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This season Ive actually got to go solo a bit more, and with friends actually(found out a job as a snowboard instructor at my local mountain was a pretty good winter gig.) I probably ride alone 60% of my time.

Some of my favorite rides are the morning solo midweek runs, when its least crowded, you can really get some me time. I get some good tunes, get in the zone and try to challenge myself as a rider. try and make the most badass, perfectly balanced carve across the mountain, then try and continue the carve back halfway up the hill, then a nice tight toeside tear drop back the other way, then maybe a smooth heelside c turn and nice and stylish flip switch for the next few.

When riding with friends though, you obviously need to have the most style points haha, and that in itself is something that really develops you as a rider. When you ride with people better then you you just getter better. straight up fact. And the company is usually fun... or not if that one friend comes.


Im a all-mountain freestyle rider. The snow is my playground with its accelerating as fast as possible, braking as fast as possible, Making unnecessarily huge turns just because theres snow over there too, cto completely carve in lue of the earths natural aura, whatever.

Its easier and way more fun to do solo, but not exactly safe to be to erratic when the trail has people on it, but its way better period with bros and hoes

longboard16

I'm also one of the many that ride along almost all the time. Again not a lot of others I know snowboard or who can go when I go. Just me and my tunes. Besides it is kinda of like fishing, that ten inches became fourteen inches and that kicker became.......

Now having someone to go who would pay for gas would help. Whenever my wife says I spend a lot for gas, I just say I need know a snowboard chick who wants go split the gas but then the wife is fine with the gas expense. Darn!

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stupidmop

The thing about riding alone is that you can spend more time just focusing on getting your technique better. I often find I don't have time to work on my skills when I am with my friends because we are too busy just barrelling down the hill.

TYrice93

Usually I'll ride alone. I love doing my own thing on the mountain and I don't have to wait for people if I am alone.. even if I'm with a group of people, I usually go off alone for a bit haha

Extremo

I ride alone 90% of the time.

I like getting to the mountain before it opens. Make summit runs until the crowds show up. Then I'll lap the mini park doing the same runs all day. I find the people that I ride with regularly either don't take snowboarding seriously enough, or take it way too seriously to enjoy.

Plus you get the added benefit of getting immediate lift access in the singles line.

Sincraft

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.

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ETM

I fly out to Hokkaido next sunday for 6 weeks, alone. Said it before and Ill say it again if I waited for mates Id still be sitting on the couch.

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I ride alone 90% of the time. The only time I ride with friends really is when I take trips out West. I'll be hitting Utah and Mammoth in Feb and March, but otherwise I'll be going solo at the dinky resorts around here the rest of the winter.

The best part about going alone is I don't have to wait for my friends' dumbasses to wake up and end up getting to the mountain at like noon. I like to be there for first chair unless the snow really sucks balls

jfergus7

I rode alone today and honestly it was real boring. Actually spent more time in the bar then ever before I think because of it.

xsea

I ride alone a lot.
Most of my friends would rather sit in their dorms and play xbox.
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