This past winter break I was fortunate enough to be able to go home to Buffalo for the holidays. I know Buffalo does not seem as appealing as Florida to most people in the middle of winter but going back to Buffalo allows me to go snowboarding, which has been my favorite hobby for the past 12 years. But, being in Florida obviously limits my participation so this was the first time in over a year I got to go and I had a great time.

Over the break one of my friends sent me a you tube link(www.youtube.com/watch) of a transfemoral amputee snowboarding, which he thought was really cool and asked if that’s what I do. But, after watching that video it lead me to watch a few more videos of other transfemoral amputees snowboarding and from watching these videos I noticed something in common, most of them were snowboarding with the prosthesis as the front foot on the snowboard. From my experience as a snowboard instructor and many years of snowboarding I know that foot in the front of the board tends to offer most of the control of the board. In my eyes it would be better to have the sound leg as the front foot on the board so that you can have the movements available needed to control the board to the optimal level. But, I am also not an amputee and do not have any training with adaptive snowboarding, so I am curious if there is an advantage from snowboarding with the prosthesis forward or if it is just personal choice, anyone that has some insight please leave some feedback.