Learn How to Get Off a Chairlift Snowboarding
Whether you're on your first chairlift, or you've been on a chair lift several times, and you're afraid to get off, it's OK.
This happens to a lot of people as I have had people who have been snowboarding for several days, and when I ask them what their goal is for that day, they say it's to learn how to get off the chair lift.
Unloading the chair lift, like most things, is easy once you know what to do.
A lot of it is preparation and knowing what's coming and knowing which way you're going when you get off the lift.
When you're approaching the end of the lift there is almost always a sign on one of the lift polls telling you to prepare to unload.
Make sure you have all your gloves on and scarves wrapped up tight.
You should have the safety bar down, so make sure to put that up just before you get off.
You'd be surprised, but I have seen several people forget to put the safety bar up when they go to get off the lift.
As you approach the ground make sure the front of your board is pointed up because you don't want the nose to get caught on the ground, not cool.
When you lift your nose up, put your back foot up against the inside of your right binding (if you're regular) before or as your board touches the ground.
Keep your back foot on the board because if you take it off you defeat the purpose and you're more than likely to fall.
If you do fall getting off the lift, make sure to stay down if you're under the chair because if you come up right away, the chair might hit you in the head.
Talk with your friends or the other people on the lift with you to see which way they're going when they get off the lift to avoid running into each other.
When your nose is up and your back foot is on your board put you right hand (if you're regular) on the front of the chair to help you push off and give you some momentum to get away from the lift.
Make sure you don't hold on to the side bars of the lift because they whip around pretty quickly and will definitely throw you off balance.
When you're getting off the lift, try your best to get out of the way of others to avoid accidents and them having to stop the lift to avoid congestion.
These are the main reasons beginner lifts stop so often.
This happens to a lot of people as I have had people who have been snowboarding for several days, and when I ask them what their goal is for that day, they say it's to learn how to get off the chair lift.
Unloading the chair lift, like most things, is easy once you know what to do.
A lot of it is preparation and knowing what's coming and knowing which way you're going when you get off the lift.
When you're approaching the end of the lift there is almost always a sign on one of the lift polls telling you to prepare to unload.
Make sure you have all your gloves on and scarves wrapped up tight.
You should have the safety bar down, so make sure to put that up just before you get off.
You'd be surprised, but I have seen several people forget to put the safety bar up when they go to get off the lift.
As you approach the ground make sure the front of your board is pointed up because you don't want the nose to get caught on the ground, not cool.
When you lift your nose up, put your back foot up against the inside of your right binding (if you're regular) before or as your board touches the ground.
Keep your back foot on the board because if you take it off you defeat the purpose and you're more than likely to fall.
If you do fall getting off the lift, make sure to stay down if you're under the chair because if you come up right away, the chair might hit you in the head.
Talk with your friends or the other people on the lift with you to see which way they're going when they get off the lift to avoid running into each other.
When your nose is up and your back foot is on your board put you right hand (if you're regular) on the front of the chair to help you push off and give you some momentum to get away from the lift.
Make sure you don't hold on to the side bars of the lift because they whip around pretty quickly and will definitely throw you off balance.
When you're getting off the lift, try your best to get out of the way of others to avoid accidents and them having to stop the lift to avoid congestion.
These are the main reasons beginner lifts stop so often.
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