Scottish Elises

How meny if any people snowboard on here then. Going for my first lesion next week cant wait.

Cheers
Craig

I'm the best - just never tried it....
-Muhammed Ali

craigs135s wrote:How meny if any people snowboard on here then. Going for my first lesion next week cant wait.

I've got my 1st lesson on Feb 4th!

gays on trays

bain of my life only good for scraping snow off a mountain

Seriously though I used to be a ski racer and have spent a couple of days on a snowboard and was able to carve by the end of it. You will find that the first 48hrs brings nothing but pain. On the plus side the initial learning curve is steep but then goes very flat after the initial break-through.
While Skiing thanks to the new ski tec has a comparable early learning curve but remains steeper for longer basically meaning you get better quicker.

Interestingly the trend of skiers becoming snowboarders is now reversed (only in the last 18 months or so)

they've made the lift lines longer also----when they're not having a Smmmoke

Andy G wrote:they've made the lift lines longer also----when they're not having a Smmmoke

yeah yeah.... wot-evah grandaaaaaad!

I is gonna be wicked on dem slopes I is... swooosh swish swoooooosh

Andy G wrote:they've made the lift lines longer also----when they're not having a Smmmoke

I have a knack of making lift lines shorter I just fly towards them on a pair of snow blades and most folk get out of the way pretty damn quick, even quicker if your going backwards at the time

No silly balance sticks to worry about so usually a quick getaway on the first available lift before the skiers have realised what has happened

Not so good when the planned emergency stop dosn't quite work and you take out half the queue

Plus snow blades fit in the boot of an Elise easily.

Dave you going to braehead?

Cheers
Craig

tom gave me a wee lesson last year, it was excellent. I cant wait to go back

I'm with Jamie and Andy. Tried it for an afternoon on holiday in Courchevel and that was all it took to be able to come down easy runs without falling. Decided that was enough and went back to the skis.

SnowBlades are another thing altogether

I’ve been snowboarding for the past 12yrs or so.

As Jamie says, the initial learning curve is very steep and the first time you strap a board to your feet you'll think it will be impossible, but stick with it and you'll soon link a few turns together and probably get hooked. Top tip is to buy a pair of padded pants (like cycling shorts with big pads in them) as you will be on your arse (or face) more than your feet for the first day. Biggest problem for learning to snowboard in this country though(other than the wind that blows you back up the patchy solid ice hill that you're trying to slide down after waiting 3 and a half hours in the lift queue) is having to learn how to use the button tows - harder than you probably think!

at "gays on trays" - are skiers still using this...so ironic

When I first started, we were a minority and completely frowned upon by the less open-minded skiers but without snowboarding, the Scottish ski industry would probably be dead and buried by now and skiers would still be wearing skin tight one-piece Day-Glo and doing the splits off of jumps. Don't get me wrong, Skis are THE tool for the mountain, you will not keep up with a good skier and I'm incredibly impressed with the progression of freestyle skiing over the last few years but you cannot deny that it's been totally influenced by the snowboarding movement.

jamie wrote:

bain of my life only good for scraping snow off a mountain

Seriously though I used to be a ski racer and have spent a couple of days on a snowboard and was able to carve by the end of it. You will find that the first 48hrs brings nothing but pain. On the plus side the initial learning curve is steep but then goes very flat after the initial break-through.
While Skiing thanks to the new ski tec has a comparable early learning curve but remains steeper for longer basically meaning you get better quicker.

Interestingly the trend of skiers becoming snowboarders is now reversed (only in the last 18 months or so)

Jamie - did you ski with the SSC before joining the British Team ? I used to race years ago, before coaching for the CSC - but in the last 7 years, children and poor seasons have put me off. Not really sure if I feel I want to get back into it again.

SteveBanks wrote:As Jamie says, the initial learning curve is very steep

Didn't find that myself, certainly much easier to pick up than skiing is.

simon wrote:

SteveBanks wrote:As Jamie says, the initial learning curve is very steep

Didn't find that myself, certainly much easier to pick up than skiing is.

A couple of my mates that could already ski said the same but the majority seem to find it the other way round, everybody’s different I suppose.