Glossary

Back foot - The foot that you remove from the board when walking around or getting non or off the lift.

Front foot - The foot that is always secured to the board. Left for regular (righty) rider. Right foot for goofy (lefty) rider.

Front foot in - Direction change. While doing straight run, with weight on front foot, look and point with front hand in the direction you want to turn. heel then toe, then combo. If you have trouble, make a motion like you're opening and walking through a left handed, then right handed door.

Garland - Move across the hill. Stay on uphill edge. Look up hill to slow down, look down hill to speed up. Do not make a full turn (edge change). Go across the hill, sit down, flip over, do on other edge. This is the best way to learn - teaches turning without massive speed build up in that no-mans land between turns

Heel side - The edge and direction on the side of the board where your heels are on. Left for regular riders. Right for goofy riders. A heel side turn then is on where your toes are in the air and you are balancing more on your heel at the end of the turn.

Link turn - Do garland, but on very mellow terrain, bring board around to other edge, and proceed on the new garland. Flat board during transition. Patience.

Lift - Watch people get on. Talk about getting off. Just do a straight run or slight direction changes as before as you get off. Lean forward. Do not put rear foot on snow, put it on the stomp pad if you have one or right in front of rear binding.

Stance - Natural athletic stance. Feet about shoulder width apart, angles of about 15 in front and 0 in back usually work well. Knees bent, kind of posed like your gonna box somebody. If you jump up an come down in a boxer ready stance you will usually land in the proper stance naturally.

Strap in - Side slip. straight down on heel edge or toe edge. Need a moderate incline. Balance weight over edge. Smooth changes. Slide evenly - like spreading peanut butter on bread. Stay on uphill edge.

Toe side - The edge and direction on the side of the board where your toes are. Right for regular rider Left for goofy rider. A Toe side turn then is one where you are kind of up on your toes, heel in the air at the end of the turn.