The Art of Snowboarding: Kickers, Carving, Half-Pipe, and More

But a bit to advanced for me. I'm on my second season and I was after a bit more basic stuff. I had a google and found some more basic tricks.

One of our granddaughters is into snowboarding and found this to be a big help. She went to snowboarding school and said that a lot of what they taught she'd already learned with this. Thanks Amazon for the great letting us be "great" grandparents who give super gifts.

The author takes the time to go through snowboarding and its progressions as you learn various skills in snowboarding. Great experienced knowledge for beginners that you can only get from a veteren snowboarder. A great book for the begginner and intermediate snowboarder. The photos are excellent as well.

This book gives great detailed images, tips and direction as well as motivation on kicking it up a notch on your board. I highly recommend it. Great gift.

If you want to just learn how to make turns with your board, this is not the book. A really short section quickly covers turning and then it's off to airs and jumps and half pipes. Not for the faint at heart.

I worked as a freestyle snowboard coach at Copper Mountain, Colorado for Team Summit under Jim Smith from 2001-2004. Not only was it one of the best jobs I ever had, but Jim was a great boss and mentor. Under his leadership the team has produced several pro snowboarders. Jim is positive and breaks it down so you can understand how to master a skill. He has great working experience from years at Mt. Hood at Windell's to contests like Vans Tripple Crown and the Dew Tour. If you want to learn how to ride in any discipline read his book! Justin.

Limited information for beginners but still gives pretty information in general. If you just started and plan to do trick later, this book will still help you now as well as later.

I thought this book provided a thoughtful explanation about how to improve your snowboarding techniques. Smith's easy-to-understand descriptions, and the accompanying photographs, provide the information you need to broaden your skills, and make you a better boarder.