Snowboard bench

A method of strapping on snowboard bindings or removing snowboard bindings comprising:

• strapping a snowboarder's first foot into a first binding on a snowboard while leaving the snowboarder's second foot free of a second binding on the snowboard;
• sliding, on the snowboard, up a first ramp of a snowboard bench and onto a horizontally oriented platform provided on the snowboard bench;
• resting the snowboarder's rear end against a backrest of the snowboard bench, where the backrest is oriented at a first angle relative to the platform;
• placing the snowboard onto a footboard of the snowboard bench, where the footboard is inclined at a second angle relative to the platform;
• bending over and strapping the snowboarder's second foot into the second binding on the snowboard;
• placing the snowboard back onto the platform;
• and
• sliding down a first ramp or down a second ramp of the snowboard bench with the snowboard and onto a snow surface upon which the snowboard bench rests.

A method of clearing congestion proximate a top or a bottom of a chairlift on a ski hill;

• said method comprising:
• providing one or more snowboarding benches a distance from the top or the bottom of the chairlift;
• directing snowboarders towards the one or more snowboarding benches when provided at the bottom of the chairlift to strap a first foot into a first binding on their snowboards;
• or
• directing snowboarders towards the one or more snowboarding benches when provided at the top of the chairlift to strap a second foot into a second binding on their snowboards.