A frontside board slide and a frontside nose slide are two different tricks because they use different parts of the snowboard. More than often they will find themselves under the front foot while doing so.
Why go under the front foot?
The front foot offers you more balance and stability it is that simple. Many people consider a true frontside boardslide to be between the bindings meaning it is exactly between your bindings. At REAL Snowboarding we love all snowboard tricks, some more than others but we are avid fans of having a frontside boardslide both under your front foot and between your bindings. This is simply because they are two different tricks therefore we can appreciate both of them separately.
What is counter rotation on a snowboard?
As our tutorial explains you must create counter rotation in order to be aligned and ‘stacked’ over your snowboard. To be stacked means to be balance over your snowboard in its optimum position with good posture. Many people when doing a frontside boardslide for the first time will twist their shoulders in the direction of there board meaning they will keep rotation while on the feature. In order to stop the board and body from over rotating and essentially going into another trick you must stop this continuous rotation. This is where counter rotation comes into your toolbox.
Practice your snowboarding
Practice with or without your snowboard on in a flat area. If you jump in the air and turn your board one way try to go the opposite with your upper body. By doing this you are essentially creating a shift but landing still in that shifty position. The torsion and wind-up you creating in your torso will allow you to become balance and potentially able to spin our of this frontside boardslide in the future.
Improve your freestyle snowboarding even more now you are performing backside boardslides. It’s time to learn a Pretzel on a snowboard and improve your freestyle snowboarding even more. It doesn’t matter if you’re learning off snow and in the house during the coronavirus lockdown. The aim of our quarantine series is to enable everyone to practice anywhere. Broadening your knowledge of snowboard tricks is very important because it will ensure you are safe when attempting on snow.
When it comes to improving your freestyle snowboarding there are many avenues to take. A focus within your freestyle snowboarding can be on jumps however during quarantine and without a trampoline this can be difficult.
For these tutorials we have focused on box and rail snowboard tricks that you can learn during the coronavirus lockdown. We want to jazz up the performance and introduce a rotation to your skillset. A simple spin out of a box and rail trick can vastly improve your snowboarding.
The next trick in our tutorial is introducing a Pretzel. The reason why it is named a Pretzel is because you spin out the opposite direction you jumped into the trick, it’s that simple.
To get an in-depth visual at this Pretzel trick have a look at our tutorial below.
If you would like to receive coaching with any of our Instructors in Morzine visit our freestyle lessons page .
How do we visit Morzine for a snowboard lesson?
Our snowboard lessons run in the resorts of Morzine, Avoriaz and Les Gets. This is only 1 hour transfer from Geneva airport making it the most accessible resort in the world from an International airport.
Arriving in Morzine is very easy as most accommodation providers such as More Mountain provide transfers to and from the airport therefore you only need an EasyJet flight.
