How old are you and at what age did you start boarding? I'm 20 and started on a k2 board with a bee on it at the ripe age of 9. Learned at a place called wintergreen and Norquay then moved to flattest place on earth after a few years. :thumbsdown: just wondering since it seems like a lot of people on here are 30+
I'm just over 30 and starting skiing at 7 years old, I came to my senses around my 21st birthday and bought a board! It was some Board I got from a friend that worked at the Coors plant. It was painted like a Beer can, it said "Be Original" on the base. (Still not sure what brand..)
I've had 5 or 6 seasons where I got to ride 40-100 days a year, a couple terrible winters spent down south working.. only got to go on a few trips.
I'm 33 and started when I was real young, not sure of the age exactly but my first time riding a snowboard was on a burton backhill and I also dicked around on an old snurfer my dad had from when he was young. Have an old VHS somewhere of me riding on the sand dunes. Unfortunately, none of my friends were into it while growing up so I didn't get back into it until college a couple times and then really into it once I met my wife who did ski racing in high school. The burton backhill I rode was my uncles and I specifically remember he had a sticker on it of Bozo the clown with the "no" symbol on top of it....hence, no bozo's. I should try to find the video.
I'm 32 going on 13. Started skiing at 5 and switched to snowboarding at 11... Actually that's a lie. First time on a board with metal edges was 11. We had a plastic board with straps for bindings I tried a few times when I was younger. :blink:
I'll be 30 in October, mentally 17... Been riding since I was like ten on plastic boards but rode my first "metal edge" board in high school. Into all kinds of "young people" sports still.
36 y/o, started -@ 28. Used to ride 10-25 days a year until a few years ago when we moved to the mtns. Now I'm 150 days or more a years. This up coming season will be my 3rd winter up here. I have done 300 days since moving up here.
In some ways I miss being 20, because then people wouldn't think I was weird for checking out the young servers at Brewsters. But in other ways I'm happy being an old fart. The money is better and I know how to invest it now! :yahoo:
/\ x2 to that.
boarding bum days behind me.
Nice to be able book a couple weeks off, head west and not have to worry about how i'm going to pay for it.
Well, I'll be 39 in March. Fuck I'm old, I mean wise.
Last year was my Silver anniversary, this upcoming season will be my 26th.
I'm the only one in my crew that still rides & every year I try to get my old best snowboardin' buddy to go.
Never Happens
Last year was the best year I've ever had. I managed to not get severely injured, which seems to happen almost every year about 3/4 of the way through.
About 3/4 of the way through this past year I had an epiphany, I realized that there was no place I couldn't go on my home mtn.
Ropes & boundaries were now meant to be jumped & crossed.
This opened up a whole new world for me.
I went everywhere I always wanted to go, but never thought I could.
I ventured, slowly, into the "Danger Permanently Closed" area.
Which is now where I spend 75% of my time, powder lasts for days in there, even when it's packed everywhere else.
Believe me, there is a reason why it's closed:icon_scratch: unless there is powder in there, I don't even peek in there.
& I met some new snowboard buddies:thumbsup:, about 6 of them:yahoo:.
Just shy of 49.
Started at 40, with no ski or skateboard experience.
Only got out about 12-15 days the first few years, but have stepped it up since then.
Best "age" story:
When I got my CASI level 1 instructor certification a few years ago, the ages of the other three candidates SUMMED to my age!
Got my CASI level 2 instructor certification last year, and will now work toward Park Instructor 1 cert. Yah, old and determined (or foolish!).
32 and started at 21 for my birthday. Got food poisoning my second day but kept riding tho I was throwing up and shit my pants. Lol. Yep.
Hope when I'm 53 I'm not a pervert douche and still live life to the fullest.
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