Snowboarding Tips

Here are some Snowboarding Tips that could be helpful.

Helmets

Just fucking wear them! It’s so important to do so. This is not a slow-speed, impact-free sport, so a helmet can mean the difference between having brain damage and just a headache. Also, it’s really important with most helmets to replace it after a moderate to hard fall. Most helmets are not designed to handle impact in the same place a second time, so make sure you change out your helmet after a fall.

How To Strap In Your Bindings Standing Up

There is nothing worse than sitting down in the snow to put your bindings on. You have to sit your butt down in the cold snow; it’s a pain in the ass (literally) to get up, and you find that weird muscles in your arms get sore from getting up and down all day. Your arms get sore in weird places, too. Every snowboarder should do this, and they should only sit down if it’s super icy.

This is pretty easy, but the only thing to remember is not to chop your board into the snow at too much of an angle. You want to chop just a little bit into the snow so it’s almost lying flat.

Don’t Crank Down Your Snowboard Boots and Snowboard Bindings

If you have discomfort in your boots or pressure points in your bindings it could be that you are cranking them down too tight.  Some people freak out over a few mm of heel lift and others just feel that they want the most response they can get.  Often times you can fix this by just getting a more supportive binding, a more supportive boot or some find that cranking them down less doesn’t detract performance.  The goal of snowboarding is to have fun and to not be in pain so don’t freak out over the need to crank it.