Poll: What age did you start Riding? - Page 8 - Snowboarding Forum

max_tm · 04-23-2009, 03:07 PM

I started at 9 or 10? Will be 20 come next season.

RVM · 05-01-2009, 12:46 AM

I started at 27. I wish I had lived somewhere more accessible to snow and mountains so I could have tried sooner.

BlackhawkDriver · 01-10-2013, 07:24 PM

Started when I was 26. ;,Really wish I had started earlier but then again I did Live in Texas until I was 18 with no Access to mountains or tolerance for cold LOL
(And I know this is an old thread lets bring back for this season)

jennifer · 01-10-2013, 07:41 PM

I am 32, just started this year. Never been on skis or a board before this year.

Some of you are making me feel damn old! lol

The truth is that I was morbidly obese most of my adult life...and in all honesty still have plenty of weight to lose. I have lost 115 pounds since August. Still losing. Snowboarding is part of that. I was super active in highschool and never had a weight problem. I was even a catalog model for a while. I was in fantastic shape. Then college came, then my daughter came, then life happened. So now I am making fitness a part of my life again, and snowboarding is a part of being active for me.

The biggest push that got me started though is that my 7 year old daughter started skiing last year.(she was 6 at the time). My husband has been snowboarding forever as well. So it was time for me to join in on the family fun.

I find it funny that someone commented that they do not heal as well or as fast at 24. Are you kidding? lol My father in law is 60 this year...and he went with us last season and tried boarding for the first time (He is a skier). He wasnt scared to fall, neither am I.

**Donutz** · 01-10-2013, 07:46 PM

Started at 51.

Clayton Bigsby · 01-10-2013, 07:57 PM

19 and my first powder turn is as memorable as the one I did the other day, even now at 46.

My daughter started at 3

Backcountry · 01-10-2013, 08:18 PM

About 3 months ago, 12.

longboard16 · 01-10-2013, 08:20 PM

Well guess I was not the oldest to start (thanks Donutz), but I did wait until I was 50. Had a pacemaker installed a week before turning 50 and went boarding for the first time two weeks later. My boy saw me ski, which I started at 48 and had about 6 days in and he just shook his head and stated it was time to switch.

Now twelve seasons, three boards and another pacemaker later (hey batteries do wear out), I go all the time and my boy hardly gets out.

CJR · 01-10-2013, 08:57 PM

Started at 19, Just turned 24. First two years didn't get out much, the last few have been averaging 20 days a season.

Varza · 01-10-2013, 09:13 PM

I started this season, at 26. I've been wanting to go out and learn to ride since I was 12, but it just never came together. Now I want to go out as much as possible and collect my own gear. My bank account already hates me

View Poll Results: Age you started riding
Under 10	17	6.16%
11-15	69	25.00%
16-20	56	20.29%
20-25	59	21.38%
25-30	33	11.96%
30 and over	42	15.22%
Voters: 276. You may not vote on this poll

05-01-2009, 12:46 AM	#72 (permalink)
RVM Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Central California Posts: 515	I started at 27. I wish I had lived somewhere more accessible to snow and mountains so I could have tried sooner. __________________ There is no substitution for human competition.

01-10-2013, 07:46 PM	#75 (permalink)
Donutz Drunk with power...er beer. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 3,669 Blog Entries: 176	Started at 51. __________________ Illegitimi non carborundum Mountain Days: 30

01-10-2013, 08:20 PM	#78 (permalink)
longboard16 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 26	Well guess I was not the oldest to start (thanks Donutz), but I did wait until I was 50. Had a pacemaker installed a week before turning 50 and went boarding for the first time two weeks later. My boy saw me ski, which I started at 48 and had about 6 days in and he just shook his head and stated it was time to switch. Now twelve seasons, three boards and another pacemaker later (hey batteries do wear out), I go all the time and my boy hardly gets out. __________________ Expect the unexpected and then deal with it.

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04-23-2009, 03:07 PM	#71 (permalink)
max_tm Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Toronto, ON Posts: 157	I started at 9 or 10? Will be 20 come next season.

01-10-2013, 07:24 PM	#73 (permalink)
BlackhawkDriver Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: South Korea Posts: 31	Started when I was 26. ;,Really wish I had started earlier but then again I did Live in Texas until I was 18 with no Access to mountains or tolerance for cold LOL (And I know this is an old thread lets bring back for this season)

01-10-2013, 07:41 PM	#74 (permalink)
jennifer Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Central California Posts: 82	I am 32, just started this year. Never been on skis or a board before this year. Some of you are making me feel damn old! lol The truth is that I was morbidly obese most of my adult life...and in all honesty still have plenty of weight to lose. I have lost 115 pounds since August. Still losing. Snowboarding is part of that. I was super active in highschool and never had a weight problem. I was even a catalog model for a while. I was in fantastic shape. Then college came, then my daughter came, then life happened. So now I am making fitness a part of my life again, and snowboarding is a part of being active for me. The biggest push that got me started though is that my 7 year old daughter started skiing last year.(she was 6 at the time). My husband has been snowboarding forever as well. So it was time for me to join in on the family fun. I find it funny that someone commented that they do not heal as well or as fast at 24. Are you kidding? lol My father in law is 60 this year...and he went with us last season and tried boarding for the first time (He is a skier). He wasnt scared to fall, neither am I.

01-10-2013, 07:57 PM	#76 (permalink)
Clayton Bigsby Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 194 Blog Entries: 1	19 and my first powder turn is as memorable as the one I did the other day, even now at 46. My daughter started at 3

01-10-2013, 08:18 PM	#77 (permalink)
Backcountry -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Montana Posts: 265	About 3 months ago, 12.

01-10-2013, 08:57 PM	#79 (permalink)
CJR Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Ontario Posts: 32	Started at 19, Just turned 24. First two years didn't get out much, the last few have been averaging 20 days a season.

01-10-2013, 09:13 PM	#80 (permalink)
Varza Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 107	I started this season, at 26. I've been wanting to go out and learn to ride since I was 12, but it just never came together. Now I want to go out as much as possible and collect my own gear. My bank account already hates me