SpAcEmAn SpLiFF

ewww east lansing? did you go to michigan state?

sparty

Haha, currently a student there. UofM alum?

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Mysticfalcon

I was at Jay solo today. Wound up meeting some random guy to get lost in the woods with. Good times were had by all. Now if only I rememberd his name.

xevi89

Edited by Snowolf: Duplicate threads now merged.

SpAcEmAn SpLiFF

haha no. pennstate. i drove all the way to east lansing for a football game once though

bravogrl28

Do you guys think it would be unwise/unsafe for a newbie like me to go alone?

I'm having a really hard time with my friend right now & can't get riders for next weekend to go with me. She had her first lesson 3 weekends ago and never left the learning center, wouldn't even go on the bunny hill lift with me. Last weekend the passes were all closed. Then yesterday we get there and they were out of board rentals so they gave her ski's. She didn't want to use up her lesson package so she decided to teach herself how to ski, but didn't want me to leave her side. She had a good attitude and did at least brave the bunny hill but was inching along in a snow plow (again I was proud of her for trying), it's just that she would freak out if I left her. I got maybe 1 or 2 minutes of actual boarding in. Anytime I'd start to pick up speed, I'd have to stop and turn around and wait 20 minutes for her, I felt really mean but I have this really impatient streak in me. Anyway, I didn't feel I got any boarding in at all, just a lot of practice standing and stopping, not fun at all. At the very end I had her follow me cutting across sideways back to the lodge and that was really the only time I got to pick up any real speed.

We're going again tomorrow and making sure to get her rental first (she pre-paid as part of her lesson package otherwise I'd get them down here) and going to take my husband's board up as a backup plan just in case it happens again (darn holiday weekend)...

Sorry to ramble, but just wondering how unsafe it would be for someone still on the bunny hill to go alone? I think I'm getting ready to go onto real hills but have been so unchallenged/no one more experienced to ride with that I'm not sure where I'm really at. I also still seem to have trouble getting off the lift... once I'm strapped in, I'm good to go, but if one of my feet is out of the bindings, I'm not as confident.

SUPERGILDO

like drive there with people just split up during the day??

not a big deal at all. the problem usually of riding alone is that if you get hurt, you have someone to take care of you/ get help. within resort lines you will be just fine, especially since you are still on easier terrain, it will be much more populated.

NYCboarder

bravogrl.. its a pretty good idea.
i actually saw the most improvement when i went by myself on the greens, i have never really rode the bunny hills, everyone kept telling me its actually harder to learn on the bunny hill then on the green runs and it seemed to work for me.
this weekend went with friends and was able to keep up.. rode my first black. and hit up the park.. which kicked my butt probably b/c my legs were dead by then

bravogrl28

No, I'd also be driving alone too... Our jeep is pretty good in the snow (the new 2008 Jeep Patriot, pretty sexy thing)... I keep chains in the back just in case, but the roads were pretty clear yesterday... I'm just kinda fed up with people bailing on me (not just snowboarding but concert tickets and everything)... I'll probably split tomorrow and leave her down in the learning center anyway, so I am used to being alone in that respect... but I wasn't sure if it was a good idea to be completely alone and not have some buddy in the resort area somewhere... but I have a thin little emergency whistle on my coat and my cell phone also gets extended coverage... I was thinking if I make check in points with people where I call them and let them know I'm ok, maybe that would be ok... I'm really safety/security minded, but I don't think I'll be attempting any tricks or anything like that for awhile, lol... I just want to improve as much as I can so that when my husband flies back in (he's a trainer in the army and travels a lot) that I can keep up with him and we can venture to more stuff... I kinda just wanted to impress him with what I've taught myself but after yesterday, feel like I got screwed over a whole day that I could have had to practice.
Sorry for the long vent... I tend to babble...

sparty

You guys just rocked us in basketball...that was one heck of a game your team played w/o your best player!

I also love your student section in football...they could teach ours quite a few things about class and intensity. I can't stand our football games anymore!

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