You’re ready to lean how to snowboard. You have the proper attire, you’ve got your equipment. What now? Should you simply scale the local mountain, strap yourself in to your snowboard and hope for the best? Snowboarding can be an easy and rewarding sport once you’ve learned the basics. As time goes on, you can challenge yourself, moving to advanced trails and attempting complicated tricks. But before you tackle those black-diamond trails, you should probably learn how to stop and turn.

Strapping in

The first thing to do once you’re at the mountain is to get into your snowboard. Taking your front foot first, step into the front binding on your snowboard. If you have strap bindings, strap your boot in, heel first. If you have step-in bindings, move your boot side to side and front to back to make sure that you’re locked in. Now do the same with your back foot. Once you feel comfortable, take your back foot out. You’ll need it to get around.

Before you take the lift up, you’ll want to practice learning to snowboard on a small incline. To get up the mini-hill, face it and use your free foot to take a step up. Keeping your other foot (the one strapped to the snowboard) perpendicular to the mountain, step up with that foot as well. Repeat until you are a little bit up the hill.

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