Snowboarding and Skiing

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Anyone else here on SWF snowboard? Ski?

I've been boarding for around 4 years now. It's so much fun!~
Im thinking of finally buying a board of my own (Yeah...renting for 4 years xP) so im pretty stokeddd.

Discuss snowboarding, skiing and such?

 

[PsychopathicEmus]

i've been going about once a year for... a long time. hahaha XD. i love snowboarding with my friends... gotta be hands down one of my favorite activities =D (can't say i'm that good though =p). where do you usually go for snow and such? i live in CA, so i've always just gone to Lake Tahoe.

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Well, I'm from Ohio, so i just go to some local small ski slopes.
I've gone to holiday valley in NY before.
Lake Tahoe is intenseee :O I wanna go there someday! Good boarding there?

 

[sammy p]

can we talk about skiing here?? lol
last march i went skiing for the first time. and as much as i loved it, i had never been sooo scared for my life

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Sure! Shall edit teh OP and title!

 

[sammy p]

hahah ok i now approve of this now

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Haha epiccccccc x3
Skiing and snowboarding is intense and scary at first...but its so amazing after a few times.
Im seriously at my happiest when im boarding. So fun!

 

[sammy p]

Haha epiccccccc x3
Skiing and snowboarding is intense and scary at first...but its so amazing after a few times.
Im seriously at my happiest when im boarding. So fun!

then i honestly hope i feel that way after the next couple years! (i only go once a year)

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

then i honestly hope i feel that way after the next couple years! (i only go once a year)

I hope you do too! Its a real adrenaline rush once you get the feel for what youre doing!

 

[Chill]

I do both! I haven't gone in awhile though. It's a expensive hobby ,but what isn't?

Someone take me. :C

 

[sammy p]

I do both! I haven't gone in awhile though. It's a expensive hobby ,but what isn't?

Someone take me. :C

field trip in next month to go skiing. (i guess you can hop in my suitcase if you want?? )

 

[KevinM]

I like to go boarding and am going today ^_^

 

[PsychopathicEmus]

Well, I'm from Ohio, so i just go to some local small ski slopes.
I've gone to holiday valley in NY before.
Lake Tahoe is intenseee :O I wanna go there someday! Good boarding there?

runs the gamut, man. there's donner ranch, which is just kinda diddly squat with like 3 lifts X_x, but it's great for beginners... i think that's where i started. then there's sugar bowl which is pretty big with some decent runs and stuff... then there's north star.. i haven't been there, but it's expensive as hell, and i hear it's baller XD.

and i just breezed through some of the other responses; there seemed to be a few people who're relatively new to snowboarding (sorry, i don't ski, so i can't talk about that ><")... so i've got a tip that kinda was the turning point for me in snowboarding that made me no look like an idiot when going down the slopes:

keep your weight on your leading foot and not your back foot.

idk about others, but i always kept my weight on the back foot, so that made carving hard as hell. it makes sense... if all your weight's on the foot that's doing the steering and stuff, it's harder to move. so if you keep the weight on the front foot, it lets the back foot do maneuvering stuff =p.

but yeah... yay snowboarding XD (i'm sure skiing's great too =D)

 

[Moozle]

I love skiiing :D I went to Whistler in Canada last january, and it was so intense! I thought I was going to die at least 7 times during that trip.

 

[Terywj [태리]]

Live in Massy, so skiing is great here.

I ski, been skiing since I was in elementary school? I would like to pick up boarding if I ever had the spare time to learn..

-Terywj

 

[soap]

im from OH too

i board up at boston mills occasionally.

wanna go somewhere bigger soon

 

[D20]

I snowboard... although I don't hit the slopes nearly as much as I used to. I got really frustrated trying to learn 360s since the rotation setup felt so unnatural (compared to skateboarding). I ate it a lot.

 

[soap]

**** We Didn't Play

 

[D20]

We suck.

Pound 5.

 

[soap]

tell vudu to host something

i need my pillow

then we can go snowboarding after. there are like a bajillion places in PA to do it

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

im from OH too

i board up at boston mills occasionally.

wanna go somewhere bigger soon

WAIT SRSLY?! I GO UP THERE ON A WEEKLY BASIS!!!
Its such a crowded/small place...but its good for practicing the basics!! x3

Just started doing 360 turns today for lulz.
Hit my head because it was a bit icy...not my smartest decision...but it was fun.

 

[Masmasher@]

Skiing all day!
Im from ohio lol i thought they closed boston mill though.
Man i used to ski all over the east coast and up in canada.
Soon as i stop running track its back to the slopes *****es!

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Skiing all day!
Im from ohio lol i thought they closed boston mill though.
Man i used to ski all over the east coast and up in canada.
Soon as i stop running track its back to the slopes *****es!

Yaay for Ohioan skiiers/boarders!~
Nahhh its still open. And is still swarming with gradeschool children running into people xP

 

[E3_]

I never been skiing but i tried to snowboard once and i had fun til i went to the hospital

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

I never been skiing but i tried to snowboard once and i had fun til i went to the hospital

What happened, if i may ask? o__o

(Btw guise...got my new snowboard pants today! They're intenseeeee)

 

[E3_]

Just A Spring Arm...nothin Serious

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Just A Spring Arm...nothin Serious

Well, at least it wasn't serious. That'd be baddd. I've heard some srsly bad stuff about boarding accidents.

 

[E3_]

Can U Name A Few?

 

[Sizzle]

I lived in Vail, CO for 5 years and got to experience the amazing Rocky Mountains. I skied 3-5 times a week during that time, and became an expert skier on one of the most elite mountains in the world. In the Vail Valley, there are so many tourists and people that only live there part of the year. The school district there gives students an amazing deal where if you show proof that you go to school there, they will give you an annual pass for an extremely discounted rate if your parents buy one. So a yearly pass cost something like $1500 for no blackouts, but since my parents were teachers in the school district, they also got an extremely discounted price as well. So we ended up with the deal of a lifetime for my whole family to ski for practically nothing, in one of the most beautiful places in the country.

I had never skied before living there, but it is probably the one thing I miss most about my childhood. It is a somewhat expensive hobby, but when you live in a place like I did, it becomes a lifestyle. Kids learn to ski by the time they walk. Everyone goes to the mountain in their free time. There are massive "ski swaps" where people buy, sell, and trade gear before the start of the season. From the end of November to the beginning of April, skiing is life, and in the off season, you train and keep in shape for the next ski season. I owned my skis and equipment, but season rentals were very common and cheap. The community up there was great as well. All of this applies to snowboarding as well, which many of my friends did, but I never tried it probably cause I just enjoyed skiing so much and I was good at it.

If you have never done it before, I would recommend trying either skiing or snowboarding. Both are awesome and a lot of fun. I would say skiing is easier to learn, but harder to master, while snowboarding is harder to learn, but easier to master. I would definitely recommend it to anyone, since I enjoyed it so much having never done it before.

 

[Gender Offender]

I don't like you​

 

[Chronodiver Lokii]

Can U Name A Few?

Well, i heard one kid from the ski club i was in took out a skier while boarding and sent em to the hospital. Almost died or something. Realllyyyy bad. And I got a concussion while boarding on one of those crappy toy boards that you slide your feet into. Oh, and my friend just seperated her shoulder 2 weeks ago while in holiday valley. Felt sooo bad for her.

@Sizzle: boarding is hard to learn, i agree. its like...painful too. Soooo soar the day after. My back muscles tighten bad xD But srsly, your life sounds amazing. You're really lucky for being able to experience that lifestyle ^__^

 

[Sizzle]

I was very fortunate to live there, you're right. I was also fortunate to never be seriously injured while on the mountain either. Friends of mine have had minor injuries to full on ICU (Intensive Care Unit) scares. As far as an "extreme" lifestyle that some people may describe it, I have seen some very bad things happen because kids think they are invincible. Personally I tried not to get caught up in the "go big or go home" mentality, but I must say when you are surrounded by it, sometimes it can be difficult to resist trying to one up your friends. So my advice to new people trying to get into the sport, know your limitations. Take some lessons with a group of friends so you don't feel awkward with strangers/little kids. My first group ski lesson had a bunch of 1st graders in it because they were at my level, haha. Enjoy yourself up there, don't try anything that could get you hurt (even more than those beginning mistakes which are bound to happen). It makes me nostalgic just thinking about it (:

 

[Masmasher@]

If you have never done it before, I would recommend trying either skiing or snowboarding. Both are awesome and a lot of fun. I would say skiing is easier to learn, but harder to master, while snowboarding is harder to learn, but easier to master. I would definitely recommend it to anyone, since I enjoyed it so much having never done it before.

^QFT
I always wanted to go skiing in the west other then the time i was like 3 lol thats the only time our family was up there. I definetely agree with you about skiing. I cant recall all the times i thought i could truly ski and ended up falling flat on my face, or having to crawl down a black diamond cause i wasnt ready yet.