disclaimer: this article/video ONLY talks about how safe/dangerous it is to learn/start snowboarding in a controlled environment, with a professional and certified instructor. This video does not talk about the safety of snowboarding in general.
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[Music]hey
uh today i’ll be talking about or
answering the question
of is snowboarding dangerous to learn
massive disclaimer so it’s a very first
question we’re talking about safety here
health and safety so massive disclaimer
what i’m about to say
and what you’re about to do are two
different things
so what i would say at the very first be
safe
be sure you know and i i wanted to do
two more disclaimers but it’s going to
hit onto the topics that i’m going to be
talking about
which you know i’ll mention soon but
yeah be safe
and learn learn properly
from certified instructors and wear
safety gear
don’t don’t be stupid you know don’t
don’t
go black trails for the very first run
ever in your life
don’t don’t do that anyways let’s let’s
move forward so
number one is actually you know what
i’ve said
i’ve said all those three to be honest
um most people think when they see
snowboarding it’s dangerous because you
know first is the speed factor and then
you know the second is there’s really
nothing saving you from
all those speeds it’s just you and a
piece of wood
you know and and most people don’t even
wear like you know knee pads or whatever
things like this anyways um
basically the three things that i the
three things that i want to talk to you
about were basically the three
disclaimers that i that i said point
number one
is that um don’t don’t be stupid and
don’t underestimate
the the sport you know because you know
the concept it snows not be soft hence
you know if you fall it’s really soft
not always the case not even the case
most of the time
especially if you’re going fast and hard
and sometimes you’re not even hitting
snow
sometimes you’re hitting other people or
trees
or soil or concrete you know
so those those will hurt even with snow
it
hurts so be careful with those this this
happens especially this is a very big
deal
when when a person you know personally
gets invited to
a ski trip or a group event where it’s a
ski mountain
basically a ski trip and you know person
a
is peer pressured into trying skiing or
snowboarding
and that’s fine if you wanted to try it
there’s really not nothing stopping you
from
going in a ski resort saying i would
like to rent
this this and this basically all the
gears that you need to snowboard
and then they’ll just give it to you
they you know to really don’t care
they’re not going to do like a
background check on you things like that
uh and then yeah going back to this
this hypothetical scenario person a
would be you know socially
convinced motivated or coerced to
try snowboarding without any prior
knowledge or without any
knowledge at all right and then this
person would go up the ski left oh my
god
just you know hopping on and off a ski
left is a
skill in itself uh i don’t even know how
other people do that
i know when skiing it’s a little bit
possible i don’t know if
that’s okay in the skiing world but in a
snowboard it’s
just a lot to learn just by learning how
to stand properly balance yourself and
actually just
go to the direction that you want to go
much more for
you know controlling and stopping those
are the two important parts
at least when you’re learning first so
you know if you’re
like this person person a don’t don’t i
highly suggest
that you don’t ever do that
if your friends invite you to a ski trip
if your friends invite you to go into
ski trip that’s fine
go go with it and if you are personally
curious
or interested in learning snowboard go
for it
but what i would suggest is point number
two
you know learn properly learn most if
not all ski resorts
offer ski lessons so point number two is
you
you know actually learn from someone who
is certified
to do so and um
you know to take your hands and take it
really slow
because even for me i think it took me
like maybe like three days
just to get the basics of like heal edge
toe edge you know
heal edge toe hatch and then switching
going to that direction and then going
to the other direction
it takes a while so if you’re going on
ski trip two you know going back to that
hypothetical example and let’s say
you’re going for five days
if you actually have the energy and
patience to continue snowboarding three
out of those five days you’ll just be
learning
the basics you know you’re not going to
be going with your friends and ripping
it hard and you know things like those
that you see
and instagram no you’re not going to be
able to do that
i wouldn’t even advise you to try that i
also
say you know that for number two go with
a proper
uh with a proper instructor because
sure your friend could teach you but
it’s just more sure on you know
like a certified snowboard instructor uh
it’s just more sure plus in that given
day they really don’t really have
anything else to do
other than to teach people so to really
just
focus on you and you’re teaching you new
things or proper things
compared to your friend who is probably
you know trying to accelerate everything
because he
he he or she wants to be like i want you
to learn fast so we can hit that
you know which is dangerous for you fun
for him or her but it’s dangerous for
you
and uh yeah you don’t want to ruin his
fun you also don’t want to ruin your
safety and your your fun and happiness
right
so you know if and when you can or when
you can
just just go to you know a ski or
snowboard instructor
and learn that way don’t also don’t try
to
jump it where you know you see the ski
left you know that mechanism that
carries people up the mountain no
for most people when you’re learning
there’s a there’s a bunny hill they call
which is basically like a small hump and
that’s where you learn
and based on my experience too that’s
that’s also where i stayed for like the
first three days
three not three you know like three
consecutive days but three attempts that
i learned snowboarding
uh keep it there because to be honest
when you’re learning
that in itself is like too much already
you’re like oh my god this is so steep
and it goes so fast things like this
and yeah don’t don’t dump it and then
last but not the least which is the
third one that i mentioned is that
don’t also underestimate the importance
of safety gear i have
the very most obvious one for
snowboarders is
or helmets basically you know don’t
don’t underestimate that mostly some
people you know they just wear beanies
or troops
on you know with their goggles and they
look cool
which is great you know but from my
experience i’ve never really had that
notion of like oh
helmets are so uncool because one it’s a
safety thing and two
i i would say i’m around like an
intermediate level
and no matter what level that i think i
am
in i always consider myself as a
beginner because
it is in reality that’s what i do you
know like
with snowboarding it’s like it’s sports
where you have a preference if you’re a
lefty or righty you’re
either you know facing that way
snowboarding or you’re facing this way
snowboarding and then for most people
uh for most for most people or for some
people
i mean they would have that preference
that if i’m you know right foot dominant
for example
you know i’d be like this i actually
don’t know if it’s going to be flipped
on screen but
we’ll see but you know what i mean you
know for example it’s right foot
dominant
and uh i would stay this way
you know i would actually snowboard 90
of the time this way there’s nothing
wrong with that
but for me personally i i always try to
learn new things i like jumps in terrain
parks
but at the same time the biggest
achievement the recent
biggest achievement that i had was like
writing switch
which is basically i i’m like that i’m
right for the dominant like that
but you know writing switch is basically
going the other way
or the other direction and when you’re
trying to do that the very first time
you know especially after you’ve
mastered your your primary stance
you’re gonna be like oh my god i don’t
know how to snowboard
and it’s great and then you know with
those you’re you know you could be
seasoned you could be like
snowboarding for like years and years
with your your dominant stance
when you try so much you’re like falling
again you know smacking your ass lacking
your head
you know things like those so as you try
new things
no matter how experienced you are you
might get into certain accidents right
um it also comes with terrain you know
you could be
like pro snowboard snowboarder in canada
for example
and then you come to you know french
alps or swiss alps of course like much
bigger
you know like higher risk and higher
basically higher anything right
and then you’re not used to it you’re
not from there so it’s like any roads
you know you don’t really know anything
and then you might
make a wrong turn make a wrong move
wrong assessment
and the next thing you know you hit your
head
so yeah don’t underestimate that like
this the smallest things like those
this is very important not just when it
comes to equipment
actually the last thing with equipment
is that i also use
butt pads um that’s you know
you’ll see it i wrote a blog about it so
check out the link
below so it’s basically like you know
like a rubber padded
parts of you of your area like dots hips
you know sides things like those so that
if and when you fall
on your ass on your hips it doesn’t hurt
as much if not at all
um i i still use that for the same you
know
same reason because that i always
consistently try new things
and then yeah last but not least it’s
not just it’s not just
safety on the equipment side but also
safety and the performance and
how you’re doing things right as
mentioned
you know if you are in a new ski resort
no matter how experienced you are don’t
go like
full speed on the trail you don’t know
right for all you know maybe there’s
like
you know like a it’s a small you know
what they call that like you know a
small trail or like someone’s gonna pop
out of the tree and you don’t know
you know it might cause like that or you
know you might be
used to i don’t know cutting in line
some people like that you know just cut
in line when it comes to like lifts you
know things like those you’re just gonna
get into trouble or you know some people
some
people might not expect that and then
you’re just getting to like
bump onto someone or something like that
right so
be be safe in that way too enact in
actions not just any equipments but in
actions
don’t don’t over underestimated
you know especially if it’s a new trail
it’s it’s a new
thing that you’ve seen you’re in a new
place or sometimes just even
new conditions where you know you’re
used to
powder for example you know the very
fine fluffy snow
that you see and then you just go at it
but during the ski resort where it’s
like all ice
so so most of the things you know it’s
kind of like out the window or you have
to be like
extra careful because it’s just my
device now
so yeah uh three things um
don’t underestimate uh
you know don’t get too excited uh and
then the other one is
learned properly learned through a
security snowboard instructor
and the other one is like don’t
underestimate safety gear
safety actions yeah so hopefully that
helps and uh
