Snowboarding

What does winter do for you? When the sky opens up to befall winters white stuff do you hibernate? Or do you find it hard to suppress the urge to frolic in the snow? Being a true Minnesotan at the first sight of snow, I can hardly wait to bound out side and snowboard. Unfortunately, there is a painful price to pay while snowboarding. There is a risk of catching an edge, missing a landing, or over rotating a turn. Even as an experienced snowboarder I still have wipeouts. The single most important aspect of learning how to snow board is safety.

Snowboarding is an exhilarating sport but can result in injury. When people ask me to teach them how to snowboard I insist they wear the proper equipment. Beginning snowboarders are usually very frustrated because they keep falling on the same spots all day. While I was learning how to snowboard I came home with bruises on both knees, and my wrist felt like they were broken. To prevent injury's from snowboarding it is important to wear protective equipment. Since our natural instinct is to catch our selves with our arms, this causes many snowboarding injuries to be wrist related. To prevent a wrist injury you should wear a good pair of wrist guards. This will help support your wrist until experience is gained and proper fall technique can be employed. . Head injury's can occur due to impact with hard snow or ice. Many ski areas also have trees and fences as obstacles to run into making helmets an essential component of any snowboarder's protective gear. Regardless of riders ability it is still important to protect the body. As a new snow boarder you will fall repeatedly so it will be beneficial to protect your knees. Padded kneepads seem to do the trick for to prevent black and blue knees. Thick cushy clothing will help pad the other parts of the body that can't be covered in pads. To make learning how to snow board a breeze you need to make sure to wear all the protective equipment. .

Taking lessons is always the best way to start snowboarding, and can also be a great way to reduce the risk of injury. Experienced snowboarders can teach beginners how to fall as well as how to stay up; both can be a vital skill to have for an enjoyable day on the slopes. Our instinct is to extend one or both our arms to catch a fall is hard to curb, but a snowboarder should be advised to keep their arms safely tucked in. It is better to roll out a fall, distributing the impact over a greater portion of the body. This especially helpful when you fall back ward. When a boarder falls forward it is best to fall to the knees