Learn How To Snowboard Better By Mountain Biking With Greg Gibb
In the US we have no snow right now but we can Develop Our Snowboarding By Mountain Biking. Mountain biking is very similar to snowboarding. You use gravity especially when you’re going downhill. I’m joined with a good mate Greg Gibb to give tips on biking and snowboarding. Follow us by subscribing on YouTube to get all our new videos & tips. 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; Building Rhythm, Advanced Snowboarding Getting Air, Snowboard Bumpy Terrain, Snake Course, Snowboard Dynamic Flex & Extend, Advance Snowboard Lesson: Dropping Cliffs, Snowboarding Off Piste, Snowboarding Chutes, Snowboard Lesson Navigating Trees & Obstacles, Active Passive Absorption, Funnel Turns For Navigating Obstacles & Snowboarding Moguls.
After you’ve been teaching snowboarding as long as I have, you transfer teach. If you can relate body movements and muscle memory from other sports the student will learn to snowboard more efficiently. It’s best if they have done any board sport in the past. Out of surfing, wakeboarding, skateboarding/longboarding and mountain boarding I think wakeboarding is the most similar to snowboarding. Most folks that have never snowboarded haven’t done these board sports but most people know how to ride a bike. I can use the movement patterns to relate to snowboarding. When you learn to ride a bike you need to have good balance or you fall. When you ride a bike it’s easier to keep your balance with a little more speed. If you go slow you lose your balance or have to put your foot down to keep you up. Snowboarding is easier when you have a wee bit more speed to help balance yourself.
One of the first things that you need to do in snowboarding is choosing your front foot. There are many ways to do this but the best way is to ask the student if they ride a bike. Most folks will have ridden a bicycle. I have them think which foot they put down when gliding or which foot is in front. That is your front foot in snowboarding and it works almost %99 of the time. We steer with our front foot in snowboarding and being able to ride a bike is a great precursor for snowboarding.
When I go fast on a bike I lean into my turns and turn the front wheel less. When I go fast on my snowboard I can start using the sidecut and edge angle to turn. The snowboard has technology designs and if you can ride the board the way it’s meant to be used you’re riding efficiently. If I pivot the board around I’m not really steering it and it won’t stop. You need to tilt the board and ride the edge. I’m a raft guide in the Summer and I think about snowboarding and carving when I steer the boat. I like to relate any sport to snowboarding but sports that involve speed and racing will transfer to snowboarding better. Mountain biking also helps you to learn how to survey the terrain. When you survey the terrain you plan ahead and are prepared. I will turn up the hill to slow me down and use gravity on my bike and snowboard. This way I peddle less, save my breaks and I flow on both my board and bike.
Mountain biking is an excellent way to stay fit for the snowboard season and it’s very similar to snowboarding. If you’re thinking about learning how to snowboard, get out on your bike and watch more of our How To Snowboard Videos. If you already snowboard, mountain bike to keep your skills up. 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.