Half way through the turn, when you are headed straight down, smoothly change and smoothly raise the new edge. If you are on the front foot the snowboard will take you through the full turn by itself. Have your body in proper alignment over the new front foot and keep your shoulders over, or in front of the front knee. Make sure your eyes and head are faced in the direction you're going. To get more proficient, take lessons from one of Red Rivers professional instructors.
Equipment gets better every year.
Deciding how and where you want to ride is a factor in choosing your equipment. The list of available equipment includes soft boots, hard boots, step in bindings, strap in bindings, soft boards, hard boards, short boards, long boards - and each is designed specifically for the many different snowboarding activities available. Two of the more popular snowboard activities are terrain parks and the Half Pipe. Terrain parks have jumps, rails, and table tops, set up by snowboard riders and area management that offer a variety of challenges. Skilled riders accelerate up the half pipe walls to launch off the top for big air and do air tricks.