 Poster: A snowHead
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Guys and Girls, I need some advice. I've been riding for 20 years. Never had a lesson. I go alright!
Next week I'm taking a family with 2 kids (14yo girl and 9yo boy) on their first ever snowboard trip. To Soelden, Austria. They can't afford to pay for lessons, so they're going to just get on the slopes and learn by doing - just like I did 20 years ago. The dad and two kids have had a couple of lessons at the snowdome in Hemel Hempstead and got the hang of it pretty quickly (according to them).
I'm trying to work out whether its better to start them off on nursery slopes (ie. very slight slope), or just take them straight up to some easy blues. I don't remember ever doing nursery slopes myself. My mates just took me up on runs and I learned as I went along.
Can anyone advise? And yes - I know that lessons are invaluable and well worth the money etc etc. They can't afford it. The trip budget has blown out as is.
Thanks for any advice!
Cheers
Brad
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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start on the bunny slopes.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Warm up on bunny repeating falling leaf and basic turns, then find a nice wide blue with a little more pitch to it. Start trying to link up the turns and making sure the legs are soft in the traverse and they're stating centered over the board nicely. Choose routes you know won't have flat bits or too much undulation, as they'll not be used to carrying speed yet.
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Sounds sensible. Thanks guys. Solden has very few flat spots, so I think it'll be ideal.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Also on bunny slopes - scooting.
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say nice wide blue. A bit more speed makes it easier to turn and if they've already had a couple of lessons they should be ok.
Now shoot me down, I won't mind, in fact I could probably argue with myself about it.
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yeah Rob, thats pretty much my line of thinking too. Bunny good for getting balance, but you can't learn to trust your edges and rock from heel to toe edge moving at 2mph.
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depends on the state of the snow, maybe. The same nursery slope can be slow as slow one day (and very hard work, as noted above) and slick and fast the next.
Make sure they wear wrist guards.
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Agree with @robapplegate, and@braddo111,
I found when learning it was much easier to hold a heel or toe edge on the slightly steeper blues than on the silly green/nursery slopes. This results in less tired legs and more progression when learning to initiate and carry through those first perilous turns!
Joe
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Bunny slopes - i`ve yet to meet an intermediate who enjoys cruisy blues aka flat slope hell
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