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Snowboarding Tricks - Butters1



Butter is an interesting ground trick that entails making a series of 360-degree turns. This can be done on a moderate slope in which speed and moves can be built up. Moreover, other Snowboarding Skills can be incorporated in this trick. In this section, learn how to perform basic Butters:



STEP 1: Find a moderate slope with as little human traffic as possible. Start riding straight downhill.

STEP 2: Lift the back of the board and pivot off the front to turn the back to the front.

STEP 3: Continue to turn with the board's nose in the air. Do not elevate it too high so you will be able to maintain your balance and avoid falling over.

STEP 4: Put the board's nose down halfway through the turn. At this point, make a ground spin to finish the turn.




STEP 5: Continue the ground spin until you reach your original position.

STEP 6: You have now completed the basic Butter.

Keep on practicing until you get comfortable doing the basic Butter. Once you get used to performing it, you can move on to other Snowboarding Tricks.

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emsie
Saturday 24th November 2007 at 6:17:01 PM  

haha, I did this one all the way down a run on the last day of boarding last winter. It's so much fun once you get the hang of it.

dane
Saturday 27th December 2008 at 10:15:57 PM  

if u want an adrenaline rush with barely any dangers.. this is perfect.. haha. i spent about 8 hrs straight doing this with an instructor 2 years ago.

feet smeller
Saturday 10th January 2009 at 11:23:53 AM  

this mentions nothing about using your shoulders. thats a major part of doing butters

noob..
Saturday 24th January 2009 at 8:02:50 AM  

I'll go snowboarding today and I'm gonna learn that. :p

What!
Wednesday 11th February 2009 at 6:42:16 AM  

Wha.. Dane did you pay a snowboard instructa top dollar to butter down the mountain wt u 4 8 hrs?

wishiwascool
Wednesday 18th February 2009 at 5:56:11 AM  

If it's as fun as they say I'll be doing a lot of this at the mountain today.

Scott
Thursday 19th February 2009 at 7:54:06 PM  

I can''t get the word BUTTER out of my head. I will be doing this all weekend on my new burton hero.

Jsen
Thursday 5th March 2009 at 12:11:31 PM  

so...
do butter start with riding fakie?
since I saw the animation for ollies and wheelies performed with left foot forward.

Dle
Friday 6th March 2009 at 1:11:02 PM  

No you don't have to start with riding fakie. It's just an animation so you can see it clearer.
I would assume it's different for everyone but if you're a regular, it would probably be best to start with that stance first.

SEO Philippines
Monday 4th May 2009 at 9:43:32 PM  

Waaayyy cool movement and great animation by the way ^_^


 
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Tricks Overview

These are all the Snowboarding Tricks covered in our Tricks Section:

1: Ollies
2: Wheelies
3: Butters
4: Air to Fakie
5: Nose and Tail Rolls
6: 50/50 Grinds
7: Rock-n-Roll Grinds
8: 180 Grinds
9: Five-O Grinds
10: Alley Oops
11: Backside 720