Snowboarding

Snowboarding is the best sport in the whole world, according to me of course, but if you've visited this page you probably think that too. Snowboarding can be the greatest exprience ever, or it can be a pain, it all depends on how prepared you are.

__ Here are some things you should know to have the most fun possible. And to make sure you don't kill yourself on your first try: __
 * When you get on the lift, it might be quite simple, but when you get out, you WILL fall. I'm not predicting, i'm not guessing, I KNOW you will fall. So don't get too stressed about the situation, and dont get embarrased, people fall all the time.
 * Be sure to be well strapped to your board, and be totally comfortable with it. Make it a part of your body so you don't have to be stopping every few minutes because your feet ache or your boots get loose, etc.
 * waterproof clothes, if you don't have those don't even go to the mountain.
 * Try and get a mentor to teach you the baisics the first few days, if you can't tht's fine just be sure to learn the basics from someone who has had prior experiance to snowboarding.

Here's a quick definition for snowboarding:
 * Snowboarding ** is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a [|snowboard] attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by [|skateboarding], [|sledding], [|surfing] and [|skiing]. It was developed in the [|U.S.A.] in the 1960s and the 1970s and became a [|Winter Olympic Sport] in 1998.[[image:snowboarding_wiki.jpg align="left"]]

To the left you can see a picture wih the equipment for the board. The boot goes in the boot holder wich goes strapped onto the board. You need to make sure everything's perfectly stapped and that someone comes to teach you how to do it on your own. Also, you can't just pick a board, it needs to be a special measure according to your size.

Here's a link to a video thast will teach you some baisics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQuj1Er8xkU :) enjoy!