Snowboarding Is Awesome!

Rhino Racing · #1 14-09-2007, 12:45 PM

Who here likes snowboarding/ skiing?
Well as some of you may know we went to New Zealand ( south Island) to go snow skiing again and had the most awesome time. Even though the start of their season was not that great for snow falls we had 50 cm of snow on our 4th day and then several smaller falls of 35, 15, 10 and 7 cm that saw us on nice powder for nearly the whole trip.

We managed to actually ski for 19 days and we also got 2 days of snow boarding in as we decided we better give that a go too. ( we picked it up fairly well but compared to skiing we suck at boarding at this stage.)

Next year we are going to try to just mainly snowboard so we can get better at it.
We can do jumps etc on our skis but we are not good enough on a board to have a go yet!
All i can say is that if you have not given either skiing or boarding a go .... try it... they are sooooo much fun!
Tell me all about your snow/ ski board experience!

Mack · #2 14-09-2007, 12:48 PM

Ive never seen snow in my life. I want to go snowboarding.

kasem · #3 14-09-2007, 12:56 PM

no broken bones? expencive outing?

Rhino Racing · #4 14-09-2007, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Mack

Ive never seen snow in my life. I want to go snowboarding.

Dam... that sucks!
If it is any consolation i had never been skiing until 4 years ago.
It is so addictive it is not funny.
Apparently if you can skateboard or surf you may pick up snowboarding easily. I only tried skateboarding when i was a kid ( about 30 years ago and i was really bad at it, ended up on my arse more than anything else) and i tried sufing for the first time 6 years ago for 2 days. Managed to stand up and ride a few waves within the first hour but i reckon i would have looked like an absolute retard doing it! But hey... i had fun!
So yeah if you can do either of these you may get to pick up boarding nicely.
Good luck on giving it a go one day!

Mack · #5 14-09-2007, 01:02 PM

Yeah, I used to ride some waved and did a little skateboarding, im quite nimble on my feet. Thats why I really want to give it a go.

Rhino Racing · #6 14-09-2007, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by kasem

no broken bones? expencive outing?

Luckily both the GF and i did not end up with any injuries from it .... apart from some dam sore legs and some muscle groups that i had forgotten ever existed.
Gf got taken out big time by someone when we were on a black diamond run... she finished up sliding nearly 100 meters from where they colided because it was so steep. But due to the nice fresh snow falls etc she did not get hurt badly and she continued skiing after we retreived her skis.
Afterwards she told us that she thought it was an avalanche as she did not know what happened and she was just tumbling in this great big cloud of snow!!! HAHAHAHHA! Luckily she is very flexible and has very bendy arms and legs!!!

It is actually cheaper for us to go over to New Zealand for one month skiing then it is for us to travel down south and do it.
Plus the scenery is just breathtaking every time.
Kasem do you ski?

Rhino Racing · #7 14-09-2007, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Mack

Yeah, I used to ride some waved and did a little skateboarding, im quite nimble on my feet. Thats why I really want to give it a go.

Cool, you may be quite good at it.
Hope ya get to have a go one day!

klaw81 · #8 14-09-2007, 02:06 PM

Been to NZ for snowboarding for two years running, and absolutely loved it both times. It is surprisingly cheap compared to Australian prices, both times I thought I had spent more money than I really had thanks to the exhange rate.

Snowboarding isn't too hard to pick up with a little tuition, especially if you're used to skateboarding, wakeboarding or surfing - anything you stand sideways on basically. I haven't been to Queenstown or Wanaka yet - I'm saving that for later on.

I have to agree with the earlier comment about scenery too - almost everywhere you look is just amazingly scenic.

Rhino Racing · #9 14-09-2007, 02:31 PM

Hey Klaw, what are your favourite ski field there then?
My 2 are Mount Hutt and Cardrona.
Yes they are commercial felds but just soooo much fun!

When i went the first time 4 years ago we were very lucky because the exchange rate we got was about $1.30 - $1
Last year it was $1.20-$1
This year it was like $1.10-$1
But at least it is still in our favour and meals etc seem so cheap and fricken huge over there!

Anonymous · #10 14-09-2007, 02:52 PM

I occasionally go up to Mt Buller. Comin down the summit (or any steep run) with the side of the board cuttin into the snow and carving is the best feeling.

91_Berlina · #11 14-09-2007, 03:59 PM

first time i went snowboarding was with the school a few years back... ended up coming home with a broken wrist and me best mate came home with a broken collar bone, i probably should have taken the free lessons or at least the ones where they teach you to turn the bloody board....

Ripcell · #12 14-09-2007, 04:25 PM

yeah i been to the snow a bit this year, just to buller, skiing is awesome, havent tried boarding yet tho

Rhino Racing · #13 14-09-2007, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 91_Berlina

first time i went snowboarding was with the school a few years back... ended up coming home with a broken wrist and me best mate came home with a broken collar bone, i probably should have taken the free lessons or at least the ones where they teach you to turn the bloody board....

OUCH!
No doubt about it wrist guards are a must for boarding. ( Well for us novices any way)
We saw a few wrist injuries and it seems like a few very sore tailbones from being dumped on yer arse.
We had a lesson straight away as we knew there could be some potential injuries so we didnt want to tempt fate.
The instructor we had was very good and because it was only me and the GF in the lesson we managed to get good one on one and he was pretty stoked with our progress too.
SO YER! Lessons and wrist guards are a must!