Snow Skills

Tony knows snowboarding too. (Previously we discussed that Tony knows cross country skiing.) And what is it that Tony knows? He knows that his toe, knee, and nose should always be in a straight line. (If you still don’t get the riddle, say “toe knee nose” a few times fast.

In snowboarding, this best applies while skating across flats from one lift to another, or while getting on and off lifts on a snowboard. Your nose, and then your knee and toes of your front foot should follow in a straight line. When you look from your nose to your knee your toes should be directly behind the view of your knee if you are in a balanced posture.

The most common direction people are out of balance is to have their toes to the outside of their knee. In this position their toes are ahead of the knee in the direction of travel. This can cause the snowboard to be pushed too far in front of the body (relative to the direction of travel) and is often the cause of mishaps while unloading the chairlift.

Tony know cross country skiing, and tony also knows snowboarding.