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craigs135s
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How meny if any people snowboard on here then. Going for my first lesion next week cant wait.
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Re: snowboarding
I've got my 1st lesson on Feb 4th!craigs135s wrote:How meny if any people snowboard on here then. Going for my first lesion next week cant wait.
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)
I have a knack of making lift lines shorterAndy G wrote:they've made the lift lines longer also----when they're not having a Smmmoke
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.
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SteveBanks
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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.
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 - 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.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)
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SteveBanks
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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.simon wrote:Didn't find that myself, certainly much easier to pick up than skiing is.SteveBanks wrote:As Jamie says, the initial learning curve is very steep