Do we have a snowboarding thread? We do now

[coldbrightsunlight]

I know a few people on here ride, so I wanted a thread to chat about it. I'm getting super hyped for this season and this just happened:



Soooooo that should be fun.

Now I'm done showing off my new stuff the thread is yours! Let's talk all things snowboard.

[space6oy]

i started skiing in 1988, switched to snowboarding in 93, have been since. not sure i'll get to go this winter though.
been to a whole bunch of places but my two favorites are big sky (heh), montana and telluride, colorado.

[coldbrightsunlight]

That's lame. I started skiing too, switched and I've been snowboarding for I guess 12 years. Whistler is probably the best place I've been but there's loads I still want to hit up.

[JonnyAngle]

I was pretty good back in the day. I think it's been 7 years.

The kids are old enough to sled now, so I might build a jump on the side of my house like we did back in the day.

[popvulture]

Await the DoSman. He will partake.

I've always wanted to go, never been. Seems fun as hell.

[D.o.S.]

Dude what is to be done about snowboarding in the UK? It's all indoors? Scotland has hills? What am I going to do?

Also:

[D.o.S.]

ALSO YOU HAVE YAWGOON BINDINGS WHAAT

[popvulture]

I believe you go to France, no? Switzerland?

[D.o.S.]

I have no idea. It's one of those weird sports that is gratuitously expensive if you do everything cold, but has no real career opportunities either, so while "go to France" sounds good it's not really the "ride every weekend for little to no cost" that I'm used to.

[popvulture]

Yeah that'll be an adjustment. At least air travel within Europe is significantly cheaper than travel within the US.

[Disarm D'arcy]

Yes. The Alps are where it's at.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Dude what is to be done about snowboarding in the UK? It's all indoors? Scotland has hills? What am I going to do?

Also:

Nice board!

There's some indoor stuff that's decent, I've heard Scotland is OK and cheap but the weather is terrible most of the time. Easy to head up any weekend the conditions are good though, I keep meaning to do it but I've never managed to make it happen with my friends.

There's one lift in Cumbria which is much closer but you have to walk up most of the mountain first (6-700m climb) and the only good run goes all the way down. Not for the lazy.

Mostly I go to France, it can be done for not ridiculous money, and there are loads of good resorts, but yeah not like living near mountains

And yeah as of today I have yawgoon bindings! Woo

[fcknoise]

I'm going on wednesday! I alternate between skiing and snowboarding, I like both. Way better at skiing than snowboarding though

[space6oy]

I'm going on wednesday! I alternate between skiing and snowboarding, I like both. Way better at skiing than snowboarding though

i fear how one day i'll have to switch back to skiing due to being old. boo.

[coldbrightsunlight]

Never!