Snowboarding Tips: Knowing Snowboard Edges & Bottom

Video Transcript

"Alright, so now that you have your first binding strapped in you're at the bottom of the lift, so you don't want to strap in your other one yet. Once you get to the top you want to strap your other one in, but since we're down here at the bottom and we are on flat ground we want to just focus on having the feel of a snowboard attached to your feet. Just feeling that you have a base and that you have edges. You have a toe side edge and you have a heel side edge. Because, just knowing your edges and know what you have on your feet will help you when you need to know where; to go down the mountain if you want to turn or what you want to do. So, just push around a little bit. Try to get the feel of the skatiness on snow. Feel the bottom of your base. Know that it's soft and slick and you can go fast. Edges are a big part, because if you lean too much on your edges that means you're going to catch an edge. Catching and edge is not so good. That is the worst part in snowboarding, because you always want to be flat based as when you're going down, especially when you're; when you're carving. That's when you're on an edge, because you're catching your edge and you're going back and forth and back and forth. But, for now we're just going to focus on getting the feel of moving on the ground with a slick bottom, so that you can have your balance and you can get on with your day."