Snowboard Lessons: Beginner to advanced skills progression at Adventure Ski & Snowboard School

Snowboarding is a sport that flows well with rhythm and flexibility. Learn to snowboard online with dynamic flex \u0026 extension. This is just one of our many Drills Sections in Level 3 Ripper.

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flexion/extension we’ve talked about
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flexing and extending our bodies our
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legs throughout the whole course l1 l2
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and l3 and L3 flex \u0026 extension is
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imperative because we do it so much and
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if I can just get have you flex your arm
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it for a bit and see how long you
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can do that and then just relax it you
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can see that if I’m flexed the whole
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time that I’m going to wear my body out
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and I’m going to start shaking and then
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if I use my muscles my actual
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skeleton then I’m actually allowing my
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body to have some rest so if I can get
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into some rhythm of flex and extending
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that means I’m flexing how flex my knees
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hips now my body I even get down low
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with my in my spine so I can flex and
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extend through my turns.
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So by flexing extending it’s going to
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allow me to to actually flex and then
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relax so I’m not overworking my body so
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it’s nice to use some flex and then
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extend and that helps so that you don’t
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wear out your body we’re flexing and
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extending through our turns and
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depending on the type of turn that we’re
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doing is when we flex so a more basic
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skidded turn is we’re up at the
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beginning of our turn and then we’re
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flexing down with the end and then the
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more dynamic turn is when we’re really
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flexed at the at the beginning and we
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extend through our turn and then come
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back down to being flexed so there’s a
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difference there’s up at the beginning
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more extended and then flex at the end
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that’s more basic and then if I’m flexed
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at the beginning and extend through the
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end that’s more dynamic so when I’m
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flexing down that’s a conscious
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movement I’m trying to get the board to
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either slow down or to make a turn or to
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absorb and then as I extend I’m actually
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creating less tension on my body and
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relaxing my body using more of my
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skeleton and
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not so much my muscles so I’ve flex and
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I use more of my muscles to make a
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movement to slow down to just turn to
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absorb and then I extend that relaxes
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the muscles in my body and gives my body
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a break.
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This is just one of the many tutorials
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that we have sign up for the full course
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at flowingfreeride.com

Snowboarding is a sport you can do alone but be prepared and let others know you’re going out riding. This is just one of our many Safety Sections in Level 3 Ripper.

Start Riding Right™ with professional snowboards course online. Plus submit clips of YOUR riding for One-on-One feedback. You’ll find 3 course levels offering 140+ comprehensive lessons in Equipment, Safety, Terrain, Weather and, of course, every DRILL you need to progress quickly into each new skill and trick. Learn more @ flowingfreeride.com

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as they say no friends on a powder day and if you haven’t heard that before
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now you know it snows 2-3 feet you’re gonna wanna get up there and every
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minute counts because the runs get tracked out so you wait an extra 10- 20 minutes for
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somebody you’re going to miss that run and those are epic lines that you
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really want to get to so riding alone is something that happens all the
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time and a great thing about snowboarding is that you can go do this
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by yourself anytime but if you’re riding alone stay in bounds stay in the resort
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trails and make sure that you have some type of communication especially like a
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cell phone or maybe a walkie-talkie of some sort some way that you can
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communicate to somebody in case an emergency happens and you need to get
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help if you’re out on the trail and something happens where you can’t
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snowboard down you’re going to need to get some help to get you down. In some
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cases every second counts. You know I had a buddy that ruptured his spleen and he
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had to get him down to the clinic to the hospital they had a lifeline him out.
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but maybe you are lone wolf you like it you like going out there and just
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spending time on your own you know that serenity of of being out on the trails on
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top of a mountain and just ripping it up. Now again it’s a good idea to tell
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somebody where you’re going don’t go in the backcountry by yourself this sport’s
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great because you can be a lone wolf out there you can be by yourself and have a
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great time but just take into consideration that if you are out there
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by yourself to be safe