View Poll Results: What is your favorite type of riding? (select all that apply)

X1n54n3x · 10-09-2007, 11:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snowolf

the effect is like a drug.

So true...There isn't any other thing i would do that endangers my life to achieve the feeling i get when boarding. its hard to even explain but the risk involved (which is pretty significant considering everyone tries to go bigger every time) doesn't come close to outweighing how good it feels to stomp shit.

PaoloSmythe · 10-10-2007, 07:18 AM

^^^kinda reminds me of when we go on scuba trips.

occasionally we get dive masters / guides who are bit eager to put the frighteners on you, in the hope of affording them a group of conservative 'safety first' divers....

whenever they proclaim that things aren't worth risking death or injury for, i always bite back at them with, 'of course! this ain't snowboarding!'

Slaughterhouse · 10-12-2007, 03:01 PM

I would say the feeling of being alone. No cell phone, no crowding, no distractions. It is just you, your board and the mountain. There is a respect to be had here; knowingly putting your life in your own hands, a potential for self-destruction, that your next drop could be your last. To actually keep that in mind AND STILL cross that line of life and potential death. I used to have a healthy fear of heights; now I will stand on the very edge of the building I operate and lean over the edge ( I often take site photographs for contractors that do not have the nerve to get that close to the edge of a skyscraper). I have turned down sex for pow day and would do so again regardless of pissing people off. I truly know that I want to die riding, and I have skinned by that demise many times. We ARE living THE LIFE. Are we not truly the most fortunate ones?

swmike · 10-13-2007, 11:19 PM

What excites me...
The thrill of going down the first runs of the morning when either there is fresh snow of fresh groomed. Both allow me to glide along with my mind going no where very fast. To know that I can still do it; I can go down any trail I want doing it; that I gave all 4 kids the ability and love of doing it; and that my wife is waiting at the bottom or at home when I get done doing it.

Jwilliam · 10-14-2007, 01:56 AM

it depends on my mood, but mostly I like carving thru some fresh powder. I like being up in the mountains, the elevation, the scenery, the freedom. building kickers in fresh areas is fun as well, since I biff a lot the powder helps keep my bones in one piece. night riding is awesome, especially on a full moon, I'm a big night owl.

I also love eating chili out of a bread bowl.

be@nieG!rl · 10-16-2007, 01:11 AM

Simple, i know when i'm done shreddin' a run and my teeth are freezing cold from smiling too much that I am totally stoked!!! Amongst other reasons of course ...