How To: Build a backyard snowboard ramp
This is a great big tower and it's for snowboarding down. Kind of a small scale of the kind they use in summer snowjams.
This is a great big tower and it's for snowboarding down. Kind of a small scale of the kind they use in summer snowjams.
In this video we learn how to build a snowboard box. First, decide on a size for your box and write out the dimensions. Then, buy your frame for the box and follow the structure of the box with it having four sides. After you have built the frame, put on the wood to complete the sides and make the box enclosed. Use screws placed into the frame to make sure it's completely secure. You may also want to install handles so this is easier to handle. Once you're finished with your box you can paint...
If you've never owned a snowboard before, this next tutorial is very useful to help ensure that it will last a long time. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to properly store your snowboard during the summer months.
Sierra Snowboard demonstrates how to pop an ollie on a snowboard. An ollie is a basic but mandatory trick when riding a snowboard. When popping up on a snowboard do not jump off of your toes. If you jump off of your toes it is not considered an ollie. Make sure that you also do not jump off of your heels. First, keep your body square and balanced so that you are parallel with the board. Be sure to bend at the knees and not at the waist. Quickly shift your weight to the back foot. Load up the ...
In this video you will learn how to wax, tune, and DE-tune your snowboard. The first thing you're going for tuning and DE-tuning your board is to take a bill file and file your board right where it starts to curve (do this on every corner of your board). Then when you're ready to clean the base of your board you take your base citrus cleaner and pour some onto a rag and wipe it on the board until its clean. Then when you're ready to wax your board take your wax and melt it over the board usin...
Scott Todd demonstrates waxing a snowboard, which is basic maintenance that assures good speed for a snowboarder. He starts by applying a thick, even layer of wax on the base of the snowboard using an old iron to melt it down. He sweeps the board with the iron to spread out the wax.
Snowboarding is an exhilarating sport, but it takes snowboard lessons and a lot of practice to learn how to snowboard. Get free snowboard lessons online in this free video series.
Frank Crow teaches how to detune your snowboard for a better ride. Learn about your effecive edge versus your full wrap ege. De-Burring is also covered.
Franklin Crow teaches you about edge bevelling. Depending on the terrain where you snowboard, you want to bevel your edges to provide the best riding experience.
Frank Crow talks about keeping the edges of your snowboard in shape. Edge maintenance is crucial to preserving your ride.
The manual is one of the most basic, ancient tricks in all of extreme sports. It is basically a wheelie on a board. This video offers tips for how to perform a manual successfully on a snowboard, and describes how practicing and improving your manual skills will lead to improvements in all sorts of other tricks as well, like ollies and tailslides, both of which use the same position.
Transitioning from riding a snowboard on the ground to launching it (and you) into the air off jumps is scary and dangerous. That doesn't stop people from doing it though, and this video offers a lot of good advice for how to take an air off a ramp with your snowboard. Specifically, it describes how to perform a Method grab while in the air and land it successfully.
Can you ollie your snowboard? If you can't, you're really not doing all that your could with your snowboard. It is the most basic element of most tricks, both grinds and jumps. This video features some handy tips on how to perform an ollie successfully with your snowboard. Watch this video, then get out to the mountain and practice. You'll be ollieing onto rails and off jumps in no time!
Can you do a backside 180 off a jump on your snowboard? Then you can probably do a frontside boardslide to fakie. This video explains how the technique used to do the former trick can also be used to perform the latter by simply landing on a rail partway through the trick and then finishing your rotation when you get to the end of it. If there are rails on the mountain where you board, give this a try!
Performing a 720, or two full revolutions, on a snowboard can be daunting, especially if you've had trouble doing 180's and 360's. Really, they are much the same though, you just have to keep spinning! This quick video breaks down how to perform a 720 successfully in a halfpipe. They make it sounds a little easier than it actually is, but the tips they offer are valuable and should have you spinning like a dervish in no time.
Snowboarders have many different mounting styles and board specs to consider. Learn how to choose and mount the right snowboard board for the correct riding style in this free extreme sports video on snowboarding.
Snowboarding is not just about going down a mountain. Learn how to perform 50/50 box and handrail grinds with tips from a snowboard instructor in this free extreme sports video series on snowboarding.
Learn how to snowboard in this free snowboarding video from an expert snowboarder. Part 1 of 13 - How to Snowboard for beginners.
Snowboarder Drew Fuller explains how to do a Nosepress to 180 out on a snowboard.
A quick video on different snowboard boot speed lacing systems and how to find the best one for you.
Summertime is a sad time for your beloved snowboard, languishing in the closet waiting for snow. Did you know that your base can become dried out from all that downtime? Watch this video to learn how to store your snowboard safely. Store your snowboard in summer & prevent base damage.
James Stentiford talks you through the basics of riding a snowboard on deep snow in this how-to video. No need to change postures or weight distribution in powder, because you'll lose power and direction. Watch this video snowboarding tutorial and learn how to ride powder snow. Ride powder on a snowboard.
Pocket an awesome trick for snowboarding season - the nosepress fs 180. This video shows you how to get in some good practicing with a picnic table.
After you get comfortable with boxes and flat rails, it's time to step up to a kinked rail. Kinked rails are better and more fun that straight rails because they're more technical and challenging. Slide a kink rail.
Not all snowboarding slopes have bucket lifts, but button or t-bar lifts, like shown in this how-to video. T-bar lifts may look a little dangerous, but as long as you put the hang bar between your legs and hold tight, the lift will take you up nice and easy. Watch this video snowboarding tutorial and learn how to ride a button or t-bar lift. Ride a button lift.
Scott Shaw demonstrates how to do andrecht handplants for the sport of snow boarding and this is an advanced trick. You want to approach the transition on a flat base, but you want to put more weight on your toe edge. Do andrecht handplants.
Hips are sweet for all levels, from beginners to pro-caliber shreds. A hip is usually the mellowest feature in a snowboard park because there's no knuckle you need to clear. You can go as slow as you want to and just creep off the takeoff or "send it" to the end once you gain confidence.—Chad Otterstrom. Hit a hip jump.
Aaron Bittner and Stevie Bell show you how to back tail 270 out. Learn the new front board with two SLC style kings. Shot on location at Park City Mountain Resort. Back tail 270 out.
Chad Otterstrom shows how to backside air on a snowboard. This trick is all about the forward lean. Keep you knees, shoulders and hips square to perfect this one. Do a Backside Air.
Bryan Fox shows you how to do a frontside 540. As you are approaching the lip take a big heelside turn and pop off your toes. Put your head into your front shoulder and keep your rotation flat. Frontside 540.
Scott Stevens shows you how to do a Michael Jackson slide. Find a box that is not to big. Get alot of speed to avoid from falling. Think of gliding across the box and try to stay on your edge. Do a Michael Jackson slide.
Backyard sledding can be more than just kiddie fun. These guys take it to new levels. Unfortunately, total wipe-out is the outcome of every run.
While breadboarding may seem like some odd combination of snowboarding and consuming the fluffy pastry at the same time, it's actually just the technical term for using a construction base to build a prototype electric circuit. Breadboards are solderless so they're great for circuit design and are reusable.
Learn how to get started Telemark skiing. Start the transition from alpine or snowboarding to telemarking. First get the telemark stance dropping an inside leg. Then get the turn, transitioning between edges. This is when you start to grasp balance.
Winterboard sounds like some special type of snowboarding you can only do with a special snowboard, but in actuality Winterboard is a special application on your iPod and iPhone that lets you create pretty background themes, movie backgrounds, and lockscreen changes.
Forget skateboarding. If you like snowboarding and surfing, but want the pavement in lieu of snow and water, then the casterboard is your board. The casterboard (also called a waveboard) is much like a snakeboard, and can be pretty tricky to learn the moves. But Axis has you covered. Learn how to do some basic backside 360 spins on your caster board, no matter if it's a Ripstik, Waveboard or Timberwolf.
It's time to take Kirby snowboarding! This walkthrough is for Mt. Slide, a sub level part of the Snow Land level on Kirby's Epic Yarn. Here's how you can get all the treasures and stars without totally wiping Kirby out!
If you're looking to grab big air without having to deal with the cold or possiblity of injury, maybe playing a video game would be a good idea. Although it's not that ideal, playing video games can get you closer to the action than some of forms of media. In this tutorial, you'll find out how to get the Into the Fire achievement in the snowboarding game Stoked. So check it out and enjoy!
If you can do a kickflip on a skateboard, don't think that you can do one on a casterboard, because it's harder than it looks. But don't worry, Andy Veraska and Axis teach you how to do kickflips on a casterboard in this video tutorial.
If you love catching big air in the snow without the need of actual snow, then you should grab the game Stoked. This snowboarding game takes you to some of the most gnarliest and awesome mountains you've ever seen in a sports game. This tutorial will shows you how to get to The Cascades achievement location in order to sing the guestbook. It's easy to do and fun to go after. So good luck and enjoy!