Practicing the basics sans snow - Snowboarding Forum

squishydonut · 01-28-2009, 12:52 PM

been thinking about practicing some ground tricks since i can't get up to the mountain for a while. any of you ever try this without snow (grass, maybe with a plastic tarp etc)? any potential damage done?

Technine Icon · 01-28-2009, 01:19 PM

It works really well on the carpet. Gives u a chance to flex ur board and become comfortable with it. When I first got into boxes and rails I built this little box and put carpet on it and it defenitly helped me learn how to land in the right position.

DC5R · 01-28-2009, 03:03 PM

Gotta agree with Tech on this. Carpet boarding is awesome when you can't hit the slopes. The only thing to keep in mind is that the carpet eats wax like crazy, so you'll want to wax your board before you actually hit the slopes.

01-28-2009, 12:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
squishydonut Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 496	Practicing the basics sans snow been thinking about practicing some ground tricks since i can't get up to the mountain for a while. any of you ever try this without snow (grass, maybe with a plastic tarp etc)? any potential damage done?

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01-28-2009, 01:19 PM	#2 (permalink)
Technine Icon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: CT Posts: 1,252	It works really well on the carpet. Gives u a chance to flex ur board and become comfortable with it. When I first got into boxes and rails I built this little box and put carpet on it and it defenitly helped me learn how to land in the right position.

01-28-2009, 03:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
DC5R Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,610	Gotta agree with Tech on this. Carpet boarding is awesome when you can't hit the slopes. The only thing to keep in mind is that the carpet eats wax like crazy, so you'll want to wax your board before you actually hit the slopes.