snowboarding?

[MaybeGuy]

anyone here do this?
i work at the plymouth slopes instructing, wondering if anyone else has been there/does the same thing elsewhere?

first pic is of my boards
top one is an M3 talon with stock M3 soft bindings £180 new

below is my latest custom boarding beast

burton custom brew bindings 07, £130
santa cruz wide pan 06, £250
and not in shot: vans encore boa boots £130

fwecking expensive, but well worth it


2nd pic is a frontflip

[Weedy]

I'm hoping to go to Canada in the next 18 months, and wanna learn over there Do it in style

Always fancied learning and have only just got round to looking into it properly
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[MaybeGuy]

its always worth starting on a dryslope. its different to snow, but the technique is the same, and only takes an hour or so to adapt from one to the other.

theres quite a good dryslope in bracknall, i think thats quite near to you

[craigie b]

Just got back from a week in the bulgarian mountains, skiing. First time and it cost £450 for 7 days in a 4* hotel, 6 days ski tutition, 6 days ski rental and ski pass's plus flights! Unbeleivable.

Skiing was very easy to learn and it was fantastic fun. Snow boarding looked good fun too, but when people stacked it snowboarding they flew downthe hillside cos the boards were attached to their feet (where as the ski's came off).

[Weedy]

[craigie b]

To hell with dry slopes, this is what you want....

[MaybeGuy]

[Major_Grooves]

[craigie b]

Yeah, its been a terrible season all over Europe.Some of the slopes were pretty sparse then others were brilliant. the peaks were grand but the lower areas weren't so good. I found the skiing itself a doddle to learn until I KO myself......lol......spun round and flew onto the back of my head at speed. My necks still fucked!

Either way, I'll definitely do it again, but I don't think I'd ever bother with a dry slope as half the fun was being up on the mountain....a dry slope reminds me largely of a treadmill

[Method]

I started to learn at my local slope in Tallington...

Dry slope, so it was more difficult than the loose stuff...

I figured if i could learn on top of wirey tiles then i would bo confident when i hit the powder... Problem is that before i got to a standard where i could hit the real stuff - i stopped going and havent realy been since.

Tried to get back into it about a year ago once or twice but never realy got back into it.

Its something that i realy want to get into, in a big way. Before i stopped i was looking into getting my own setup - or at least starting to get my own setup. I would realy like to be good enough to hit some slopes in france or somewhere similar, but i cant see it happening that quickly.

What with learning to drive and all my racing, its becoming ever less likely
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[craigie b]

In Bulgaria we were all skiing (dead basic like) within our first 5 hours. After three days we were all confident on the grenn slopes and heading down blue ones, no problems. lol, saying that I'd no real desire to fling myself down a red or black after on 6 days.

[binge]

Theres a good dry slope near me. They have just changed from the old "Toothbrush" style slope to the plastic "Velcro" style slope. Dont know technical names, But I know Id much rather come off on the new style slope.

Only thing is, If you ride hard, the new stuff eats away at the bottom of your board.


Ive got a snowboard, Cant really use it though, I took it down the bank last year when it snowed, Managed to stay up. Ive also been down the stairs twice on it. (Jackass style).

Would love to go to the alps or something though.

[craigie b]

If you live near an Xscape they actaully have an indoor snow slope. which is perfect for getting practise in...I've never used them but now I've seen one nearby it may become a regualr thing!

https://www.xscape.co.uk/

[Method]

When it snows,

I get practice in by using one of my skate decks and some shoelaces of my last pair of DC's to create a custom snowboard and bindings

Works a treat
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[binge]

LOL at method.
They are called Snurfers.


I wanted to screw a pair of bindings to a Truckles skateboard this year but there wasn't enough snow.

[m0l0t0v]

I'm going snowboarding with my mum and my sister in Austria during Easter.

Can't wait
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[MaybeGuy]

[Method]

[T-b0Ne321]

i snowboard and ive near the tamworth snowdome and i recmend it. especially on a saturday night ortuesday ight when the ramps are out!!! other than that i reccomend the french apls!!!

[MaybeGuy]

bit of an old thread... but...

you lucky fuck!!!
if i lived near tamworth id live at that snowdome!!
i havnt had a board on for about 6 months since i got fired from the plymouth dry slope :'(
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Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith