Learn how to snowboard in Norway

Step one:

Relax your leg muscles and bend your knees.

Snowboarding instructors often tell students to be “low and loose.” Many tend to tense up, which makes it difficult to control and steer the board. Instead, try to be relaxed, with legs bent.

This will make it easier to steer the board and improves balance.

Step two:

Balance your weight somewhere between the middle of the board and your front foot.

Try to get comfortable gliding on the edges on both sides of the board as soon as possible.

Try to slide zigzag down the slope – first going on the heal edge to one side of the slope, then stopping and going on the toe edge to the other side of the slope. Once you become comfortable sliding on both edges, your turns will come naturally.

Point the board down the slope and then start with a heel or toe edge turn, stop, then point the board back down again and turn the other way with the other edge.

Step three:

Point your front knee and hip in the direction you want to go – this makes it easier to turn.

If you get scared or think you're going too fast, you may tend to lean back, making it very difficult to control the board. Instead, try to keep the pressure on the front of the board and focus on your front foot and front leg movements. It will then be much easier to control and steer the board.

With kids, I sometimes do a 'superman to the side' exercise to get them to shift their weight onto their front foot. This exercise also helps with their movements when they need to turn.