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Advanced Snowboard Exercises and Strength Programs for Pro Snowboarders

Snowboarding is a sport that requires a balance of physical strength, technical skill, and mental focus. Naturally, for a pro athlete, all of 3 of these skill sets must be optimized, along with nutrition, flexibility, and rest/recovery. A properly designed strength and conditioning program will provide any pro athlete with a major advantage in physical strength, AMPLITUDE, and STYLE over his/her competitors, while decreasing the risk of injury and increasing the judges’ score cards.

Physical strength is broken down into different qualities of strength: power, power endurance, absolute strength, speed strength, and strength endurance. What kind of strength is required varies depending on the kind event. Be warned, these are advanced programs, even a pro athlete must build up to them, especially if they have not done workouts like this before or haven’t been training hard in a gym for at least 2 years. Working with a partner or trainer is always advised to maintain safety when performing heavy lifts.

Finding an instructor for snowboarding is made fairly simple because there are so many people who naturally love the sport. Prior to your first ride, you will have to take a set of lessons to learn the ins and outs. After some time, an advanced student can ask their instructor for training in more extreme situations. Don’t think that you can move on to this level after a couple days or weeks of snowboarding and don’t try the hardest slopes during this period.

Quarter-Pipe
For the quarter pipe, the most important strength quality is power. The PRO needs to be able to explode 2x’s; once to get up, once to land, and then gets to rest for awhile in between attempts. Their program needs to include a pure power workout: heavy loads of 1-3 reps, 6-8 sets, only 1 or 2 exercises, including at least 1 Olympic lift. The athlete should rest at least 3 minutes in between sets to ensure maximal neurological recovery, which is necessary for maximum power development.

Preparation

These are simply tips, you don’t necessarily need to be religious about preparing your board for storage. One thing I recommend is at least waxing your board. Before you wax your board, it’s helpful to either remove or loosen your bindings to keep the inserts from pulling through as the base is heated… put them aside, it’s better to store your board without the pressure of the binding screws. In waxing your board, remember that you are not going to scrape! Leave a nice layer on to seal the pores and keep the base lubricated and protected.

If you live in a particularly moist/humid area or your only storage option is such a location, your steel edges will have the potential to rust over a period of time. Spray some sort of oil, like WD-40, on a napkin and give your edges a good wipe. That will keep them fresh and rust-free.

Storage Position

There is a debate as to whether you should store a board flat or standing. I’m not sure on the details, but I’m assuming the folks for storing upright are about maintaining board camber and flex, while the folks for storing flat are about protecting the base/edges. For a well made board, I can’t see this being a factor. As long the board is in a safe spot and not in a position to shift (and slam into something, denting/splitting an edge), I say you are good to go.

Hopefully, you won’t even need these tips. Hopefully you find a way to use your snowboard this summer either in far-off lands, right next door at Mt. Hood Oregon, or maybe even get your hands on some snow-flex and make your own dry slope. Whether you get to experience any of those or not, now you know how to keep your board spiffy during the downtime in between

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Did you know that skateboarding is very close to becoming a recognized high school sport? The National High School Skateboarding Association, launched in 2007, is working to make skateboarding a team sport in high schools across the country. Many see this step as fundamental in making skateboarding a mainstream rather than counterculture sport.

The first season of team skateboarding, in 2007, was known as the California High School Skateboarding Club. Though it began small, it received widespread attention. This club was soon contacted by people all over the country who wanted to begin similar skateboarding teams at schools nationwide. For the 2008 season, more than 20 school teams signed up to compete throughout Southern California, and the name was changed to the National High School Skateboarding Association to reflect the national attention the movement had already received.

Now you’ll have to learn the name of the way that you’re skating. Skaters split the styles up into two groups: the ‘regular’ skater, and also the ‘goofy’ skater. Skaters who skate ‘regular’ place their left foot first. Skateboarders that skate ‘goofy’ place their right foot first. There isn’t an incorrect way to skate, and ‘goofy’ isn’t a derogatory term, that’s just the way it is in the skating world.

Make sure to wear all safety equipment before actually attempting to ride a skateboard. As a newb, you are very likely to fall while skating. At the very least, you will need to obtain a helmet to keep your head safe. Preferably this is a skateboarding helmet and not a bicycling helmet. Although a biking helmet is much better than no helmet, it doesn’t provide nearly as much safety as a skating helmet will. After you’ve made yourself a bit safer, you’re ready to continue.

The mission of the National High School Skateboard Association, or NHSSA, is to provide an environment for high school skateboarders to showcase their skating talents while still in school. The NHSSA believes that young skateboarders, like all other young athletes, need an outlet to compete and reach their full potential. The NHSSA supports skateboarders who want to take their abilities to the next level professionally, those who want to have a career in the skateboard industry, and those who simply enjoy skateboarding as a hobby.

I’ve gone through a lot of skate shoes and can still remember when most were basically the same, so hanging with my skaters would mean that we were wearing identical shoes. I decided to give the “Design Your Own” feature a try and made my first custom Etnies. They were mostly black and had my nickname “Chavo” embroidered in white on the sides and let me tell you, they were much better than those “make your own custom skate shoes by spray painting some old crappy canvas shoes that you find laying in the back of the garage” types. If you know Etnies, you know that these are high quality skate shoes that can take a beating and with literally thousands of possible combinations, you can feel safe that your custom Etnies are unique.

So back to how I am a better skater because of this. First off, no, the custom Etnies do not give physical powers that allow you to ollie higher, complete megaflips or fly (sorry to disappoint!), but what they did provide for me was transformation on a psychological level. Skating is all about individuality and it may sound strange, but when you feel in your element, that you are individual and unique, you allow your personal style to flow through your skating. For me this meant skating faster, smoother and most importantly, with a smile, knowing that my new kicks were the envy of the park

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