By: Mac Clitherow

Nov. 2024

Have you ever been bored in the winter and not had anything to do? Then you should try snowboarding. Snowboarding is a fun winter sport in which you speed down snowy mountains on a board that slides easily on snow. There are many different things to do on a snowboard, like all sorts of tricks, or you can just carve down the mountain.

There are many different requirements for snowboarding like how you have to have some protection from falling. The protection you should wear is a helmet so you don’t hurt your head, snowboard goggles so you don’t get hit in the eye with debris or snow, and snowboarding boots so that you won’t break your ankles. The snowboard has a bottom that goes on the snow and a top with two curved ends so the snow will go under the board. Another feature of the snowboard is the straps on the top that your feet will latch into. This is to ensure you don’t fall off the snowboard while going fast.

Be extremely careful about what slopes you go down, because if you’re a beginner who goes on a professional slope you’ll probably be scared and get injured. One thing to say to yourself is “Snowboard at your own risk,” and that means to be smart about the decisions you make while snowboarding.

A good link to learn more about snowboarding is Ski Canada. This link will tell you many different things about snowboarding and what you need as a beginner. Snowboarding is a very fun sport that many people love doing.