Using Your Upper Body To Turn

How to use our upper body to make our board turn and move.

Difficulty: Beginner

Video Length: 2:26

How to use our upper body to make our board turn and move.

How to figure out which foot is your leading foot.

How to strap into your snowboard correctly.

How to ride on one foot (useful for moving around flat terrain).

How to execute a j-turn to stop while riding with one foot strapped-in.

A quick 101 on chairlifts.

How to use your bodyweight and feet to slow down & stop.

How to ride left and right using our snowboard's edges and our bodyweight.

How to use our upper body to make our board turn and move.

How to do a half-turn to get used to basic turning movements.

How to add everything together to make our first full snowboard turn.

How to use our knees to make turning easier & more powerful.