hey who wants to go snowboarding me me let's go
all right i figured i'd make a quick video about how i taught my kids how to snowboard
and some of the basics and tips and tricks i've learned along the way so one of the first things
you do is see if your kids regular or goofy and the best way to do that is the slide technique so
you kind of just run across your floor and then slide and then whichever
foot they have forward when they slide is if they're goofy or regular you want to
practice show that jackson quick yeah so then run and then slide across the floor
so he's left foot forward so that is regular if he had a right foot board that would be goofy so
it's good to know before you go um another good tip is find out which resort you want to go to
we're lucky because we have a bunch of resorts close by probably six or seven within 30 minutes
radius so the good a good way it is just to look at lift ticket i look at prices so you
can definitely spend over 100 some dollars on lip tickets for the three of us um otherwise you can
see what kind of deals they have or what resorts have a cheaper option so tonight we're going
three of us for twenty dollars so it's a night session and it's smaller resorts so
that is where we're heading tonight so it's it's a good way to do it also
the more you'll be more busier on the weekends compared to the weeknights so we're we like when
it's not as busy so there's not as many people on the on the bunny hill so we're going tonight
so it shouldn't be very busy and then uh the other thing i look for is if it has a magic carpet or
like not right you guys like riding magic carpets that's definitely the easiest way for a beginner
to get up the hill so look for a magic carpet we'll show you later what a magic carpet is but
um all right should we get going yeah all right
all right we got our boards and our boots and all our winter stuff on so the equipment we use uh
got snowboards of course but if it's your first time you'll probably just want to rent just
to see how big of a board your kid might need but i would definitely suggest buying your own um it
saves money in the long run and you don't have to wait in line the rent boards and all that stuff so
that's why i did it you can go on the facebook rummage and uh we got boots so we got burton
boots i think they were like 25 they each got boots those boots run a little small so we got
one or two sizes bigger and then um when it comes to buying boards um you'd think you'd want to buy
you know bigger boards but so they can grow into but it smaller boards are a lot easier for them to
learn and being able to maneuver so you're what are you riding you're riding a 110 so
it's measured in centimeters so he's how old are you seven 70. he's seven he rides at 110 he wrote
it last year he'll ride it this year probably next year as well and then how old are you
five five he rides this no he rides at 90. so that that fits him well he'll ride that
he rode that last year and he probably will ride that next year as well so
his smaller ones are definitely easier to control you know so it makes learning a lot easier um so
you guys ready to hit the hill oh yeah and also helmets definitely get helmets because snow and
ice is hard and they'll definitely fall and might as well be safe i think we got those on amazon for
thirty dollars otherwise most resorts rent them so yeah let's hit the road ready yeah all
right
a little windy so what step one you put your front foot in the binding
and then the back one what do you do how do you push how do you get to the uh
please put your foot behind you and then you kind of just skate your way all right
all right here is what we're talking about the magic carpet
easiest way for a beginner to get up the hill so you kind of skate your way up there
and then push ready you guys having fun you guys ready to go
so i just keep your balance when you're riding the magic carpet here
all right we're getting to the top here
take your time so you skate away until you find a nice little spot to sit down
and then what strap up your board
there you go all right so you got your board on what's the easiest way to get up
so yeah go to your knees and then stand up
there you go nice then turn your turn your board and then head on down the hill
all right so your first time down you're gonna wanna get yourself into position and then i
usually hold my kid's hand and then we're gonna go down so go down and then stop heel size so
you lift your toes up and then you stop with with your heels
so that's the easiest way to get down the hill for beginners so let's make our way ready
let's make our way down hold my hand and then you go a little bit and then just stop there
you go go a little bit and stop you never want to get going too fast you gotta stay in control
so once they get a little more
used to it they can start doing it by themselves go a little bit and stop
there you go that's all right if you fall it happens so that's that's kind of the way i
i taught them to you know go a little bit and stop and then just do it heel side so
so they're they stay in control while they go down the hill
all right then yeah once they start getting the hang of that just have them go down by themselves
but stay close make sure the main goal is just to not get out of control you don't want them
getting going too fast and not being able to stop and hurting themselves so go a little bit stop
a little bit and stop when you turn your board like that you got to keep your toes
up so you don't catch an edge nope that's all right keep practicing so once they know
how to turn and stop and then get up on their own they can kind of just go on their own but
yeah it's fun once they they get the hang of it the bigger bigger runs and even do chair lifts
hey want wanna go into the bigger runs all right let's go
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nice job oh gosh
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you guys have fun yeah all right well we're heading home it's a fun day in the hill just
keep it fun and have the kids enjoy it it's always a good day when
the kids want to snowboard again after a long day snowboarding you guys want to
snowboard next week yeah all right well good thanks for watching and see you in the hill