Snowboarding Skills: The Back-To-Basics Essentials For All Levels » (Reprint edition)

Cindy Kleh is an avid snowboarder who has written for various outdoor magazines. She began competing at the national level in 1999 and has won medals in boardercross, giant slalom and slalom for women. A certified Level 1 AAS1 snowboard instructor, she lives in Colorado.

An instructional guide to snowboarding featuring action photo sequences, step-by-step lessons, safety and equipment tips, and pointers from top pros. The book covers everything from basics of standing up to the challenges of pivoting and jumping.

School Library Journal

Adult/High School-A visual feast. Graphically appealing, wonderful color photographs show snowboarders involved in a variety of activities. Captions, labels, and step-by-step directions further extend the usefulness of the pictures. The colorful borders, use of white space, boxes with information on troubleshooting common problems, and sections with tips from professionals make this book reader friendly. The sport has a language of its own, and placing the glossary at the beginning is helpful to beginners. Teens will find a wealth of information on taking lessons, proper nutrition before hitting the slopes, safety, clothing, stretching and preseason exercises, maintaining the equipment, basic moves, proper etiquette, and riding in a variety of snow conditions. (Comments include, "snowboarding is the most fun you can have with your clothes on" and "avoid drinking alcohol the night before snowboarding.") The full-page diagram on what to look for in a board and terms to know will be helpful to potential buyers. A solid addition to winter sports collections.-Michael McCullough, Byron-Bergen Middle School, Bergen, NY Copyright 2003 Cahners Business Information.

Introduction

Glossary - Board Talk

Chapter One: Before you ride

Take a lesson!

Using your head to ride better

Fuel up

Dress for success

Stretching

Are you fit to ride?

Chapter Two: Getting your equipment "dialed"

The basic freestyle set-up

Bindings

Chapter Three: Getting from here to there (or skating)

Board basics

Pivoting your back foot

Skating

Stay centered!

Straight glides

Heel turns

Gliding into a toe-turn

Mastering the chairlift

Chapter Four: Brakes and steering

Fastening your back food and standing up

Testing your gas pedal

Third rule of snowboarding: keep the board moving

Heel sideslipping

Toe sideslipping

Falling leaf

The warrior stance

Toe-edge traverse

Garlands

Chapter Five: Putting it all together

Slow down, commit to the turn -- and don't panic

Keep the upper body still

Using your board to travel in new ways

Playing with the turn

Slope Survival

Chapter Six: Harnessing the power of the turn

What is carving?

Born to carve

Carving basics

Angulation

Chapter Seven: Freestyle

Landing safely

Start small

Active air

Ollies

Grabs

Riding fakie

Spins in the air

Terrain parks

Halfpipe

Chapter Eight: Riding the gnarly

Ice or hardpack

Taking control

Chill on ice

The steeps

The bumps

Riding the bumps

Powder

Death cookies and crud

Slush

Trees

Off-piste

Slope safety

The Backcountry

Chapter Nine: Buying and maintaining your equipment

Shop around

Buying boots

Women-specific boots

Boards

Board biology

Tuning

Index