Snowboarding Advice!!
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sneijder said:
Bazh, let me know how it goes, I want to go for a lesson soon. I understand there is a lot of falling on your backside.
Does it take long to pick up ?
I went for a lesson before going on my first snowboarding holiday last year. The SnoZone places do a half day where you learn all the basics which is really valuable. You will fall over, but I didn't find it hard to pick up and it's very very addictive! The hardest part is overcoming your natural caution and going with it, like most sports, once you relax and get the hang of a couple of bits it's fairly straightforward. TBH you learn more actually on holiday and on the slopes, as you have more opportunity to try things out, better snow and more space.Does it take long to pick up ?
FastLaneGirl said:
sneijder said:
Bazh, let me know how it goes, I want to go for a lesson soon. I understand there is a lot of falling on your backside.
Does it take long to pick up ?
I went for a lesson before going on my first snowboarding holiday last year. The SnoZone places do a half day where you learn all the basics which is really valuable. You will fall over, but I didn't find it hard to pick up and it's very very addictive! The hardest part is overcoming your natural caution and going with it, like most sports, once you relax and get the hang of a couple of bits it's fairly straightforward. TBH you learn more actually on holiday and on the slopes, as you have more opportunity to try things out, better snow and more space.Does it take long to pick up ?
bazh said:
FastLaneGirl said:
sneijder said:
Bazh, let me know how it goes, I want to go for a lesson soon. I understand there is a lot of falling on your backside.
Does it take long to pick up ?
I went for a lesson before going on my first snowboarding holiday last year. The SnoZone places do a half day where you learn all the basics which is really valuable. You will fall over, but I didn't find it hard to pick up and it's very very addictive! The hardest part is overcoming your natural caution and going with it, like most sports, once you relax and get the hang of a couple of bits it's fairly straightforward. TBH you learn more actually on holiday and on the slopes, as you have more opportunity to try things out, better snow and more space.Does it take long to pick up ?
I didn't want to shell out for a holiday & find on day 1 I hated it! The lesson made me want to go, as I loved it.As for what to wear - gloves! You probably won't need anything under the snowboard pants, they are quite warm, and just a reasonable long sleeve top and maybe a fleece under the jacket (you can take that off if you get hot, it's quite physical). Avoid pure cotton next to your skin though, it doesn't wick sweat & will make you colder
Road2Ruin said:
Try skiing instead, much more socially acceptable.
+1The wife and I went and did a beginners ski course at Tamworth Snow dome last year. We'd both skiid before, but about 20 years back, and although the first lesson was a bit tedious. (Overall I'd really rate it.
)There were beginners snow boarding lessons going on at the same and it was obvious how much easier it is to ski half decently from scratch than to snowboard. That or all the boarders came in on a Sunshine bus.
Once we'd had a couple of lessons and were deemed competant enough to negotiate the slopes alone, it was the 'boarders that were the biggest hazard by far, because snowboards seem like random direction generators - you might as well throw a bloody dice and say 1=left, 2=right, 3=back, 4=forward, 5=twizzle round and round,, and 6= on my arse. You will throw a lot of sixes, which is the other issue, because it is dangerous lying on ski slopes.
Digga said:
Road2Ruin said:
Try skiing instead, much more socially acceptable.
+1The wife and I went and did a beginners ski course at Tamworth Snow dome last year. We'd both skiid before, but about 20 years back, and although the first lesson was a bit tedious. (Overall I'd really rate it.
)There were beginners snow boarding lessons going on at the same and it was obvious how much easier it is to ski half decently from scratch than to snowboard. That or all the boarders came in on a Sunshine bus.
Once we'd had a couple of lessons and were deemed competant enough to negotiate the slopes alone, it was the 'boarders that were the biggest hazard by far, because snowboards seem like random direction generators - you might as well throw a bloody dice and say 1=left, 2=right, 3=back, 4=forward, 5=twizzle round and round,, and 6= on my arse. You will throw a lot of sixes, which is the other issue, because it is dangerous lying on ski slopes.
i tried boarding but i never got into it and i still believe i am a much better skiier than i could ever be a boarder...
in answer to the OP though - you will be more than fine with a pair of shorts and a t-shirt under your outer wear. its about -1 in chillfactore so cold, but not massively so. take a beanie and some gloves though.
be prepared to fall over lots and whatever you do, DONT be tempted to put your hands out to catch your fall - you will hurt yourself!!
either way, stick at it - the learning curve is steep but once it clicks its very addictive. there isnt much better than standing on top of a mountain in the middle of what would otherwise be a gloomy winters day back home....
which is exactly what i will be doing this weekend
snorkel sucker said:
be prepared to fall over lots and whatever you do, DONT be tempted to put your hands out to catch your fall - you will hurt yourself!!
Don't snowboard head first into santa's grotto either. That hurts too.(which dozy f
ker decided a grotto on a snowslope was a good idea?)It might be worth getting some wrist guards so that you don't break them in a fall, at least while you're still learning the basics.
For clothes TK Maxx have quite a large range of previous seasons kit for reasonable money. You'll kit yourself out for £100 down there I would have thought.
For clothes TK Maxx have quite a large range of previous seasons kit for reasonable money. You'll kit yourself out for £100 down there I would have thought.
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