Snowboarding at high speeds and feeling the wind in your face is an enlivening experience. To go fast on a snowboard with turning, learn to carve your snowboard. According to SnowProfessor.com, carving involves tipping your snowboard on edge and cutting across the snow without skidding. Carving is the next step after you have mastered basic turns.
Step 1
Locate an uncrowded trail with a moderate slope.
Step 2
Position the nose of your snowboard down the fall line.
Step 3
Bend your knees, relax your arms, and keep your shoulders parallel with your board as you increase speed.
Step 4
Balance your weight over your heels and establish your heel side edge.
Step 5
Perform a long, gradual heel side turn with a slight arch.
Step 6
Shift your weight over your toes as your snowboard returns to the fall line.
Step 7
Press down with your toes to push the toe side edge of your board into the snow.
Step 8
Perform a long, shallow-arched, toe side turn.
Step 9
Continue linking heel side and toe side turns until you reach the bottom of the trail.
Tips and Warnings
- A fresh coat of glide wax makes your snowboard go faster and turn more easily, says Dik Lange, an REI ski shop master technician.
- ABC-of-Snowboarding.com warns that snowboarding fast is dangerous and reports that many snowboarders get seriously injured each year.
Things You'll Need
- Snowboard Gear
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