Snowboarding is one of the extreme winter sports that has lately been hitting the topmost levels of the craze meter. It is an activity that combines skateboarding and surfing, but on the surface of snow. If you are eager to learn the snowboarding basics to master this popular sport, there are a lot of things you will need to do first.

Mike McGill invented the McTwist in the early 1980s. He used the McTwist in a public competition in 1984 at a skating contest held at the Del-Mar Skatepark. The McTwist mixes together a Backside 540, a mute grab and a front flip during the one trick. Read on to learn more.

Difficulty: Challenging Do a McTwist on a Snowboard

You're going to fall while learning to snowboard, but at least getting back up isn't difficult.

Riding the chairlift is essential to snowboarding, but it seems terrifying for someone who's never done it before. Follow these steps, and you'll be transported to the next level of snowboarding in no time.
Difficulty: Average
Time Required: Indefinite

What to Wear & How to Wear It

There is a right way and a wrong way to choose and wear your snowboarding threads. Here are 5 important steps to take to help ensure a fun, pleasurable and comfortable day of snowboarding.

If you want to learn how to do snowboard tricks then you need to master grabs. Grabs allow you to amp up your style when riding. It is like putting your personal trademark on each trick that you do. If you want to have your friends jaws drop, then take some notes and pull off a couple of these grabs on your next day up at the hill. Grabs are a great start to learning how to do snowboard tricks. Take some big air and try each grab out before picking your favorites.

Are You great at heel side but totally face plant if try to do toe side, or the back of your board catches and edge and you fall backwards? Learn How to do toe side!