Archive for the ‘snowboard tips’ Category
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Avoiding the Typical Snowboarding Injuries
Any active sport like snowboarding or skiing carries a certain amount of risk. After all, if you’re going to expose yourself to new challenges and fun adventures, there has to be even a slight amount of danger if the element of adventure is going to mean anything. Most of the time, this danger is minimal, [...]
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How to Save Money on Snowboarding
During these difficult economic times, the first things we cut out from our lives are the extracurriculars that require too much time and money – snowboarding being one of them. A snowboard is expensive, clothes will have to be bought, and winter passes can be great deals but still require upfront investment. Life is tough, [...]
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Tips for Improving Your Snowboarding
For beginners, this story might be all too familiar to you: you’re racing down the hill, the snow is reflecting the sun on a clear day. You can feel the cold wind rush by your face, flashing a steady hum sound in your ears. You hit a couple of turns – nothing to slow you [...]
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Five Reasons to Always Wear a Helmet
As a recent tragedy with actress Natasha Richardson made clear, skiing is not always a safe sport. Even if you think you’re being safe, there can be unforeseen circumstances that raise the danger level too high. While no one should worry to the point of ruining their fun, making sure that you are safe while [...]
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The Beginner’s Guide to Snowboarding
As you can imagine the first time you hit the slopes, snowboarding isn’t a skill that you pick up overnight. It’s something that comes with the muscle memory of at least a few weeks of practice, picking up as you experience, not necessarily as you learn. So how exactly do you get started snowboarding, especially [...]
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3 Different Types of Snowboarding
So you’ve gotten off the couch and away from the snowboarding games on XBox and have finally made the transition to become a real snowboarder. You’ve got the equipment (hey, even if it’s used), you’ve got the gear, and you’ve got the season pass. You’ve taken a few lessons and you’re really starting to make [...]
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Snowboarding Safety 101
Nothing can ruin a perfect holiday getaway more than a painful physical injury. Every year, thousands of snowboarding accidents occur on the slopes. Over 92% of these accidents involve crashes into stationary objects, while some involve collisions with other snowboarders. It is interesting to note that more than 50% of these accidents happen during the [...]
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Today’s Climate and What It Means for Winter Sports in 2009-2010
With temperatures leveling off in recent years and a particularly mild summer across the United States here in 2009, it’s fair to say that we can expect a long and cold winter. We don’t need a groundhog to tell us that! But what does this exactly mean for winter sports in the winter, and what [...]
