Snowboard Safety Tips

Video Transcript

"Alright so what we're going to talk about now is mountain safety. As you can guess, it's very very important to be safe on a mountain. There's a lot of people, a lot of clustering sometimes. What you want to do is try to avoid all stuff, all things of that nature. If it's really really compact, try and go to a different trail. You basically want to stay out of people's way, and people will stay out of your way. Don't ski too fast kind of thing. Each mountain has their own rules, we have ours, it's called the code. Basically, there's seven aspects. There's always, one of the most important ones, always have a leash. What a leash is, is it connects to your board from your bindings to your foot. What this does is it helps prevents run away boards. This actually is an Arizona state law that every board has it. When you buy your tickets, there's a board up there that says that no leash, no ride. If you don't have one of these on your board, you're not allowed to come onto this mountain. Very, Very important. Another one is basically know how to get on and off a lift. You can, everyone falls every once and a while, so don't think that's going to make sure you can't go snowboarding or skiing, but you don't, you want to at least know how to get on and off. Another one is when you're coming on a trail and there's one above you, you've got to merge to those ones, you've got to yield. People above you have the right away because they're going really fast and you're kind of taking it slow. When you do that, you want to look uphill and make sure no one's going. If no one's coming, you're all clear you can scoot on through. Another one is, we have signs for a reason, read them. These signs are very, very important, there will be slow signs, know your limit signs, smart style which is for park etiquette. Things of that nature. They're very very important, you've got to read them. Another thing is everybody gets tired when they ski or snowboard, it's understandable, but don't stop in the middle of a trail.. What you want to do is you want to stop somewhere visible and safe. Usually it's on the side of a hill, somewhere where no one's going to run into you, because most people will go down the center of the hill. So basically stop somewhere safe, and on the side usually. Not necessarily, but like if there's like a big headwall, you don't want to stop right below it, where people are going to come in, right into you if that's on the side. Go down a couple more feet, you want to stay clear of everyone, you don't want to get hit by anybody. Another one is, just know your limit. You can't have someone wanting to do back flips if they've never been on a snowboard. You've got to know what you're capable of riding and go try that. Obviously there's progressing. You can go from a bunny hill to an expert hill in one day, it's possible, but you don't want to skip the bunny if you've never been before and go right to the expert hill. Basically those are just a couple little quick safety notes, just always keep your head on a swivel, basically. Don't ever let your guard down. There are other people on the mountain too, so you got to respect them and the mountain. Alright so now that you, you're familiar with boards, familiar with freestyle tricks, you're familiar with safety, pretty much have fun, enjoy your ride, be safe, enjoy the mountain, it's here for everybody. Have fun. "