Snowboarding with Both Feet

Video Transcript

" What another great day to learn how to snowboard. What I'm going to talk about right now is a one foot in and a two foot in heel slide. This is a great thing to practice if you've never snowboarded before. Get in an area where it's very, very flat. Just a little bit of a slope. Buckle in your front foot. Don't forget to hook up your leash. Then you're going to take your second foot and you're just going to slide your toe up onto the board; just the toe of my foot onto the board. I'm going to tilt the board down. When I tilt the board down, then I'm going to disengage the back edge or release the back edge. The board is going to slide down. When I want to stop, I'm going to lift my toe up and the board will come to a stop. Now this is a great exercise to practice before you get into a class, in a nice flat area. It just gives you a great handle on getting on the board and making yourself know how it feels. I'm going to slide my front foot up onto the board and I'm going to press my toes down. Lift up to stop, down to go, up to stop. I'm going to maintain my reference alignment. I'm going to keep my knees bent. Now that's will one foot in. That's how you should start to practice this segment. Now, understand when you take your board off, never set your board down on the bottom of the deck. Always flip your board upside down on the on the snow. That way you'll never be taking a long walk down the hill to get your snowboard and you'll never risk endangering somebody else on the mountain."