In this lesson, you will learn how to do an ollie on a snowboard. The ollie is a trick used to jump over obstacles or dead skiers ;) It is one of the first tricks you should learn. Wear snowboard gloves with wrist guards and keep your hands closed when you first try to ollie. You shouldn’t try this if you can’t even drift down an easy trail without problems. Find more snowboarding instructions on the Snowboarding main page.
Description: Ollie on a Snowboard
Find a flat trail or ride into a flat, even area. Make sure there isn’t much traffic where you try your first ollies. Don’t ride too fast, don’t ride too slow. You should feel comfortable with your speed.
Bend down so that your knees are slightly less than 90 degrees and swing your arms forward. Keep looking straight ahead and try not to whip your trunk too much. The weight should be half on the front foot and half on the back foot. Keep looking straight ahead the whole time.
Extend your legs, swing your arms, and pull up the nose of your board first. Keep looking straight ahead. Try not to whip your upper body. Now the weight is on the back leg.
Use the flexibility of your board. The tail of your board stays on the ground for a while, but don’t lean back too much, or you could fall.
Shortly before the nose reaches the highest possible point, push your front leg and hips slightly forward. But don’t push too hard, or you will fall on your nose… Both noses ;) Lift your knees so that the ollie becomes higher. Keep your head up and your back vertical (this helps control the ollie). Still look straight ahead or at least keep your head aligned.
Land as flat as possible and absorb the landing with your entire body. Don’t land with extended knees.
Then find another safe place for another ollie.
Trainer Advice: Ollie on a Snowboard
Ollies are supposed to be done on freestyle boards (with soft boots). Of course, you can also ollie on a race board, but race boards are much harder, and over time you would just wear your board out.
Don’t try to ollie while riding on the edge.
If you land nose first, you pushed forward too hard or too early. If you land tail first, you didn’t push forward enough and didn’t tap the full potential of your ollie.
For your first tries, find a flat and even area.
Don’t ollie over a skier if you’re not sure he’s dead. You might hit him. OK, ok, I guess I was bored today… LOL
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