Snowboarding for the 1st time....tips?

[crtl.alt.del]

This weekend, i'm going to Hemlock valley. This will be my first time up a mountain in snow.

Any tips for a beginner?

one of them I heard that extra padding in the arse and chest area is ideal. I was thinking of putting an inflatable head rest for my butt.

[Booey]

legs bent.. boots tight.. bindings tight.. dont fall forward =o)

[cubed]

If there is one thing you'll remember from your first day, it will be two words...

FRONT EDGE!!!

cubed

[j_dubs]

when you fall, try not to land on your wrists cause the first time i went boarding i landed on my wrist and broke it :(

[miss.myra]

Take my advice

If it's your first time out boarding, you'd probably really appreciate a lesson.

Myra

[*STARFISH*]

just have fun!! :D:
oh and dont get frustrated..
its hard, but worth it when you know how!!

:Star:

[Bitchin]

*points and laughs*

hahahaha, sorry... I went snow boarding for the firsting there last weekend.. and had to goto Emergency... I sprained my knee bad!!!!I'm on chrutches and the whole 9 yards...

So becareful!!!!! I don't think you want that happening... I was on the yellow chair when it happen.. well not exactly on the chair but on that part of the mountain.. ummm... just watch out for the small patch of ice... you can tell it's there.. but it HURTS!!!!!when you land on it.. especialy trip over it...*grumble*

But hope for powder snow... so it doesn't hurt that much when you fall.. keep you knees bent, watch ahead of you not where your boards going.. watch out for lil'kids!!!!!!(they just pop outta no where I tell ya!).. and if you do go on the yellow chair, which is most likely.. when you get off the lift... becareful... heh....

yeah,... that about all I can say.. Hope I didnt scare ya with the emergency thing...

Good luck!!!!!and have fun!!! :)

[MC Hammered]

1) Buy a helmet. You'll thank me later.

2) Take a lesson from a REAL instructor, not your buddies.

3) If you don't do point #2 be prepared to have a sore ass from the falling.

[Booey]

ahhh yes.. helmet.. i grinded the pipe at cypress a few days ago.. some dood lost control and went infront of me and i fell off and bashed my head on the pipe..

i love my helmet

i wanna get a TYPE R sticker for it.. make me go faster !!.. hahaha

[Aki]

ok this is what helped me to teach myself
-falling on your ass is better than falling on your wrists...trust me...i've broken one wrist, fractured the other
-to learn how to carve...go down the hill backwards on your board ..it worked for me

[bebu*funfun]

went for my first time last month..

-to learn quick and efficiently... challenge yourself even though you think it's "impossible".. my friends just dumped me on an extremly scary slope and told me to experiment and i'll get it.. and i did.

-fall on u're bum!!! it will hurt but it's better

-don't wear TOO many layers...stupid me wore a long sleeve shirt, a fleece AND a jacket on top... i was quite hot.. and no where to dump my clothes. a shirt and a jacket will do.

-don't be afraid.. and just go slow. plow...plow and...PLOW!

have funnnn!

[Pegasus]

always keep your front edge up.

if you don't, it'll catch and you fall.