Snow Skills

Learning how to skate on a snowboard, or even just walk around, is difficult. Walking with one shoe that is five feet long and turned sideways isn’t exactly intuitive. And there isn’t much in live where you can apply previous knowledge or skill to the task.

Getting over the clumsiness can be as simple as tricking your brain. Your legs and arms are linked to each other through your brain in ways I don’t really understand, but it amounts to this. People who have difficulty skating are almost always hanging their forward arm at a 90° angle and muscles tense. Observe someone having difficulty with skating, and watch their front arm.

For physiological reasons I can’t completely explain, your arm mimics the uncomfortable position of your front leg. Simply straightening your arm and relaxing the muscles in your arm can work magic on your snowboarding skating skills.