Take Your Riding to the Next Level: Camps, Improvement Courses and Instructor Training
Becoming a better snowboarder is something that many of us aspire to. Whether it be a personal desire to keep improving, something targeted – like pushing your park skills, maybe to compete, or perhaps even job based – training to be an instructor; it doesn’t matter. Progression is a key part of snowboarding. One of [...]
The 10,000-Hour Rule: How Long Does it Take to Get Good At Snowboarding?
Do you ever watch pro snowboarders and think “wow, how did they get so good?” It’s a good question. No doubt the best riders out there start with an aptitude for snowboarding, a fair amount of natural ability, but they also put in a lot of hard work; a lot of time on the board. [...]
What Are You Doing to Improve Your Snowboarding?
Snowboarding is about having fun, but we all like to improve, right? I know I do. If you’re eager on the progression curve, the outline below of what I’m trying to achieve, and how, might be of interest. So read on… The Target I was going to start this post with my plan, but it [...]
7 Ideas To Help You Progress Through The “Intermediate” Stage
As a snowboarder, you start off as a beginner – but what’s next? Are you now an intermediate? And what does intermediate mean anyway? Is it just an open-ended description for all those snowboarders who are confident they’re no longer a beginner – but wouldn’t go so far as to say they’re “advanced”, or “expert” [...]
Are Snowboard Camps Any Good?
There’s a definite, positive trend in the number of snowboard camps out there. There are more companies offering snowboard tuition to campers – usually wrapped up in some kind of week-long package. A typical camp might include your accommodation, maybe some travel help, obviously the coaching, perhaps some video feedback, and there’s a lot of [...]
3 Snowboarding Tricks to Try on a Box
Are you starting out with some park riding? Putting some time into riding boxes and rails? If so, here are a few things that you might have fun trying out, once you’ve got the basics covered… And by basics I mean 50-50s and boardslides. The 50-50 is almost certainly the first trick that you’re going [...]
Carving: Is Your Toe Turn Better Than Your Heel Turn?
Have you progressed beyond beginner status such that linking turns is easy now? Perhaps you consider yourself to be in the wooly category of intermediate snowboarder – you can tackle almost all runs on the mountain, some with more grace and correct-technique than others? Maybe you’re beyond that – an advanced or expert snowboarder? Whatever [...]
Snowboard Addiction’s Riding Powder Lesson – Review
I’m a big fan of the Snowboard Addiction instructional videos – they’re filmed to a high quality and the detail included is awesome. As such, I’ve been eagerly anticipating the “Riding Powder” video – it’s an area that doesn’t get much coverage in the snowboard-instruction world. Here’s a teaser for the video: Riding Pow Teaser [...]
