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I ski (although some may say different!) but I am thiking of learning to snowboard too.
Any advice...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Don't.
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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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Why?
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jb1970, Do you also find yourself lusting after women? 
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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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jb1970, try it, you don't like it, you go back to skiing, easy.
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| jb1970, Do you also find yourself lusting after women? |
Only ones with big boobs - I appreciate the beauty!!!
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Personally speaking (there's no reason why any of this should apply to you):
(1) Even after a dozen years of skiing seriously and over 100 lessons, there's still lots of room for improvement, which would only be put back if I started learning a new discipline
(2) I wouldn't want to trade blasting all over the mountain for looking like a middle-aged no-hoper on the nursery slopes, however temporarily
(3) I fall over quite enough as it is
(4) I don't have problems with pomas / T-bars / flats, and don't want to.
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laundryman,
I'll grant you point (4)! 
But learning a new discipline is great: every little new thing feels like a real achievement, something I don't get anymore with skiing although they are many thing I could improve!
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Kruisler, I guess it's a personal thing. I'm the same with music. I pay the guitar (badly) and sometimes think of taking up a second instrument; but I'd rather aim for playing one decently than two badly.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I skied for 10 years before switching to boarding, I've now been boarding for 12 years. I found boarding much harder than skiing, but I just love the feeling of carving on a board, so I perservered.
Eventually I'll go back to skiing, as I find boarding more physically demanding.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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i skied for 23 years, learned at 4, before a break (not literally:lol:) and then learning to snowboard last year. do it jb. i can ski well enough, but didn't let that stop me from learning something new. i guess it's up to you and whether you're into a new challenge. one thing is for sure the learning curve is much steeper than skiing - i was on blues day 1, reds day 3 and tackled a black on day 5 (though i shouldn't have - didn't fall but felt a bit like i cluttered up the piste and was side slipping too much for my conscience).
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Kruisler, i dont have problems with pom's/tbars or flats anymore.
but i hate skiing (even though i can)
do it jb1970, you never know till you try
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You know it makes sense.
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Boarders r cool skiers ?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I'm switching in March after 15 years on skis its all about new challenges and if I don't crack it I'll just go back to skis at least we've tried.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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rayscoops, drags are easy ! its all about the balance & leaning back. The one in Tignes by Le Spot has a wicked high speed take off guaranteeing air even if you dont want it 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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snowangel., I have avoided drags and perhaps only tried them 5 or 6 times with various failures, although i am getting better.
Off topic for a moment, there is a 'should i wear a helmet' thread and I mentioned the beanies with that impact gel sewn into sections of it to give some protection. I noticed your beanie link ... so do you do / can you do the gel filled ones, or maybe a hybrid one based on recycled/cut-up impact slalom vest (foam/polystyrene flexible sheet supposedly?)
http://d3olab.com/products.php?section=4
http://www.snowfusion.co.uk/sc/367/Ribcaps.htm
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rayscoops, no I'm definately a foot in person. I haven't fallen off one for ages either. So expect me to fall loads in Morzine. Since I wrote that I've used T's as well. Just use them like a drag. Top tip: if anyone else tries to get on the same T punch them.
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rayscoops, maybe its just me, but I get cramp if I lean forward, so its all about the comfort and enjoying the ride. But yeah I lean/sit back just as I would when I used to do them on skis
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DebbiDoesSnow, you must be fighting it with your thigh when leaning forward, you just have to let it pull you staying relaxed. That sadi if you've got a method stick with it.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Swirly, to be honest the more one thinks about method, posture, poise etc. on a drag is the minute one embarrases themselves, so what ever it takes to keep you upright with dignity you stick to it.
I think I have fallen off more drag lifts by laughing at mates mishaps then I have ever have from my own technique That said I havent fallen off one for 3 trips so i must be doing something right (damn I've cursed myself now !!!)
Last edited by snowHeads are a friendly bunch. on Wed 30-01-08 11:54; edited 1 time in total
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Swirly, I am better on T-Bars although falling of the first one normally puts off most people from getting on the next one with me. I think I need to get both feet in and actually ride the board whilst being helped along, whereas I seem to concentrate on being dragged along and forget that I am actually riding a board. I think I need to think about the board not the drag.
when are you going to Morzine?
DebbiDoesSnow I must be doing something wrong becasue I am not a bad boarder 
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rayscoops, I have friends that are really good boarders but absolutely REFUSE point blank to do drags as they don't want to fall off. So instead of learning drags in the beginning when it was acceptable & expected to fall , they now miss out on some areas of the mountian because of that fear.
Practice Practice Practice is the only way
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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rayscoops, aaah something I cannot claim
Swirly, thats the week we are off too, had a look last nite, not so cheap at the mo, will have to wait nearer the time to book something
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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DebbiDoesSnow, you have to come to PdS so we can finally go for a slide!
rayscoops, I don't think I've gone a week without falling off (or on ) a chair!
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Swirly, in the bar or on the piste
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rayscoops, judging by the amount of alcohol those guys were putting away when I met them I reckon it was the bar, the chalet, the restaurant, the bus, the funicular and the piste 
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| But learning a new discipline is great: every little new thing feels like a real achievement, |
Absolutely. That's why I started snowboarding, though I tend to pick my days (avoid hardpack when you are learning....) and still ski a lot more. like to think I am improving in both disciplines. There are some good reasons why people decide not to try snowboarding but "not wanting to look like a twit" is definitely not one of them. I do find it more physically demanding, and not just because of the falling over (it's very easy to get up on a board, provided your limbs all work after the fall!). My very strong son, an excellent skier and boarder (two seasons in Val D'Isere, after starting at 7 years old) also reckons boarding is much harder work.
Here, you can't avoid drags. I'm fine on the easy ones and haven't yet tried the hard ones! Relieved to see that some experienced boarders ride drags with both feet strapped in. I do find that easier - and was told to keep the board flat (let the drag decide where you're going, don't steer), the weight on the front foot, and r - e - l - a - x. Music helps a lot.
PS Age is irrelevant. In fact, being older helps, as the time of vanity, and giving a damn what anyone else thinks, is well past....
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jb1970, like pretty much everyone else I say go for it. The only bit of advice I'd presume to offer would be 'buy yourself some decent impact shorts before you start' -- Miss S, who's a pretty decent skier, tried boarding a couple of years ago, caught a heel edge on her first morning, landed badly on her coccyx, and that ruined it for her. Pain every time you crouch, combined with stiffening up out of fear whenever you think you might fall, makes learning to board extremely difficult.... 
rayscoops, Swirly, DebbiDoesSnow, how you guys doin'? sounds like Tignes was good....
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snojito, PDS for me but good to get some slipping around done
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snojito, 1st 3 days were wicked, good snow, bluebird skies ..... the rest was a nightmare of blood, ambulances, hospitals, long bus journeys, police stations & phone bill I am dreading popping through the door ! Can't wait to go again 
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You should try everything you get the opportunity to try at least once!
Do it - it's ace to be able to do both and gives you choices depending on conditions and mood 
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) Singing also helps as you take your mind off whar your doing! I konw for a fact that i actually thought 'i'm gonna fall off this in a minute' yesterday just before i did! Think posative and you should be ok!
