How to Snowboard

Is it true you control speed by applying pressure by your back foot? Any advice would be great, i need to stop flying down the slope.

carve harder the harder you push on your heals or toes causes the board to dig into the snow more slowing you down more.
but honesty if your learning (which im assuming you are) the more speed the eaiser it is to not fall even though it does hurt more because you can catch an edge and fall very easily if you are going slow
good luck

I am twenty nine and just moved to Colorado. Last year I tried skiing..towards the end of the season I was just starting to get the hang of it (I went to copper mnt. twice).
Now this year my bf is telling me to give it up and try snowboarding. He snowboards, my son snowboards and they tell me it’s a lot easier. I had always thought it was hard!!!!
Anyway my question is…would it be better for me to just continue learning how to ski..before I take on snowboarding? Or just put in my first tough day get it over with and learn how to board. I would love to learn how to board but I’d really like to know how to ski too! Especially since I feel like I am getting close to being able to ride smoothly.
So which one should I choose this winter?

snowboarding is harder, but more rewarding & a better workout & way cooler. the president of aspen ski club said that he hasn’t been on skis since he learned to board. try it, it’s fun. the first few times u do it, u’ll spend alot of time on ur butt. wear lots of padding. the first 2 times i tried it myself, then the 3rd i got lessons. it’s my 4th season this year & i’m already doing jumps & learning new tricks. be preparred to feel like u’ve been in an accident afterwards the first season is tough, but once u get the hang of it. it’s the funnest thing u’ll ever do, i’m boarderline obsessed with it.

Never done snowboarding by the way but I got all my gear and ready to go =)

Reviewing the answers that you have so far should tell you that you can’t learn how to snowboard from the Internet! Your friend is partly right… and many of the other answers to your question are also partly right. The whole story of how to turn your snowboard is too long to get into on Yahoo answers!

Take a lesson from a certified instructor. You will see all the skills and motions needed to get that snowboard to turn.

I need to know what I am doing currently. If someone is sliding, how do they progress to carving? By going faster?

sliding is going down the hill on your edge and your pushing snow with your board. Carving is digging your edge into the snow and making a cut. I’ve always said that the key to learning how to carve is to practice your edge control by sliding on your heel and toe edge equally. Once you’ve progressed try to link your heel and toe edges. eventually it should come together and you’ll start carving. also ask other riders for tips on the slopes most are willing to help. balance is also key to staying on your edge.

Also, where is the chip the wolf grabbing machine? I can’t find it with the new layout.

You can find the gabbing machine by going to town hall, click on the "historical society" the story was printed on 6/15/2006. Click on the story and you’ll see the link to the machine. (i’d put it in your shortcuts so you don’t have to do all that again)

You can unlock kelly on the snowboarding game if you health and your fitness is at 100%. She earns more points on the flips than the other characters. Make sure to do flips off the snow ramps for extra points!

1- know hopw to work the snowboard 2- take lessons 3- be safe and have a good time

also, if you know any tips to make an internet game, please tell me.

I love snowboarding in the winter i can’t do to many tricks but i can do a hand grab, 180,fakie (lol) thats all i know what can you do send me a email at "sk8er_boy2882@yahoo.com i would like to know what you can do

I can ride the front edge just fine, but when I carve around to the back edge, the tail of the board pushes out in front and I wind up going backwards (tail first). I can then ride it tail first on the back edge just fine, but if I try to ride the back edge the right way, I can’t keep it straight.

Well as a snowboard instructor i would need to watch your Forum to se what is really wrong. But maybe in most cases you are trying to get back onto your heel edge to fast so you loose con-troll of that edge and you spin right back around. Try making more gradual turns off your toe edge and then get the feel of it. Then you can try Sharp maneuvers of your toe edge.

They went out of business awhile ago, nearly ten years if I remember correctly. I don’t know if they just closed their doors or merged with another company and are now making boards under a different name. In either case, Joyride definitely no longer exists.