Snowboarding
A Look at the Intriguing History of Snowboarding -- It has taken almost forty years for snowboarding to be recognized as a major sport that is followed and participated in by hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. Humanity’s love affair with snow has been documented throughout the ages, starting with cave dwellers who were smart enough to figure out that snow had its advantages, such as serving as insulation to hold in the warmth in their homes and preserving the day’s kill.
Snowboarding Isn't Just For Kids Anymore -- Pain and injury avoidance techniques for snowboarding are invaluable but not well known. If you know how, you can avoid the two biggest mistakes that first time snowboarders make. A positive experience your first few times out will make you more likely to stick out the hard times until you learn enough to really have fun!
You Don't Have to Hurt Yourself to Snowboard -- Are you thinking of trying snowboarding, but reluctant because you've heard that you'll be bruised after the painful edge-catching falls of the first three days? Or have you tried snowboarding but thrown in the towel because it hurts too much when you fall?
No Friends on a Powder Day -- When I was 23, just before leaving my home in Pittsburgh, Pa., I sent an email to a friend I hadn't spoken to in a while. I wanted to see how he was doing and to give him my new phone number in Mammoth Lakes, Calif., a ski town of about 7,000 at the base of Mammoth Mountain. He's a teacher in Seattle. I told him that I was going to be broke for a while, but that I was going to snowboard every day. "Some people like programming computers," I remember writing. "I wish I did, but I don't, so I'm off to do what I like."
Alpine Snowboarding -- Alpine snowboarding is for those of you who are a little more extreme about speed than most. Alpine snowboarding encompasses more than just speed. Other areas often included are racing and extreme carving.
An Introduction to Half Pipes -- Let's face it, when snowboarding, anything that isn't flat creates an almost over powering urge to try to ride and half pipes are no exception to this. After gazing upon the glory of a half pipe it is almost impossible to resist the urge to challenge it, to see what you can do in it or to see if you too are as good as the guy who is doing a Slob Air. It is this desire that keeps us snowboarding and drives us to try new things such as a half pipe.
Bonking: The Snowboarders "High Five" -- Bonking is on of those strange little things that people do for the fun of it or to make a person jump. As far as tricks go there really isn't much point to learning this as there isn't much you can add this to. For this reason Bonking is done purely for fun.
Building a Half Pipe for Snowboarding -- Perhaps one of the most exhilarating things to snowboard on is a half pipe. A half pipe is a combination of gracefully arcs and glorious straight stretches that allow you to perform skateboarding tricks with your snowboard. The only other thing that can compare to a half pipe is a snowboarding bowl.
How to Wheelie Like a Pro on a Snowboard -- Wheelies are an old trick that goes back at least as far as roller skating does and most likely much further. It seems that any time any body has a vehicle with four wheels they need to find a way to make it run on just two wheels for a while. The list of examples can vary from muscle cars to skateboards to quads and motor bikes.
Burton Bullet N Baron Snowboards For Big Boots -- Burton snowboards have been making sure boarders get the best ride down the slopes for many years. Burton's reliability and credibility are etched in stone. Two boards you may consider are the Burton Bullet and Baron.
