help you understand concepts like edging, carving, and unweighting; freestyle riding will feel like skateboarding on snow; and huge turns in deep powder will remind surfers of giant bottom turns.(Bennett and Downey xi) Chances are that everyone has tried one of these sports before, so if they are good at one of them, they will more than likely catch onto snowboarding quickly.Todays equipment makes snowboarding much easier to learn and takes less skill when compared to Snurfer days. Snowboards are now made with laminated wood or fiberglass over foam cores (Brimner 11). These new boards are faster, safer, and a lot easier to control than the old Snurfers. The invention of highback binding allowed snowboarders to have a lot more ankle support, preventing sprained and broken ankles. The metal edges on modern day snowboards make carving and turning on the edge of the snowboard much easier than pulling the rope on the old Snurfer. The basic motions of snowboarding are also very simple to learn. All a person really needs to remember is to keep most of their weight on their front foot, keep the knees bent, and use their arms to help with balancing. The back foot and hips are used to turn and carve. It is also important to try to keep one edge of the board in the hard packed snow, or the board will catch a groove, and the person will end up falling. Equally important to learn is the correct way to fall. If a person uses their wrists to catch themselves when they fall, they could end up with a broken wrist. To prevent a wrist injury, a person should use their forearms if they are falling forward, and their thigh or bottom if they are falling backward. As long as the person remembers these few things, they will make it down the mountain safely and uninjured. Overall, the sport of snowboarding can be learned by almost anyone who will not quit the sport because they fall frequently. When a snowboarder does fall, it is a lot easier to get up and keep...
