Where did you go to snowboard?
I am going again soon so after 5 years of not going I haven’t lost any skills I had before =) I was able to went off some smaller jumps just fine but I gotta start trying the bigger one! gah this shit so addicting lol. Just got to get a board now but damn that going to hurt my pocket!
Man if it’s your first time, buy a box of Icy Hot… you’re gonna use muscles you probably don’t normally use so you can keep balance on the board… and you probably will fall. Hard. And alot. Thankfully it’s all powdery snow, so you shouldn’t get any bruises although breaking something is a real possibility…
I haven’t snowboarded since 04… I went to Niigata too that year… I wanna hit the slopes soon before I forget everything…
What’s a good place to buy ski/snowboard clothes online?
i found this site today…posted it a few posts up
http://www.snowboardpricing.com/
imma be ordering from them after my next check this thursday.
I plan on going with my girlfriend since we’ve both never tried it and it seems fun.
If I go to like Big Bear or some mountain, how much do I expect snowboard rentals with all the shit I’d need be? I’m down if its like less than $200 or so, more than that for rentals is a rip imo
how loaded are you?
haha the most i spent was 81. and that was mainly due to it being a holiday so i got the full day price as opposed to the before 4pm price. but add in food…it will probably be 100.
Don’t rent at the mountains it usually cost more and there a line. If there a Sports Authority around you, then you can go there and pick it up the day before you actually go. They charge about $24.99 to rent. In my state most places are around $50-$60 for lift tickets. That is about $75 and as for food well it can get expensive so if each person bring $100 then you should be set.
Not loaded, but my girlfriend is haha. $81 all day pass is decent price
Oh really? Just $30 to rent all the equipment or just the snowboards? I’m guessing I gotta buy my own helmets and stuff, iono what else I’d need. Wow thats cool, I’m guessing you’d have to put some sort of deposit or something so you dont take off with it right? How does this work?
wuuttt?? sports authority rents boards? lol @ all the info you gave…is the same as i gave.
a k a . J o h n: the mountain i rented from i put all my stuff on debit card and signed some paperwork. but because they got ur card info if u run off they just charge u for the board.
i bought my own goggles…i already had a helmet cuz i skateboard in the summer anyways. if you feel you might do this again just buy the helmet and goggles.
$24.99 for snowboard/boots/binding of course. As for the clothes/gloves/goggles (optional) that you have to take care of yourself. You probably won’t need a helmet unless your going to be trying to do back flips. As for the paperwork they take your credit card # just in case you don’t return the board.
Maxx: The Sports Authority around here usually have a spot in the back or near the area where they sell snowboards/skis for you to rent.
Mountain Creek 'cause my friend who has been snowboarding for 17 years suggested it. I only fell like 10 times which I was super excited about and only four or five times were they really bad wipe-outs. 
I figured I’d fall at least 50 times knowing me.
is mountain creek up north by parisppany or is that blue mountain? regardless i’ve been 2 or 3 times and i sucked ass the first time and my wrists were crazy fucked but i got pretty decent by the last time i went, still haven’t ventured past the blue courses though.
I told my brother that I wanted to go snowboarding sometime, but I live in florida so no chance of that happening anytime soon. My brother was like “You don’t have the douchebag hair you need to have to be a snowboarder.” What does that mean? Do they all have bleached tips or some shit? But for real, looks so fun, I really wanna try it. I skate vert from time to time, and I can surf, maybe that would help?
I’ve never tried Snowboarding before. I went to France on a ski-ing trip and asked if I could have a Snowboard and they said no, only ski’s. That shit was mad scary, I don’t know, I just don’t like the thought of me plummeting down a cliff with my ski’s crossed awaiting the inevitable snapping of my legs. It’s just not something I was comfortable with. But the snowboard looks so much better and easier too. Good hanling, really fast and safe too. You haven’t got ski’s or sticks getting in the way and you can just fall on your arse if you feel you’re going to fall. As much a ski-ing sucked, snowboarding is something I’d deffinately like to try…
Maxx: looks like you went to Wachusetts mountain, right? I was just there this passed sunday. I went for the first time ever! I didn’t do so bad. I mean, I could board, but I still need to learn to brake! Lolz! I collided in to 2 people. I have a story posted in Crazy Story Thread. It’s relatively short, so I’ll just summarize it here.
After going on the beginners mountain, I decided to go on the advance mountain (no not the black diamond), cuz I had more confidence in myself. It didn’t go smoothly as I thought it would. As I kept falling every 30-50 feet, cuz I didn’t know how to brake and I was afraid I was going to fast. So half way down the hill, I trip this chick from behind, and she proceeds to free fall flat on my face. Not my head, nor my cheeks, but SQUARED directly on my face. To top it all off, she bounced a few times on my face too cuz of the height she fell from. I thought it was hilarious, I still laugh thinking about it. Embarassing, yes, but it was well worth it. Also, it’s not like I could really feel anything, because of how cold it was.
I was gonna say… who actually wears helmets? I don’t really ride parks or do big jumps anymore after a close call, so trail riding wearing a T-shirt, beanie, and stylish Black Flys goggles.
If you’re just starting out, the best way to brake is to never get that fast in the first place. Nice, smooth carves. “Overcarve” and spend most of your time riding horizontal to the mountain. Ride lasts a lot longer if you want it to, also. If I do end up braking hard, I’ll usually have my backside downhill so I can roll with it incase I go over. Feels more natural going into a fetal position than having your back arch and your feet go over your face. It’s also how I broke my habit of breaking my falls with my arms.
EDIT: If you took lessons, try to get away from that “falling leaf” style of riding down the mountain. You look like a dork and you’ll never really learn how to carve if you don’t try sometime. I’d also recommend getting on the “intermediate” slopes. Bunny slopes are usually too crowded and the hill is too small to really learn how to ride. Most of your time is spent walking up the hill / riding a lift and dodging people.
haha ya i went to wachusetts. lol. i had near collisions all over the place cuz i hadnt snowboarded since 4th grade. but got better and better. the black diamonds dont look too hardcore compared to other mountains but im not ready for them. i’m soo used to skateboarding its different turning on a snowboard.
I kept falling getting off the lift. lol. it was hilarious.
Snowboarding is my life.
I’ve been doing it for about 5 years, just going 3-4 times every year up until this current season. I have gone like 10+ times already and i’m hoping for at least 10 more trips. i used to skateboard a lot when i was younger, but snowboarding to me is the ultimate extreme sport.
there is no better feeling than being on the mountain with that fresh air. it is seriously Zen.
like someone said earlier, all of your stress and problems are left at the base of the mountain and the second u get on that chair lift the world is a better place.
this season i have been craving for the snow like a crack head. i’m praying to god i can go up this weekend since my big bear trip was thwarted last weekend by unpredictable weather.
i love rails/boxes, kickers and jumps, but my favorite is the half pipe. i can’t wait until i go to mammoth so i can hit the super pipe there i have been hearing so much about.
i have a relativelly bigger board (162, i’m 5’11) but i like it better.
i have sprained both of my wrists this season more than once, almost broken my back, almost broken my legs, but thats what i love about this sport. you can get back up again and get revenge on the mountain, and that feeling of accomplishment is indescribable.
my biggest quarrel this season has been trying to master riding fakie. i can go down blue diamonds fakie, but i cannot bomb black diamonds like i would regular. it’s critical to learn how to ride going both directions, because thats how you save yourself from eating shit a lot of times. especially when you are doing 180’s and 540’s (and 900’s if ur semi-pro).
i am definitely landing a 540 this weekend, or at least a FAT ASS 36.
edit: bruised my tailbone as well, still recovering from that. a skiier that wasn’t paying attention/going to slow got in my way, and i slipped and fell and busted the hell out of my ass.
Any tips for landing a 360? I am a intermediate I guess I can do180s just find but every time I try a 360 I somehow fuck up. Oh and what about half pipes I been in one when I was a little kid so that doesn’t really count barely could even get to the top >.< but I am curious now and wonder how good or bad I would be if I tried it.
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This was after my last trip in 2005, broke my thigh! I like to ride fast, and I hit a tree after skidding out of control on the mountain. I bounced off two tree’s first and broke the nose and tail of my deck and the third tree I hit did that! Yea, they dislocated my hip, hollowed out my thigh bone and put a piece of metal in there, screwed it in.
Just started to get out there again a lot this season, and just got back from a weekend trip to Okemo. Ride hard!