Learn How To Carry Your Snowboard Right!

You will need to carry your equipment and might as well Learn To Carry Your Snowboard Right! I can spot a gaper from far away. A gaper is short for gaper gap, that’s when there’s a gap between your goggles and helmet. Folks that don’t know what they are doing walk, dress and carry their equipment not quite right. Flowing Freeride will teach how to pick the right snowboard gear best for you and drills to improve your skills. You’ll have access to all our snowboard tutorials when you sign up that cover every step and feedback from your coach. We also have some free snowboard videos to prepare for snowboard safety on our YouTube Page. I recommend watching these snowboard videos; Great Tips To Tune Your Snowboard, How To Repair Snowboard Part 2, How To Repair Core Shots, Learn The Pros & Cons To Snowboard Bindings, Snowboard Binding Types, Binding Angles, Picking The Right Size of Snowboard, Demo Snowboards, Snowboard Camber Technology, & Sizing Boots & Bindings.

To carry your snowboard correctly, put your arm under your binding and let it hang. This will help relieve pressure on your fingers from the sharp edge. The board should be parallel to your body especially in crowded areas like lift queues. If the board is perpendicular to your body you hit others when you move or turn. Skiers are infamous for doing this when they put the skis on their shoulders. They turn and will hit others in the head. I’ve had to dodge skiers doing this or block the skis with my hand. A big thing I teach is safety and this is a big safety tip.

You don’t want to be a gaper. There are racks that hold your equipment. The thin longer slots are for snowboards. The wider slots are for skis. I like to strap my board to the rack if there aren’t thin long slots so my snowboard doesn’t fall over. If there aren’t racks then flip your board upside down so it doesn’t blow away. If you snowboard starts going down the hill by itself it becomes a projectile. I’ve seen some bad accidents when this happens so be safe and not a gaper.

Make sure when you come up to the slopes that you’ve watched videos on how to Ride Right™ like How To Put Your Snowboard Boots On Right! I talked about a gaper and not having your boots on right but having the right clothing also. Do not come up in sweat pants and no gloves. You need waterproof clothing or you’ll be having a bad time. I see Raw beginners coming up to lessons with things not zipped and clothing hanging out. I don’t even ask what level they are because I know they’re beginners with no clue to what they are doing. If I’m new to something I will research it and usually watch YouTube videos that give me some basic knowledge.

Lose the gaper gap. Put your snowboard clothing on right. Make sure you carry your equipment correctly so you’re not injuring others. Take the time to research and that way you don’t look silly. We’ve had some hard times with Covid-19 so make things better. You can sign up for the full course to gain access to all of our snowboard lessons, study guides, textbooks, glossary, tests and direct feedback from your coach. Learn to snowboard online with flowingfreeride.com and take a look at our YouTube Page for more free content and learn to snowboard right! Online snowboard resources like videos on our YouTube Channel and articles like these can help you a ton. Professional snowboard lessons help even more. My name is Blake Tholen Clark Contact Me if you want to book a lesson or have any questions about Snowboarding.