New Snowboard Brake

I’m a seasoned snowboarder so it doesn’t affect me, but a company has created a brake that is supposed to help first timers.
Do you guys think this thing will catch on? From the demo in the video, it looks kinda gimmicky.
http://www.streetboardz.net/boarderkontrol/

Bloody ridiculous.

I agree with chucky..

The fundamentals of boarding are using your edges.. Learning to stop and turn..
if the hill is too steep that you take off and can’t stop.. Find a smaller hill, and get a beginners lesson..

Being able to stop on your edge feels like you have accomplished something when you achieve it..

Pulling a cord to stop the board does not..

If it helps first timers to enjoy their initial snowboarding experience more, then I think it’s a great thing!!!!!

If it helps first timers to enjoy their initial snowboarding experience more, then I think it’s a great thing!!!!!

They can even “enjoy their initial snowboarding experience” TWICE!!!!!

The snowboard industry needs to cleanse itself of stupidity - so I hope those clowns have invested their life savings in this moronic idea, and they go broke.

All this will do it prolong the learning process in my opinion I remember my first run on a snowbaord it was painful to say the least but as a result you catch on faster and learn to engage the edge and stop quick!. This to me is for people that want to learn the slow way and not fall. Truth is, you gonna fall then you get your butt back up and try again

Want to control your speed ? Turn damnit

I remember that I rode a dinky before I rode a bike!!!!!

I also learnt to swim before I learnt to surf!!!!!

Like I said, if this helps people to learn at a comfortable pace, who gives a shit what they’re riding?????

dumb!! And with australian snow conditions, we dont need big gouges carved into the runs. People need to learn the right way! That being said though i can understand what mizu is saying.

I like his comment about how it helps people stay on the front foot - that doesn’t sound right. If I gave someone something to hold onto with their back hand they would be more likely to stand on the back foot. Not only that, but you don’t want to be constantly on the front foot in the first place.
They also used an old American instructor to test it. I’m currently teaching in America and all I want to do is bash my skull in majority of the time they talk - half of them aren’t even certified here. “I think this could really change the way we teach.”, he says. How? this has no practicability in anything beyond straight running a snowboard.

A beginner should be learning how to stop before turning first, all this is going to encourage is people to go straight with awful turning technique because they never took the time to learn how to turn in order to stop. With the correct pitched slope, you shouldn’t need any extra braking mechanism in the first place.

All eyes on Thredbo this season to see how they go I guess

I would like to see him demonstrate using it on ice or hardpack, not on fresh snow. Students will pick up most speed when they are on hardpack. That thing could be a disaster.

I don’t like this for so many reasons.

I don’t like it at all and think it slows the learning process. It will get people too comfortable and reliant on it and when they ride with no brake they’ll be lost and do serious damage to themselves..

If it’s restricted to a small roped off area and only used on the first day…..eh, could have a use. Otherwise it’s ridiculous because it will just teach you to be dependent on that.

I dont have anything more constructive than already said, all i can do is shake my head at this one