My wife wanted to send me out snowboarding for the day today (Birthday). I turned down the offer because I have some interview prep I need to do. But then I got thinking that I don't want to spend my Bday hanging out by myself.
Is it common for you guys to hit the slopes solo? I find when I go I have a lot of fun shooting the shit with my buddies on the chair lift. I would find it boring if I were alone.
Boarding alone can be good at times. Lets me really focus on my technique and improve my riding. I do like to ride in a group, especially with people who are better than you but riding alone is very beneficial.
I ride almost exclusively alone! Didn't start off like that by choice,.. just got into it late in life & don't know anybody else that boards or skis.
It might be different if I were out west somewhere with multi mile runs & off piste to explore, but here in MI. with it's 90 sec.-4 min. long runs, I'm OK going solo! The only person I've ever really ridden with is Sabatoa from our regional forum, and I honestly never saw him ride.
I'd start down the run first & when I got to the lift, there's "Ol' Speedy Gonzales" standin' there waiting on me!! :laugh: Never even saw him go by! :laugh:
(...besides, every time I try to make a friend on the lift, they JUMP OFF!! Weirdest damn thing!!!!)
ditto. None of my elderly friends go boarding and / or skiing anymore. So I ski, board, whatever pretty much alone and watch the moving picture that is life.
I ride alone all the time. Just be aware of the conditions and dangers if you do ride alone. Also make sure friends or family know where u are just in case something happens. I personally like the freedom of going as fast or slow as I choose.
I ride solo a lot. It is the ultimate "Great Escape" and you can enjoy the luxury of moving at your own pace. Take five along the way to take in the view or hammer down and rip. You decide where and when. You pick the trail, you pick the paces. What a treat
That is not to say I don't ride with the gang. When we can, we are a group of five ( my bother, his son and daughter and my daughter ) and we have a blast together. The kids push us old farts to try different lines and keep us young at heart. What could be better? :yahoo:
My weekday riding, however many they are, are usually spent riding alone. It's not by choice, not cause I want to focus or anything, it's just that my riding buddies have work and other responsibilities that prevent them from riding on a weekday.
I ride with at least one person on weekends though. Riding alone is not very fun compared to riding with buddies. I'm all quiet, and not being able to shoot the shit after runs is really boring. But most of my riding time has been done alone.
I love boarding. Ill go solo if I have to for the day. It is funner with the crew but we all have lives and does not coincide all the time. I would have jumped on the opportunity and the wify was paying. You'd be suprised how fun it can be on your own time.
I like riding with a crew but sometimes the crew isn't always available. And sometimes you don't want to ride with the people who are just starting because that's not beneficial to you. So I'll go on my merry way and cruise around by my lonesome. It's good because you can focus on your riding if you choose to do so, and if you don't want to do that, you can take it easy and soak in the scenery whenever you want. I love stopping in the trees to take a breather and look at everything while it's still covered in snow and all pretty.
On the flip side, you might start the day alone but you can meet some awesome people on the lifts. Who knows, might even find a new riding crew for the day!
So.......It's your birthday.......wife tells you to go boarding.....you're worried about "interview prep" and don't go? Worried about going alone? Seriously? Do you ask your friends to go to the bathroom with you?
I always go alone but normally I end up meeting 1 or 2 other people who are also alone and we end up riding the day together. I don't like having to rely on other people so I always thought that this was the best bet. The nearest mountain is about a 2 hour drive from me and when I first started boarding my friends would always have things come up last minute so I eventually just stopped asking them. If you've never been boarding alone you will be surprised at all the different types of people you can meet on the mountain.
I ride alone everyday unless I'm doing stuff in the back bowls. There are some very isolated areas that you won't see people at all..... No phone service.... If you get hurt your screwed without a buddy. I go up with my son and wife also but we split up. My wife is a beginner and sticks to blues max. My son and I stick together on powder days on the back side along with a few other people. When we split up on groomer days we see each other often on lifts and will have linch before I go to work.
Take moJos advice, pee with your friednds and sit down while doing it... Your man card is gone.
In my past life out west, solo riding was my favorite! Couple doobs, some good tunes in the phones, and a mountain all to myself!
I did however notice that I would progress my skills more riding with others, especially those better then me. More with growing balls then anything, but sometimes I like others to push me to try shit I normally would't lol.
I go alone almost every time I go. I don't know anyone down where I'm living right now and I like going alone anyways. It lets me focus more on my riding and allows me to go at my own pace and just zone out and not worry about who I'm with.
I hate riding alone...it gets boring really quickly not to mention can be dangerous depending on where I'm mobbing. Much more fun, and coincidentally safer, with a crew.
I have seen the number of people that I can ride with dwindle so I ride alone most of the time... I think its tough in this area, even people I know that skied or rode all the time seem be the single trip a year sorts now.
Most of my riding with others is on trips so I typically enjoy it... although it does slow me down. I have also done a solo trip in the past when traveling for work.
I am possibly going to do that again.. stopping in SLC on my way home from LA at the and of the month. In LA on the 29th and trying to leave Thursday the 31st to get in a "weekday" of riding Friday. Anyone around during that time interested in riding PM me. I'm good for treating for a few beers in exchange for some guiding as it will be my first trip there.
If I waited for my friends/family to go with me I would only get to ride about 5 days a year which is not enough for me. I have a 5 day solo trip planned the last week of February that I cant wait for.
I just ride. Sometimes it's alone, sometimes it's with friends, and sometimes it's with complete strangers. I mostly ride mid-week, so that drastically reduces the amount of my friends that can ride with me. Hence why I ride alone a fair amount.
I'm like maybe 50-50, actually most of my solo days I end up riding with people so that's not true. But there is something special about fresh snow, good music, and nobody to wait for or keep up with.
I ride alone plenty. When I'm alone I work on different skills then what I can if I'm with people. Going slow popping all types of 180s the whole way down a run isn't something to have a friend along for. At the same time getting juiced to try something new in the park is hard when you're alone.
Though right now I'm looking at taking a major trip to the mountains by myself. None of my snowboard friends have the time or money. I'm nervous and excited about that.
I take a solo trip each winter to some resort. Last year I went to Big Sky. Next month I'll be going to Park City. I love going alone. I can go where I want and do what I want without having to accommodate others. I'm perfectly at ease with venturing out by myself. Normally I have a wife and two kids to attend to, and at work I manage people and problems all day, so when I have solo time it's a real luxury.
It would have been completely awesome had they gotten any snow. I was blown away by how freaking huge that resort is, and my home mountain isn't exactly tiny. It was still fun but the conditions weren't anything to write home about. They have interesting terrain and there were no lift lines at all. There were a lot of nice people without any bro-brah vibe like I saw at Sun Valley.
There wasn't much in the way of a village at the base but there was enough for me. The nightlife seemed sparse but I don't go out looking for tail or fist fights after dark.
Getting there was a pain as it took 14 hours total involving four airports and a shuttle bus. It took me longer to get to Montana from Oregon than it took to get to Florida. WTF? I can drive there in 15 hours.
I would go again for sure, but I'd drive it next time.
I thought about it but ended up just at Big Sky. The place was big enough that I hadn't even covered all of the terrain after two days there, and it wasn't even 100% open.
You should go if you have the opportunity. I liked Big Sky a lot.
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