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I didn't learn to snowboard until my early 30's, even though I live in Salt Lake, home of great fuckin' powder. I took a lesson but it was so basic all I learned was how to do falling leaf and walk with my board on. Went a couple of times and just kept catching edges and crashing. I knew other people were having fun, but I wasn't and was about to stop going. Then someone on the internet, on this very forum, described how to turn properly. Next time out I followed that advice and all of a sudden I went from crashing every 30 seconds to linking turns and riding blues. Then blacks. 10 years later and I've never gotten great but I can get down just about any mountain. Short version of what I was told: Can you drive stick? Congratulations, you can snowboard! Because it's just like that. When the nose of your board is pointing straight downhill, press your leading toe downward. This will initiate a turn. Then press your trailing toe downward, this will increase the turn. When you're ready to turn back, lift up your leading toe. The nose of the board will start to straighten out and when it's going downhill again lift up the trailing toe so you're riding on your heels. Then reverse this process to turn back. Think of it like working the clutch and gas on a stick. Press, press, lift, lift. As long as you only try to change directions when the nose is going downhill, you will not catch edges and are not likely to crash. Since you've skateboarded you know if you're regular or goofy, and ride the same way. Like everyone else has said, bend your knees and putting your weight on your forward foot gives you more control.
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