Let's get down to business with a snowboard freeride

Snowboarding can be broken down into three main categories: Freestyle, which involves jumps, rails, parks, half-pipes and big air competitions, Freecarve, which is also known as more tradition snowboarding which involves groomed slopes where the rider rides by carving turns, and finally there's Snowboard Freeride style. Free style snowboarding involves alpine, back country, trails, open areas and pretty much anywhere where the combination of fresh powder and the forces of gravity exist. Snowboarding Freeride style is arguably the most extreme form of boarding as it often involves uncharted terrain, trees, rocks avalanches and drops from a helicopter. This boarding style is definitely not recommended for anyone new to the sport; unless they're into traction and long periods of physical rehabilitation. That being said, if you feel comfortable on a board and confident of your abilities, then give it a shot, it will give you the freedom that can't be experienced on commercial hills.

Snowboarding Freeride (also called "all-mountain snowboarding") typically involves longer, directionally shaped boards, although the equipment can vary greatly as the terrain, preferences and goals of individual boarders varies greatly in this style. Generally the equipment for this style is a preference developed over time.

If you're up to the challenge and want to blaze a new trail through untouched power, then grab a group of friend and stark hiking to the nearest hill untouched by resorts, lifts and thousands of tourists on rented skis. You may find it slightly frustrating at first as you learn to navigate a new path, but once you get the hang of it, you may not want to go back the hill.

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