DK ADULT Go Snowboard: Read It, Watch It, Do It (GO SERIES)

A small price for a book that is better than lessons.

2/18/2010

This book works. It it mostly pictures and diagrams, with a great accompanying DVD.

I had poor instruction when I learned to board. I bought this book to help me go back to a beginner and learn how to control my board as it was designed. I am now learning to carve properly.

Fact is most snowboards on the mountain are boarding incorrectly (rotating their upper body and using weight to control the board or steering/skidding with their rear foot). Don't be another sloppy boarder, learn to ride your board the way it was designed.

The first 1/2 of this book is for the beginner-intermediate. If you can carve and want to learn mostly freestyle, you might have better luck elsewhere, although this book does introduce a few things (Ollies, kickers, etc).

The author of the book is goofy, so normal riders (like myself) have to transpose his instructions some. However, my wife is goofy and she likes that it is from a goofy point of view.

Good detail on the DVD

11/27/2009

What I really love about this DVD is that the instructions are all from the GOOFY foot point of view - which is how I ride. I am taking this DVD with us when we go - watch it, then practice what we see. Good for two types of people - visual folks, who need to see it to try it, and also those who can read it to understand the manual.

Great book, even better Video

3/18/2009

The only snowboard source I've found that actually helped me "get" the movements and balance needed to control the board. On the actual snow, I could somewhat reproduce what I had seen in the excellent, well focused video. I'm not a particularly athletic person or fast physical learner, but I feel this book helped me learn faster than I would have otherwise.

Great book for beginners and snowboarding instructors!

2/12/2009

This book contains information about snowboarding basics. I use it for better understanding teaching methods, because I use to train my friends and looking forward to became snowboarding instructor for that short winter season we have in Latvia :)

Snowboard better

1/22/2009

This book deserves 5 starts but I can't update my rating on second edit.

My background is 9 years of snowboarding and I can bomb down the mountain really fast but I bought this book because I want to improve my carve and steeps control. The unique DVD/book combination was appealing to me.

Compared to other snowboarding books I read, this book's approach is easy to follow and teaches specific drills for carving.

I have taken the carving drills to the mountain for a day and I already feel the difference. (I actually marked my board's corners with stick-on A, B, C, and D letters)

Beginners will benefit from the first 2 chapters and they cover most of the book but the reality of the sport is that you have to get out there for minimum 2 consecutive days before you link a few turns.

I felt that the riding fakie section is way too short but following the pressure point drills makes something that seems hard easy.

The freestyle section is OK but doesn't teach any turns and I really want to find a good drill to get my first 180 in. However, the teaching on how to do ollies described in this book is better than any others from the internet or other books.

One thing that might make the book a little confusing for some, the instructor in the book rides goofy (like me) and if you ride regular it might be a little hard to picture what to do. However, if you want to see him riding regular foot, get a mirror and watch the video in the mirror.