Top Three Rules for beginner Snowboarding.

How to snowboard :
Rule One – Weight Forward

Let’s start off by talking about the mistakes most beginners make when they first get on the snow and try to snowboard. In ten years of watching beginners struggle to learn snowboarding, I have observed there are three main things that cause beginners to fall. Rule one is simple. Keep your weight forward. That means on the front foot (whichever that is). This is true for all packed or groomed snow and ice conditions.

Turning is achieved through weight pressed upon the front foot (toe or heel). Most beginners will put their weight back, because they think that will slow them down. But nothing could be further from the truth. The board will go the same speed whether your weight is forward or in the rear, – you will simply lack control if your weight is behind you.

Surfers note: this is the opposite of surfing, which requires a back stance. However, there is one exception to this rule in which the boarder rides closer to a surfing stance. If you are boarding in soft powder, you want to put your weight on the back foot more, because if your weight is in the front your snowboard nose will dive right into the powder.