Snowboarding Trick Vids

If you are into snowboarding, learning basics of snowboarding is important so that you can improve and increase your collection of tricks. It can be hard to learn how to do tricks on a snowboard just by reading instructions. Visuals from videos can go a long way towards serving you all the basics down. Snowboarding tricks videos are a very good way to learn how to snowboard before you actually start this exciting sport. The best part about snowboarding trick vids is that you can strip the trick down into parts so that you really understand what the trick is all about. Before you know it you’ll be performing all kinds of snowboarding tricks and really impressing everyone.
Snowboard Trick Ollie
This is one of the most basic snowboarding tricks out there. It might be difficult to find snowboarding trick vides for this easy trick because some people take it for granted that you won’t need a video to learn this.
It’s important to learn this trick before you move on to difficult, above ground tricks. The Ollie is the foundation of many aerial tricks. The best place to start with this snowboard trick is a place with a moderate slope. You need large area to learn this as well as least traffic. You may not be interested in bumbing into people or fall down a lot in front of a crowd.
If you view at snowboarding trick movie the Ollie seems very easy. Even though it is treated a easy trick it might take you a while to get it down. Bend over slightly on your snowboard; you don’t want to be all the way down near your board. While crouching shift your weight to your back foot.
You will most likely find yourself looking at the board as you try and keep track of what your body is doing. If you view snowboarding trick videos you will see that snowboarders look straight ahead when doing an Ollie. You should keep all the weight of your body to be on the back foot so that you can lift the nose of your snowboard into the air. Next using the rear end as a spring, get the whole snowboard into the air. Pull the snowboard towards your upper body with your knees. The snowboard should be in the center behind you.
To land you can either land with both feet, knees slightly bent. Or you can land by aiming the nose of the board to the ground. Always keep your knees bent before landing to absorb the shock of landing. See snowboarding trick vids a few times before performing this trick.

Published by Travel Buff on June 18th, 2008 | Filed under Mountains |

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