Loading the Chairlift.

As you skate through the maze and await your turn to load, remember to keep your shoulders parallel and over your board. Lead with your shoulder; don`t turn your upper body to face forward as this will ultimately cause your lower body and board to rotate.
As soon as the person in front of you is in the loading position, be ready to immediately skate out right behind their chair as it passes in front of you. Don`t delay here, or you will set yourself up for trouble by being chased by your chair.
When you are in the loading position, remember to remain standing sideways, that is with your board pointing the direction the chair is going to take you. When the front edge of the seat nudges you in the leg, sit down on the butt cheek attached to your back (free) foot, grasping the back of the chair with your back hand, lifting your back foot up out of the snow.
Once seated, keep your board straight and keep the tip lifted. The reason you do not want to sit back right away and let your board rotate across the direction of travel is because it can catch in the snow and pull you off of the chair. Usually the very next thing that occurs is the chair hits you in the back of the head. As soon as you leave the ground and have the clearance, go ahead and sit back comfortably and enjoy the ride.

• Chairlift Snowboard
• Loading the Chairlift
• Unloading the Chairlift
• Multiple riders on a chair
• When you fall
• Additional thoughts