New to the wild west! - Snowboarding Forum

morris149 · 01-16-2012, 09:47 PM

Hi, I'm a 29 year old female from Calgary Alberta.

Just moved to the west from Toronto area. Enjoying the early season borading out here so far and loving the mountains! Relatively new rider, this is my second season of boarding and before moving west the biggest mountain I had boarded was Jay Peak in Vermont and I loved it!!!

I ride a 2010 K2 Luna with K2 Bliss bindings, love the board and hope to end up riding some park for jumps and halfpipe etc. Not really interested in rails or jibs. Looking forward to getting some insight on places to go and maybe meeting some other riders.

otisdelarosa · 01-16-2012, 09:55 PM

good for you! Keep it up.

Justin · 01-16-2012, 10:07 PM

there was a thread recently that ranked the resorts around cow town. im not sure where it went. COP has a pretty good park and is the only place i know of in the province with a pipe. sunshine and louise are the best resorts that are close.

i just got back from revy and it was amazing and had over a foot of snow the first day and another 6 inches the next.

nakiska kinda sucks unless they get dumped on and there park only has rails.

hope that helps.

poutanen · 01-17-2012, 12:25 PM

Welcome to the party

morris149 · 01-17-2012, 02:51 PM

Thanka for the info! it is helpful and i will look around for that thread about rhe resorts around calgary. im looking forward to checking out revy and kicking horse. We have been to louise once and i really enjoyed it. appreciate the info on the park too.

! Looks like fernie is an awesome spot to hit right now with 72cm in the past week and lots more to come!

god i wish i didnt have to work.lol

)

otisdelarosa · 01-18-2012, 11:37 PM

I'm impress with female snowboarders. Keep it up

poutanen · 01-20-2012, 09:52 AM

Yeah snowboarding brings a girl that's an 8 up to about a 9.5... I'd say there's a solid 1.5 point increase just by snowboarding. Unless it's alpine boarding and then it takes a couple points off. Unless you race and then it adds probably 2 full points.

We've all watched the olympics and drooled over the athletes!

01-16-2012, 09:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
morris149 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 9	New to the wild west! Hi, I'm a 29 year old female from Calgary Alberta. Just moved to the west from Toronto area. Enjoying the early season borading out here so far and loving the mountains! Relatively new rider, this is my second season of boarding and before moving west the biggest mountain I had boarded was Jay Peak in Vermont and I loved it!!! I ride a 2010 K2 Luna with K2 Bliss bindings, love the board and hope to end up riding some park for jumps and halfpipe etc. Not really interested in rails or jibs. Looking forward to getting some insight on places to go and maybe meeting some other riders.

01-17-2012, 02:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
morris149 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 9	Thanka for the info! it is helpful and i will look around for that thread about rhe resorts around calgary. im looking forward to checking out revy and kicking horse. We have been to louise once and i really enjoyed it. appreciate the info on the park too.! Looks like fernie is an awesome spot to hit right now with 72cm in the past week and lots more to come! god i wish i didnt have to work.lol )

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01-16-2012, 09:55 PM	#2 (permalink)
otisdelarosa Banned Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 117	good for you! Keep it up.

01-16-2012, 10:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
Justin Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Calgary Posts: 757	there was a thread recently that ranked the resorts around cow town. im not sure where it went. COP has a pretty good park and is the only place i know of in the province with a pipe. sunshine and louise are the best resorts that are close. i just got back from revy and it was amazing and had over a foot of snow the first day and another 6 inches the next. nakiska kinda sucks unless they get dumped on and there park only has rails. hope that helps.

01-17-2012, 12:25 PM	#4 (permalink)
poutanen Resident Creep-o-saurus Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 3,465	Welcome to the party

01-18-2012, 11:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
otisdelarosa Banned Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 117	I'm impress with female snowboarders. Keep it up

01-20-2012, 09:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
poutanen Resident Creep-o-saurus Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Calgary, AB Posts: 3,465	Yeah snowboarding brings a girl that's an 8 up to about a 9.5... I'd say there's a solid 1.5 point increase just by snowboarding. Unless it's alpine boarding and then it takes a couple points off. Unless you race and then it adds probably 2 full points. We've all watched the olympics and drooled over the athletes!