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The secret to learning snowboarding is to wear HOCKEY PANTS. You might look ridiculous, but you look ridiculous anyway because you don't know how to snowboard. So add the hockey pants and save you bum. The confidence of protection will eliminate the fear of constantly falling.

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Or get some Azzpadz https://azzpadz.com/ They're pretty comfortable. Used them for the first two years.

Also the wrist guards - save yourself an visit to the emergency.

Or learn instead how to fall down properly. Pain is also a great motivator to not fall down.

There's place and time for falling down properly. Then there are situations when you're learning and suddenly you're down. If it saves you a broken coxis or wrist, why wouldn't you do this? I guarantee it still hurts when you fall down.

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