| A blunt nose slide is a variation of the | | | | stiffen you front leg. Lean backwards and |
| Wheelie but with an interesting twist. | | | | raise your front leg up in to the air in |
| | | | order to raise the tip of your snowboard off |
| A blunt nose slide is a Wheelie done on the | | | | the ground. |
| front and side of your snowboard. Doing the | | | | |
| same trick on the rear of your snowboard is a | | | | Now we put these two elements together. |
| switch-stance blunt nose slide. | | | | Traverse a gentle slope with the heel side of |
| | | | your snowboard biting into the slope a bit. |
| The two key elements to this trick are the | | | | This will help to stabilize you for the next |
| wheelie and the slide. You must be very | | | | part. Begin to put your weight on your front |
| proficient at both before trying them | | | | leg and then pull your rear leg up. This |
| together. A slide is fairly easy to get the | | | | action will leave you riding on the tip and |
| hang of and mostly likely is how you first | | | | edge of your snowboard and looking really |
| learnt to stop on your snowboard. As you are | | | | cool. |
| riding down a gentle slope, turn to traverse | | | | |
| the slope in such a way that your heels are | | | | As you can imagine practice and control is |
| towards to slope. As you make the turn lean | | | | the key to a blunt nose slide. Make sure you |
| back towards the slope to make the heel edge | | | | are very good at wheelies and slides before |
| of your snowboard dig into the slope. | | | | trying the two elements together. Another |
| | | | thing to think about is the quality of your |
| A wheelie has a lot to do with the balance | | | | snowboard. Wheelies are known to cause weak |
| and control of your snowboard. The easiest | | | | and damaged snowboards to break due to the |
| wheelie to do is on the tail of your | | | | extra strain put on the snowboard. If you |
| snowboard. Begin by riding down a gentle | | | | have any question about yours you may wish to |
| slope, relax your rear leg slightly and | | | | practice on a rental snowboard. |