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Age you started riding

  • Under 10

    Votes: 13 6.1%
  • 11-15

    Votes: 55 25.7%
  • 16-20

    Votes: 35 16.4%
  • 20-25

    Votes: 47 22.0%
  • 25-30

    Votes: 29 13.6%
  • 30 and over

    Votes: 35 16.4%

Poll: What age did you start Riding?

9K views 100 replies 69 participants last post by  2hipp4u 
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#1 ·
Just started this year. I'm 17 and man do I regret not starting sooner. The only other thing that has grabbed me like this is guitar.
 
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#4 ·
ya this is my senior year and it's basketball season. It's killing me, I just want to be on the mountain and I'm stuck running suicides in practice. I rented once, borrowed once, and then bought. I plan on getting a season pass next year since I've decided not to play sports in college.

I'm not a big fan of team sports. I also use to be a swimmer and was great at it but my school didn't offer it so I dropped out of my club. I inline skate in the summer and was looking for something new to do just one on one competing against my friends and myself. That's why I love it so much I think.
 
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#5 ·
Started last winter when I was 20. Rented for a week and then bought my gear this year before thanksgiving. Went w/ very toned down gear so I wouldn't be one of the noobs showing up w/ all this crazy looking stuff and not be capable of linking turns.

Wish I'd started earlier but such is life.
 
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#9 ·
Started at 13, christ I'm getting old that's 15 years ago. First board was a Liquid 151 that I bought with my paper route money. I gave it up from years 17-23 because of college, girls, booze, whatever you want to attribute it to.
 
#13 ·
Started at 15, same story as jonny from 18-26, got back into it 2 years ago. Was like jumping back on a bicycle riding again.
 
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#21 ·
ohh pulllleeeeze nothing at all stopping you from doing park, now you probably have the money to buy some protective gear if you're that worried.
Man I have smashed and been smashed all over and still going strong! The only thing I change is I am smarter now and wear a helmet :p

If anyone out there thinks they are too old, fat or out of shape to do what you dream of, let me say I came from being a flabby lazy POS drunk back to doing all the sports I wanted to and 100x better then when I was a kid! If you want it bad enough you can do it!

Ok enough pep talk...sorry bout the rant anyways...

I started skiing at around 9, then ditched it for snowboarding I THINK around 14.. had to learn myself as noone I knew snowboarded.

Never took a lesson till I was in my 20's lol.. the first lesson I took was when I did the L 1 instructors course for fun, never taught though I dont really have the drive and people loving skills to teach well.

Anyways I too took the route of ditching boarding for booze and partying, I can say now going back to boarding has been one of the things making me enjoy life to the fullest again and I dont need liquid courage this time ;)
 
#15 ·
Too old? Puleaseeeee, spare me! The way I see it, only reason we feel we're "too old" is because we're no wear near as cardio active like we were when kids. If we were active everyday I bet we wouldn't feel "too old" You're gonna make me feel like grandpa with that
 
#17 ·
I started seriously last season at 23, I'm 24 now. I went once or twice when I was about 8 or so, and then a few times when I was 17. Wish I had kept it up then though, I quit when I moved to Japan six years ago because I thought it would be too expensive and crowded. Went last year for the first time, and it turned out to be the opposite. It can be crowded, but it's comparable if not better than the States. Relatively cheap, too.
 
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#23 ·
tried it once when i was 13 , next year i did it like a week and fell in love
since than i have been bitten by the boarding vibe,
i like to sport alot and am a competitive guy , so i progress alot
and hurt myself alot..
no pain , no gain
 
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#25 ·
Started with Toys-R-Us snowboards in the backyard when i was like 10 or so, didn't touch a real board until 15 maybe, gone once or twice a year since then. This is my first real season with my own gear and going often, wish I had started earlier though, it kinda sucks being 20 and having 10 year olds show you up terribly
 
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#26 ·
I started when I was 18, I'm 20 now. My dad had promised to take us since I was like 10, never happened. Then I got lessons and a pass for Christmas when I was a sophomore in HS, but had to return it cuz I had hip surgery. So finally some friends took me up when I had some money, and I've been addicted ever since.
 
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