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Snowboarding Tricks - Wheelies



A Wheelie is riding with one tip of your board in the air. This trick is a matter of maintaining your balance while riding just one end of your board. Building up the power and technique to lift either your Snowboard's nose or tail will prepare you for more advanced tricks. In this section, learn how to perform Wheelies:


STEP 1: Wheelies with your board's nose up in the air are very easy to do. When starting out, find a gentle slope with as little human traffic as possible.

STEP 2: Ride straight downhill on moderate speed. To initiate the trick, crouch slightly and lean backwards.




STEP 3: Shift your weight on your back foot and lift your front foot. Try to hold on to that position for a few seconds. Maintain your balance while the nose of the board is airborne.

STEP 4: Go back to your first position and put your front foot down. Repeat these steps until you become comfortable riding just the tail of your board.



You may fall backward on the first few times that you try doing a Wheelie. It takes time and practice. You can also try performing Nose Wheelie in which you will be riding the nose of the board. Once you've mastered Wheelies, you can progress to other Snowboarding moves.

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bordin rules
Thursday 26th July 2007 at 2:47:52 PM  

how is it a wheelie if it doesnt have wheels just wonderin

XPLOSV-S
Wednesday 22nd August 2007 at 11:47:49 PM  

Its another word for "Tail Press"

soad9307
Wednesday 12th December 2007 at 4:45:35 PM  

It is called a manual or mannie.

LouG
Sunday 26th October 2008 at 1:16:16 AM  

Yup,Any kind of 'wheelie' nose or tail is actually called a press in snowboarding.In addition to the instructions above you really want to practice hopping (popping a small ollie) into your presses. Just leaning back will always look awful, though it is a good way to learn the balance.

Snowball
Wednesday 9th December 2009 at 6:22:23 AM  

Tail or Nose press... Which is awesome when used to butter down the slopes!

snowboard crew
Friday 15th January 2010 at 3:08:54 PM  

I really dont think that ajust leaning back will always look awful, if you do it correctly. You can easily try and spin the board a little so it''s more like a butter and not so much a tail press and if you pop an ollie after the butter and land switch it could turn into a very impressive trick :D I will try it this weekend :)

prosnow
Monday 22nd February 2010 at 9:49:21 AM  

it is eaiser too do this trick if you reach down and grab the back end of your board

abby vesterfelt
Monday 22nd February 2010 at 6:57:28 PM  

hhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... i tried that i broke my leg .....i think i did that wrong...lol ha ha ha ha

Horvatitsch
Wednesday 16th June 2010 at 2:49:37 PM  

That''s a Manual or also called Mannie. When you do this on your Nose ist a Nose Manual or Nose Mannie.

snowboard size chart
Monday 18th April 2011 at 2:09:24 PM  

Doing this trick while on a box or rail is called a "press", which looks really cool!

jml
Wednesday 1st February 2012 at 6:31:20 PM  

Won''t you break your board if you lift up too high?


 
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