 Poster: A snowHead
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i'm kind of new here
just got back from the french pyrenees skiing with my family and , although i'm an old git, i thought i'd try snowboarding for the last couple of days. i can ski pretty well and as i also surf quite a lot i thought it would be a natural progression......OUCH......a couple of lessons later things started to improve, but i do wish i'd checked out this forum, re ass padding, wrist guards, knee pads etc.live and learn, eh? 
any way i'm totally converted. gutted i didn't start boarding yars ago. my kids are 13 and 10 and ski well. the missus....well......
to get to the point
how and where can i and my kids learn to board in the somerset area? is dry sloping ok or should we travel to a snowdomey thing with real snow? where is the nearest one to us?
thanks for any replies
gutted for all that wasted time on skis
cheers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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sequoiaboard, No time on snow is wasted. I can't help you with slopes down your way but there are times when two planks can be as much fun as one  Welcome to schizophrenia.
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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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There's a dry slope somewhere near Bristol in Somerset in a place called Churchill - not been myself but that might be near for you.
I had a lesson at the Gloucester dry slope - ok its nowhere near as good as snow - but its useful for a first lesson - teaches you to work out if you're goofy or regular, how bindings work, how to toe and heel edge and how to use a basic rope lift.
The Gloucester slope has a surface called snowflex - so it looks 'solid' which is better than surfaces called dendix - which have 'holes' in them and so your less likely to catch fingers in them when you fall over...
Snowdomes are better but theres only 3 in UK at the moment - Milton Keynes - (Which is crap at the moment because they've got technical problems), Tamworth and Castleford Yorkshire.
But if you're passing any of these areas - then it could be worth booking a lesson.
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mountain mad, I've never ridden Snowflex, what it like? I've ridden the pock-marked stuff which was humbling to say the least.
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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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its ok for a beginner lesson - and I think its an improvement on dendix - but at the end of the day its a short run that gives you the idea of what to do but will never replace snow!
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One of the other advantages of Snowflex is it works much better than Dendix when creating features like jumps, quarter pipe and bumps.
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just go straight back to the real snow again.. as soon as possible!!!
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I can't quite tell if that's the view from my duvet or the local building site. Either way, not attactive riding stuff. Intereseting looking kicker though!
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I've been to Churchill (near Weston-super-Mare) several times. It's small, and because there are trees all around the dendix it's covered in tree sap in places, which makes it "sticky" in places. I must admit I haven't been for a couple of years, but that's certainly how it used to be. Depending on where you are in Somerest it's going to be about a couple of hours to get to Tamworth. Failing that Gloucester ski slope is only just up the M5.
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saxabar, I'm resisting the temptation to comment... for the moment.
sequoiaboard, your best bet is Tamworth... surely it's not that far if you do an early am trip?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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