Park snowboarding probably what is considered to be the most popular kind of snowboaridng.

Now, what is park snowboarding? This type of snowboarding is done on jumps and rails.

There is such a wide variety of different types of "features" to hit in a terrain park.

Anything from walrides, to small buildings, to massive 60 foot jumps. The possibilites are

pretty much endless in a terrain park. In here there are so many different ways that people

ride their snowboards, I would say that it has the most broad spectrum of different styles

of snowboarders. Typically, park snowboarding is done on what is called a

"true twin" or "twin directional" snowboard. This means that there is the same amount of

space between your front foot and the nose of the snowboard, and your back foot and the

tail of the snowboard. Typically, there are two main types of snowboard profiles that are

ridden in the park. A rocker profile, which is when if you were to lay the board flat on the ground,

the middle of the snowboard would be the "lowest point" or the part touching the ground.

Where as the "camber" profile is the opposite, so the board when it lies flat on the ground has

a upside down U shape to it, so the "contact points" or where the board touches the ground,

are now out next to each foot. A rocker profile provides a softer flex typically, more catered to the

rail riders that you can find in the terrain parks. These boards are known to be somewhat unstable

at high speed and are not normally favored for big jumps. The camber on the other hand typically

provides a stiffer snowboard, offering more forgiveness on jumps and more stablility at high speeds.

This profile is not as good for hitting the rails because of the stiffness but typically, most

snowboards in the park are going to be a camber snowboard.