Home		Other Articles and Shopping Resources The feeling of snowboarding down powder is the best feeling you can experience. however to truly enjoy snowboarding on powder you should learn a new riding technique. when snowboarding in powder you should apply more pressure on the rear foot so the tip of the snowboard is above the snow. To steer in powder you use the rear foot, to do this swivel your back foot around. You may want to look into hiring or purchasing a longer snowboard and setting your binding back even more because this will enable you to keep the front of the snowboard out of the snow with little effort.