How to Front Boardslide to Fakie - Snowboard Tutorial Video

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Tips for learning how to front boardslide to fakie. This can be a challenging trick because you're sliding backwards on the box. To help make learning front boards easy, I'll show you three ways to train and prepare safely. I'll also break down each part of the trick and show you how to overcome the most common problem.
Get started training for the front board by sliding between regular and switch on the snow. Ride in the same way you would when approaching a box, then slide backwards on your toe edge, until your boards comes around switch. Practice sliding like this with some speed and until your comfortable with the switch ride out.
Next, train for the front board by doing backside 180's. Backside 180's use the same movements as the front board, except your doing them in the air. Practice until you're confident with your back 180's and landing switch with a bit speed. Landing with speed is important, because you'll be need some speed to help carry you across the box.
The third training tip is to first master back boardslides to fakie. Back boards are easier than front boards because you're facing forward. Here you can get comfortable being balanced on the box and sliding with your board completely flat.
After you've done some training, it's time to take it to an easy box. On the approach for the boardslide do one or two turns to set your speed and line yourself up. Arrive on your toe edge and ready to do a small pop to get your board onto the box.
As you pop off your toe edge, turn your head and shoulders up hill to get your board sideways. Land on the box with your knees bent and board completely flat. Look your head down and around to the end of the box, so you can see the end coming and prepare for the landing. It's good to visual sliding on the box ahead of time, so you have an idea of how long you'll be on the box for.
For the landing keep your head looking around until your board is straight. Bend your knees and ride out the landing switch. If you feel like your boards not coming around to switch, then you may have to twist to get your board straight for the landing.
A common problem for front boards is committing to the trick. Use the three training tools of sliding on snow, back 180's and back boards to build your confidence so you can fully commit.
If you want feedback on your front boards, tag me in an Instagram video and I'll do my best to help you land the trick. If you still have questions on front boards you can leave them down in the comments. Thanks for watching guys, have fun out there learning this trick, and I'll see ya in the next video!

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[valyanovsky]

Is this at whistler also going to whistler this season from Australia hoping to ride back country with you

[calebbrown]

Can you do front lip slides next? Unless you've already done a video on those.

[JoshV]

I love snowboarding but in the park i cant seem of getting over a fear of trying new things such as different tricks on rails do you have something that could help me overcome this?

[GordyWeng]

Hey man! What's required for level 1 snowboarding for coaching (Just knowing how to carve and stop?)

[Jakefeia]

so any chance we could get a video on how to do one footers?

[ashleya]

I've been snowboarding for a couple of years and I've just been going down the mountains, I'm getting pretty bored and I want to get a better bored for tricks and stuff, do you know where I could get a board with a good flexibility?

[leroyname]

is $100 for a Volkl Pulse a good deal. I am a beginner to intermediate skill level looking for an all mountain board. or is $150 for a Burton Clash better?

[kentheengineer]

how is this not a regular backside board slide? backside meaning your back is facing down the mountain or is the backside referring to your backfoot from your regular stance or goofy stance

[WattyWheelz]

Hey kevin I sent you a video on Instagram with a question 2 days ago and haven't heard anything back yet

[StArFoXDraGoN]

I'm always sliding out on my toe edge when I do front boards and if I slide out completely, I feel really off balance.

[bbolen]

Two questions:
1) I recently saw Burton mention some people like to use minimal forward lean for jibbing, but I remember coaches telling me you always want maximum forward lean, always. which is correct?
2) Do edges need to be detuned to avoid catching an edge while boardsliding. If so, how much?

[kurtisvanwezel]

is whistler open yet?? if not when does it?

[TheFloodRunner]

Any tips on how to stay on a very long and narrow box? (50/50)

[gradycombs]

Kevin, I would love to just snowboard professionally or do something like you do, but the problem is that I live in the part U.S. (Kentucky) where we don't get a lot of snow and the closest park is just over an hour away. Would it be better to move closer to the park? Please give me tips to help me go into some sort of snowboarding career.

[Big_Chungus]

Any idea why back 180's are related to front boards and vice versa? Couldn't they label them accordingly?

[doga]

what is the difference between a fakie and a switch?