Idiots Guide

Idiots Guide No.8 – Jib Bits.

Published on: 3rd June, 2010

Sadly this is the last in the current installment of Idiot’s Guide, but don’t fret  – it’ll return soon with a whole new area of snowboarding enlightenment for you.
This final article is all about jibs.
What are jibs? What do you do with them? And what different types are there?
A jib is an object or obstacle [...]

Idiots Guide No. 7 – Boxes.

Published on: 27th May, 2010

Boxes are another regular feature in any snow park. They are a massively popular feature which can cater to all ranges of snowboarding ability. Boxes are great to learn your first tricks on, while also encouraging some pretty advanced moves.
Essentially, a box is a wide rail with a flat sliding surface, that can be anywhere [...]

Idiots Guide No.6 – Hips and Spines.

Published on: 19th May, 2010

Hips and Spines are possibly the most underrated features in the snow park. They are both versatile and amazing fun to session, as well as being pretty safe.
The advantage of a Hips or a Spines is that they allow you to go as big as you like. The landing on a well constructed Hip or [...]

Idiots Guide No.5 – The Pipe.

Published on: 11th May, 2010

Pipes are a prominent feature in any snowpark, and with the current resurgence of big show half pipe contests around the globe, combined with an insane rate of progressive tricks such as double corks being stomped, the halfpipe is certainly one feature that always gets a look-in.
There are two popular styles of pipe, with the [...]

Idiots Guide No.4 – Rails.

Published on: 28th April, 2010

Coming from the UK, we all love rails. We have to as it’s what we do best, but what are the differences and how do we tell them apart?
Rails are one of the most common features in a snow park and can be pretty gnarly too – usually they are made of metal, which means [...]

Idiots Guide No.3 – Kickers.

Published on: 20th April, 2010

In our first article we talked about the features that you may find in a snowpark, this week we’re going to focus on kickers, how they are arranged in parks and the types and shapes you may encounter while shredding.
Kickers are normally grouped together in ‘lines’, there are usually 3-4 kickers in a line and [...]

Idiots Guide No.2 – Park Etiquette.

Published on: 13th April, 2010

Snow Parks are busy places. All the cool dudes hang out and rip there, so subsequently
all the mega-hot babes hang out there too. While there is no official snowboard handout (worth reading), there is definitely a way to behave and apply yourself in the park, with one or two rules that you need to know [...]

Idiots Guide No.1 – The Snowpark.

Published on: 7th April, 2010

Welcome to the first Idiots Guide, where we attempt to help those that aren’t in the know, get more involved with some uptodate knowledge. Enjoy FoTP’s Idiots Guide.
Our first mission is to define a Snow Park, funpark or simply put, a Park as it’s more commonly know.
In their most basic and broad form Parks, are [...]

Introduction to the Idiot’s Guide.

Published on: 1st April, 2010

FoTO has complied an Idiots Guide, which is a no-nonsense comprehensive guide of everything good in freestyle snowboarding. Think of this as the Oxford English Shredding Dictionary, it’s a complete 101 aimed at informing the uninformed about the basics of freestyle.
This first 8 part instalment is all about Snow Parks. We’re gonna break [...]