Tail Drag

pop front up, dragging the tail of the skateboard.

Pro: beginner level stop, Easy, good control

Con: ware on the rear of the board.

Heal Drag

Pop front up, Instead of dragging the tail of skateboard you drag your heal behind the board.

Pro: beginner level stop, Easy, good control.

Con: ware out the heal of your shoe very fast.

Side Foot Drag.

Position front foot to center front of the board, balance with weight over the front foot. place rear foot next to rear tire dragging your foot flat on the ground.

Pro: A little harder to learn but safe.

con: ware out the sole of your shoe.

front-side power slide.

weight to front foot switch to heal lift and push rear foot toe to heal while leaning back slightly

Pro: More advanced, will not wear shoes, can stop at faster speeds slow and turn with a high level of control.

con: wear of tires but much less than shoe wear, takes lots more practice to master.

Backside power slide.

weight on front balls of feet like turning, quickly leaning frontward shifting weight to the front foot pushing rear foot backward sliding rear of the board backward towards the direction of travel, slide sideways to a power stop.

Pro: More advanced, will not wear shoes, can stop at faster speeds slow and turn with a high level of control.

con: wear of tires but much less than shoe wear, takes lots more practice to master.

power slide against a wall.

weight on front balls of feet like turning, quickly leaning frontward shifting weight to the front foot pushing rear foot backward sliding rear of the board backward towards the direction of travel, slide sideways against a wall.

Pro: More advanced, Fast stop, will not wear shoes, can stop at faster speeds slow and turn with a high level of control.

con: wear of tires but much less than shoe wear, takes lots more practice to master, if you don’t stop correctly you can get hurt.

blunt slide.

A combination of a Tail Drag and power slide, lean-to rear weight to rear lift front of the board using the front foot to direct board pushing rear toe forward and slide.

Pro: More advanced, Fast stop, will not wear shoe, can stop at faster speeds high level of control, good to slow down and lead into a trick.

con: wear of tires but much less than shoe wear, takes lots more practice to master,

hand power slide.

Front end power slide with hands dragging on the ground,

Pro: very high level of control

con: if done wrong you can end up with hamburger hands.

Pop to hand.

tail pop to hand run with the board

Pro: very high level of control best at slower speeds good at the end of a run.

con: takes a little practice.

I’m too scared to do this trick!

jump off and runaway

pro: he who lives to run away lives to practice another day.

con: None! Have fun.

Snowboarding and Skateboarding are Marginally the same,
A skate park and a snowboard park have a lot of similarities like rails and slides,
The basic steering fundamentals are the same, toe and heel weight transfer on your back foot,
A stylish Helmet, relentless, can’t keep me down attitude.

Really there is not much more than that slides and rails are much easier to commit to in snowboarding, I have never seen anyone kickflip a snowboard, and I believe it is physically impossible to Popsicle a snowboard.

Feet are wider weight is forward, and you carve to steer on a snowboard. Lean forward on a skateboard, you’ll catch a pebble and scorpion your friends will act the same pointing and laughing.

That being said, learning to do one or the other after mastering one will be easier. Confidence and the willingness to take a dump and brush it off is a trait of both sports.

Now Your Wandering Why I said that Skateboarding is like snowboarding

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