builds speed quickly and lets you maneuver on the snowboard with subtle movements... more »

How to Build a Snowboard Halfpipe

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Snowboarding is fast becoming a form of artwork with all of the tricks mirrored from skateboarding. Boarding on a halfpipe provides an exhilarating experience, but it's not always possible to get to one. Although it may take time and a little ... more »

How to Build a Snowboard Quarterpipe Wall

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There's no doubt that snowboarding is fun, just look at how the sport has increased in popularity. But once you've mastered the hill and all it's challenges, try adding skateboarding tricks like riding on a quarterpipe and take it to the snow. ... more »

How to Build a Snowboard Tabletop

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Snowboarding is a fun sport, simply because it offers so much more than just riding downhill. Often, tricks used in skateboarding are imported over to the snow-side, and modified so a snowboarder can do them to add variety and challenge to this ... more »

How to Build Snowboard Moguls

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Learning to snowboard downhill is tough for any beginner, but once you get the hang of it, trying to snowboard over moguls may seem really intimidating. After all, it does take its toll on your knees. Try to build some snowboard moguls at home ... more »

How to Buy a Stomp Pad

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Stomp pads are a highly useful snowboarding accessory. They give your back foot traction when getting off a chairlift. They can also be used to remove snow from the bottom of your boot, making it fit better in your binding. If you don't have a ... more »

How to Buy Snowboard Bindings

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While relatively simple gadgets, snowboard bindings need to be thoroughly inspected before you commit to a purchase... more »

How to Buy Snowboarding Gloves

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Snowboarding fanatics hit the snow every season with passion and excitement after being cooped up all summer. In order to have a good time on the slopes, proper gear and preventative safety must be priorities. Follow this easy guide to buying ... more »

How to Carry a Snowboard

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Cruising down a mountain with the wind in your face gives a feeling a freedom to many snowboarding enthusiasts. Like other outdoor activities, there are many simple guidelines to follow to safeguard your health and prevent damage to your ... more »

How to Cross-Over Turn on a Snowboard

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The first snowboard was made in the early 1900s. Since then, snowboarding has come a long way. Snowboarding was declared an Olympic sport in 1994 and today is enjoyed by millions of people world wide. There is definitely a learning curve in ... more »

How to Cross-Under Turn on a Snowboard

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One of the first skills you'll learn when starting to snowboard is the cross-under turn. It's an important technique because it lets you control your board and stay on balance during tight turns, which helps you avoid skiers, snowboarders and ... more »

How to Determine a Snowboard Stance

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To snowboard like a pro requires, you need a stance that maximizes your snowboarding ability. There are a few different factors to take into account when figuring out your stance, and each of them has a significant impact on your snowboarding ... more »

How to Do a 50-50 on a Snowboard

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The 50-50 is a basic snowboarding trick you can do on just about any object. Since it's a grind, it works best on rainbow boxes, rails and other straight obstacles in the terrain park. If you've never done a grind before, the 50-50 is a bit ... more »

How to Do a Boardslide on a Snowboard

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There are different areas that you can perform a boardslide on using a snowboard. You can do this on a rail, a box or basically any object that allows you to slide on it. Boardslides use a moderate skill level, so you should know your ... more »

How to Do a Five-O Grind on a Snowboard

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The versatility of snowboards to perform many tricks on and off the snow have made snowboarding a huge hit with people of all ages. Sliding down a rail adds in an extra element of danger and fun to any run. Learning to do a Five-O grind will ... more »

How to Do a Nollie Tail Tap on a Snowboard

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The Nollie is a variation on the classic ollie trick. Instead of jumping off of the back of your snowboard, you jump off of the front. The Nollie Tail Tap adds a little spice to this basic jump, but it's easy enough for beginners to handle with ... more »

How to Do a Snowboard Turn

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Snowboarding without learning how to turn is a recipe for trouble. Everything is fine until you approach a tree or person and need to move out of the way fast. Practice these steps on the bunny slope before tackling an intermediate hill so you ... more »

How to Do a Tail Roll on a Snowboard

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A tail roll gives you a smooth way to shift which foot is forward when snowboarding down a slope. Snowboarders need to learn how to snowboard with either foot forward to advance to more challenging tricks of all sorts. Before learning the tail ... more »

How to Do a Wheelie on a Snowboard

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Good snowboarders are capable of pulling all kinds of tricks, including spins, grabs, grinds and the occasional flip in the half pipe. All professional athletes have to start somewhere and build up their repertoire of maneuvers. You should know ... more »

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