Hey Frosty,

First off, i'd just like to say that this is my first year snowboarding, and I'm HOOKED!!  I just can't get enough of it!!!  I've gone every two weeks since February and plan go every weekend until the season is over.  I just wish I lived closer to the slopes   but I guess four hours away is not so bad, especially when you can take a ski bus...

Now, just FYI, I've never actually taken a formal lesson; what  i've learned i picked up from a buddy who I always go with and helps me out or from websites like yours (thanks for all the good tips by the way).  I think that I've made good progress so far; I can do toe/heel side turns fine, get reasonable speed down the slopes, even got carving down.  The only problem I have is with control while carving on the blue slopes.

On the green slopes i can carve no problem, but on the harder, steeper slopes it gets tricky for me.  I'm goofy footed, and when I start to carve toeside I think I try to edge too much and my tip ends up pointing uphill so I can't complete the carve.  Is it better control the amount of edging with my back foot or front foot? Other times I do get the carve, but I catch an edge while evening out between the toe and heelside turns and l fall.  Do you have any advice for controlling that? Should I go faster or make my turns wider? 

Also, this may seem like a stupid question but I've been wondering...when does the snowboarding season formally end? I know it probably depends on the amount of snow on any given year, but do the resorts announce it each year or do they have a set date every year when it ends?

Thanks for your help.

Thanks a million frosty!!! I went to a resort on Lake Tahoe on Sunday and tried the advice you gave and I finally was able to do it!!!

I even tried a few basic jumps and even a ramp and was actually able to pull it off (for the most part, when I cleared the ramp I got so excited that I fell  )

You rock!

PS: While there I saw a lot of bare patches.  It was such a sad sight to see, to know that the season will soon be over...