When Getting off a chairlift on a snowboard, do l ride flat or on an edge? When l ride flat, l catch an edge and eat it.What should l be doing? Thanks!

l had the same problem as you; have your weight tilted just a little to one side, prefferably on your toes, then loop around and fasten up the boot buckles

flat. youll trip over your edge if you do it on an edge. you should keep it perfectly flat. this might take some practice though. keep at it

Mostly flat. One boot is not in, so you do not have much control. Snowboarders dismounting a lift reminds my of Goony Birds landing.basically a little out of control.

The key to getting off the chair is to be sure u have all ur weight on ur front foot. As this is the only foot firmly connected to the board it only makes sense that this be the foot u would want to invest all ur attention to. And yes, l would focus a bit more energy to ur toes. You do not necessarily need to be up on edge but having ur weight a bit more on edge will lessen the chances of catching an edge.

Your back foot is just along for the ride. Untill u r comfortable riding one footed do not get too complicated. Do not try to stop, do not try to turn & do not take that back foot off the board. Most chair off ramps r pretty mellow & u will coast to a stop before u need to really do anything. Another technique l employ while skating is to use my backfoot behind my heel edge while pushing instead of on my toe edge. This eliminates any twisting & u can balance a lot better.

EDIT: l hope Ace Elliot never teaches anyone l know.

''If all else fails, bring a buddy & grab onto them to help u stay up, it helps to have someone to hold yourself up on if u can not ride down''

Great technique.

flat absolutely and use your free leg on the board to balance

l teach snowboarding professionally, so l know what i've saying. heres a few pointers:
Keep ur board flat,
keep ur center of gravity between ur feet, (if u have it solely on ur front foot, ur board can spin out, at least if u have it waxed properly)
do not look down (your head weighs somewhere around 10 pounds, u look down & all that weight goes over ur toe edge)
turn after u slow down a little, (a little ways from the ramp usually works)
turn using a slight bit of edge, (if u go on edge u will gain speed & go straight, just do a like u do when u start a ''J'' turn regularly, roll pressure onto ur front toes)
Leave ur back foot on the stomp pad, (see that little black grippy thing, thats what its there for)

If all else fails, bring a buddy & grab onto them to help u stay up, it helps to have someone to hold yourself up on if u can not ride down

Getting off the lift is hard, even the experienced shredders can fall doing it, just practice a bit, & clear out of the drop zone quick.

Good luck!

l pretty much do both just before my somersault into the nearest tree and burying myself.

All good . The one thing l did not see mentioned that has helped me is actually putting some pressure from your unstrapped foot against the inside of your binding. Allows you to really sink a bit and still maintain that control that the previous posters were mentioning.