I recently wrote a guest post on the Shark Snowboarding blog (run by a friend of mine in the Netherlands):
Dave Ray - Backflip Indy
I just got back from a trip to Les Deux Alpes, France. We went summer shredding for the weekend. It was my first taste of summer shredding.
In this post I’m going to give you a taste of what it’s like to snowboard on a glacier during the summer, and tell you about the park in Les Deux Alpes.
Maybe you’re a snow-bi-curious skier that wants to try snowboarding, or maybe you’ve never tried snowboarding, well this is the post for you.
I’m going to show you:
- Why you should go snowboarding
- What equipment you will need
- The different places that you can learn
- The different types of lessons
- How much it will cost
This article will give you a greater understanding of how a snowboard turns and why the sidecut is such an important advancement.
When you look at snowboard stats you will see two measurements: sidecut depth and sidecut radius.
I’m going to show you:
- Why the sidecut is so important
- What it does to assist the rider in turning
- What the sidecut measurements (depth and radius) actually mean.
I got an email from a reader recently that wanted to know how difficult it is to transition was from surfing to snowboarding. I thought that it would make a good subject for a post. I’ve not been writing much recently so it’s also a good opportunity to get my fingers typing again.
I’m going to show you the differences in technique and some important considerations when making the switch.
You may have noticed that I’ve not been working on the site recently. This is for one major reason: I managed to totally ruin the site database. I had to set it all up again. It took a while but it’s all sorted now, and better than ever.