Anyone snowboard?

[Nutari]

A friend of mine got me into it. I love it so far. I just need to learn how to turn properly. I always face my toes away from the mountain. He calls it the "leaf"

I'm the one in the back that totally eats s*** at the end.

 

[Nutari]

yes, this is in Hawaii.

 

[kickniteasy]

Moving to Colorado this summer and "snowboards" are part of the moving budget, haha. My friend's family owns a house in the mountains and we're going to be "caretakers" on the weekends since they live down south....can't wait!

 

[NRRfrogmanP5]

i tried it....im too awkward for it...

 

[bradboyd80]

I got into it when I was stationed in Alaska. Loved it!!! If you can pick up the right techniques, its not that hard to pick it up quick. Unfortunately for me, I got too cocky too fast and decided I could do tricks, when my skill level wasn't quite there yet, and became the first person to go down the mountain on a stretcher that year! (2thumbs) Haha

 

[kickniteasy]

enter the reason I'm making sure to get some great health insurance, haha

 

[S.A.MSP]

Snowboarding is kick ass! I live in SLC, UT. for more than 2 yrs, I loved it!

To turn you gotta swing out the tail of the board

 

[Erg0tBr4in]

I live in Vermont, of course I snowboard. I only got on the mountain once last season though, but that was the first time in eight years and I had a blast! I plan on going a lot more this winter.

 

[Protege03ak46]

love it, live it. ive been boardin for 6 years. and cant get enough of it. go up every weekend during the season. and make a yearly trip to Whistler. hopefully i can make the winter Olympics this year!!

 

[kickniteasy]

just got up to colorado springs and I'm on the hunt for a snowboard since it's the off season and sales are awesome. Thoughts on what I should look for? Brands? Etc.? I'm going to be doing mostly all around, not much park and not intense fresh powder, just hitting the slopes

 

[Protege03ak46]

well ide recommend staying away from Burton. its one of those brands EVERYONE buys. its over rated. My first board was a k2. great all-mountain board. and im now on an Atomic. Really quality board. 200$ for an 08 last year. love it its got alot of pop for an all mountain.

 

[coyfish]

I live in FL but I go boarding 2X a year (xmas / spring) for about 9 years now. Last springs trip got cut short for me because I dislocated my shoulder in a big air competition. Can't wait for xmas.

 

[kickniteasy]

bought a 154 Ride Antic for $150....huge discount off the $400 MSRP, hooray for the off season. I also picked up a 154 Burton Lux for my fiance that she doesn't know about. I'm picking up a Nikon D90 soon and figured if I bought a camera and board I better pick something up for her if I wanted to stay out of the dog house. =)