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How To Do Tricks On A Snowboard

By: Thomas Wyatt

Break Studios Contributing Writer

Want to know how to do tricks on a snowboard? Learning how to do tricks on a snowboard is a long process that requires much devotion. Knowing how to board well comes first, and once an understanding of the sport and you ability to ride well is achieved, you may begin learning tricks, but not until then. Following is some advice on doing tricks on snowboards.

How to Do Tricks on a Snowboard

  1. Learning to do tricks on a snowboard requires you to start with the basics.  You must first know how to actually snowboard. Practice this on the slopes, as only once you have built up some real experience and can maintain your balance on the board can you begin to learn tricks.
  2. Once you have gotten the hang of snowboarding, you can start to learn how to do tricks. there are some surface tricks, such as wheelies, but  aerial tricks are generally more popular. First, practice jumping. Start by practicing from a standstill, and work your way up so that you can actually do it while cruising downhill, or even until you can get some serious air by using moguls or jumps. All tricks require air time, so first and foremost, learn how to get some. once you have mastered the ollie, you may move on.
  3. After you get jumping down, you may begin to learn basic tricks. The 180, a complete turnaround in the air, is a basic trick to start with. Simply work on jumping up and rotating or twisting your body so that the board lands facing in the right direction, but you have switched directions and your other foot is forward. Once you have learned this, try to manage 360 jumps, where you do a full, in air rotation. After you have these down, you may begin to work on harder ones and learn to use half pipes.

Doing tricks on a snowboard requires you to get the hang of the sport, and learn to ollie (jump) well. Once you have gotten all of that down, you may begin to do actual tricks, starting with simple ones, such as 180 degree turns.

Posted on: Jun. 16, 2010