If you’ve tried to learn how to ski or snowboard as an adult, you know how fortunate children who learn to ski and snowboard are. Whether it’s because they bounce back from a fall easier than an adult or are less afraid of falling, kids often pick up skiing and snowboarding quickly, and once they […] Click to Read This Article
After your first day of learning to ski or snowboard, you may wonder how on earth these two sports became as popular as they are. After all, new skiers and snowboarders will spend most of their day falling in the snow, walk away sore, and pay good money to do it all over again the […] Click to Read This Article
It’s easy for experienced skiers and snowboarders to forget what it’s like to be new to either sport, but at ASO Mammoth we are constantly reminded just how unfamiliar skiing and snowboarding are to some people. Whether it’s because they’ve never seen snow before or they just can’t imagine sliding down a steep slope with […] Click to Read This Article
Your board, skis, and bindings are what allow you to have fun and your helmet protects the most important part of your body, but if you ask the ASO Mammoth team, the piece of skiing and snowboarding gear that has the biggest say in the type of day you have on the mountain is your […] Click to Read This Article
There’s nothing better than buying new ski or snowboard gear, and if you’re lucky enough to buy it in Mammoth than you will have a world class mountain a short drive away to try your it out. Once you put your new boots, skis, bindings, or board on the snow though, you may run into […] Click to Read This Article
If you’re like us here at ASO Mammoth, once you catch the skiing or snowboarding bug there are only a few things that can keep you away from the mountain. One of them is summer of course, but the main thing that keeps people from skiing and snowboarding more often are the costs. Should you […] Click to Read This Article
When you step into your bindings for the first time, your first concern is simply making it a few feet without falling, not riding the steepest runs on the mountain. Some people always ride that way, others strive to just be comfortable on their skis or snowboard, and most people end up wanting to have […] Click to Read This Article
Traditionally, when you look at a snowboard from the side it is flexed down towards the ground near the feet of the rider and arched up between where the rider’s feet should go. This shape is known as a camber. Rocker boards completely invert this stance by having the tail and nose of the board […] Click to Read This Article
Some people come to the slopes in order to get away from the messages, calls, and other distractions attached to our phones and other electronics. For some people though, the mountains are the perfect place to listen to music, take a photo, or make all their friends and family jealous with a post about their […] Click to Read This Article
It doesn’t matter if you’re at Main Park or at one of Mammoth Mountain’s beginner-friendly terrain parks, you’re going to see someone doing spins off of jumps. The reason why you’ll see experts, beginners, and even people on groomed runs doing spins is because they’re a rare breed of trick that in their simplest form […] Click to Read This Article