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Tomas Sbertoli
Winter Green Resort
http://www.wintergreenresort.com/  

Tomas Sbertoli is a level 3 certified instructor with PSIA, he has over 20 years of teaching experience. Tomas currently works as the Director of Snow Sports at Wintergreen Resort in VA.

Anatomy of a Snowboard

In this video, Tomas Sbertoli who is the Director of snow sports at Winter Green Resort demonstrates how to snowboard for beginners. Tomas demonstrates how to heal glide and shows how to turn while on the board. He also shows the correct and safe way to ride the ski lift.

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Tomas Sbertoli: Hi! I am Tomas Sbertoli, Director of Snowsports here at Wintergreen Resort. Today I am showing you how to snowboard. Before we get started, let's take a look at the board itself. Okay, you have got two bindings. Little bit different from outline skiing where we don't just clip in and go, but we have got the straps that wrap over our feet and slowly crank us in. So we get a nice snug comfortable feeling. Each binding has a high back piece to it which provides support when we are leaning back on that heel edge, rolling the board over from heel to toe.

The board itself looks quite a bit like a surfboard or a wave board. Similar designs, similar use. So there is real commonalities between those two things. In the base, we have got a smooth flat black base that we adhere wax to. It allows the board to glide and two metal edges, very similar to a ski. The metal edges dig and allows us to carve the board or steer the board. Give it direction and by. So the next thing we will do is we will actually strap in and do some movement around the flat area. Let's get started.

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