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#1 ·
I will start this thread.

I am 24 years old, live in Toronto Canada.

I grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan (where there is a ton of snow) so naturally i have gone both skiing and snowboarding.

I'm still a beginner snowboarder, but hope to learn lots at Snowboarding Forum :D
 
#1,321 · (Edited)
Hello folks!

My name is Magne, and I'm an Norwegian thats been snowboarding for about 15 or 16 years. I'm 27 years old now, and live in Bergen, Norway, wich is also my place of birth. A beautiful place!

I hope to be active on this forum in the time to come. I've had a few seasons now with almost no snowboarding due to other interests and a whole lot of working, but now I'm back on track with snowboarding and I'm going to continue with that till i get old and die (on the mountain, hopefully).. I sold my old board (Ride Timeless) and boaught a Burton Custom with Burton Cartel Est bindings and the Ruler boots. I love the bindings and the boots, but mabye I'll get a new board for next season. We'll see.. I love both riding in powder and in the parks, and it all depends on the conditions on the mountain. New and fresh snow is better than anything!

One of the reasons I'm here is just to get some input from people outside Norway. Snowboarding is a fairly big sport over here (but skiing has taken more over the last few years), and as you know everybody here is born with skies on their feet (its kind of a saying over here. Just imagine how painful it would be to give birth to a baby with skies on his legs). I was born with a snowboard on my feet. Even though I've been skiing also, it's nothing compared to snowboard.


These are the places I've been snowboarding trough my youth (see links below). As a teenager we all had season tickets at Voss, but later I've been trying to variate it a little bit more, going to many different places each season. But Voss is still my home when it comes to snowboarding. Love it there! Eikedalen also can be decent. All of them are located about 1,5 - 2 hours from Bergen.

Voss: http://www.vossresort.no/english
Eikedalen: http://www.eikedalen.no/
Mykdalen: http://www.vossfjellandsby.no/en/page3.html


Aaaand I'm here to practise my english! So have a nice day motherfuckers, and I'll see you on the (message) board! ;)
 
#1,323 ·
What's up everyone. I'm 22 years old and have been snowboarding for about 11 years now. I grew up in New Hampshire and study EE in Boston...needless to say, I ride the ice coast but I've made a couple trips to mountains out west (Breck CO, Vail CO, and Bear Mountain CA). I guess my "home" mountain would be Loon, which is about 1.5 hours from home and 2 hours from school.

That's it for me...take it easy!
 
#1,324 ·
Hey everyone.

To keep this short, I always enjoyed watching snowboarding and playing snowboarding games for many years, but lived far away from the slopes (along with not having much money). Once I moved out to the Mid-Atlantic Region and had friends that were into snowboarding (along with a job that pays), I decided to finally try it late last year. Lets just say I'm completely hooked and snowboarding has become my favorite thing to do. Got my own board/bindings/boots and upgraded all my winter gear. I mostly stick to Liberty/Whitetail/Roundtop since I'm an MD resident, but plan to travel out more.

As for how I snowboard, first time I went down the bunny hill falling a few times, but the day I went I was having perfect runs, so I've upgraded to steeper slopes. Still not going down the deepest slopes yet, but I'm making progress. My only issues are I need to get better at turning (being more consistent with it and having better flow going heel side and toe side) and stopping (I usually fall when stopping).
 
#1,325 ·
bet you didn't expect that...

I'm 22 years old and I'm from Israel.
I have "3 Seasons" of experience, which really comes down to about 21 days. :(

I've got my own equipment which is:
Burton Deuce (Wide) 159cm
Burton Mission Bindings
and some Northwave boots, which I can't remember their name.

Yea. I know you guys hate Burton :rolleyes:
 
#1,326 ·
Whats up everybody

Hey everyone I have been creeping on here for a while and finally decided to make an account! lol

My names Chris and I just started snowboarding this season. I only got out about 6 times and since Michigan's weather isn't exactly snowboarding freindly out season is already over :( but anyway I hope to learn all I can from everyone on here and start the count down to next season
 
#1,327 ·
Hey everyone I have been creeping on here for a while and finally decided to make an account! lol

My names Chris and I just started snowboarding this season. I only got out about 6 times and since Michigan's weather isn't exactly snowboarding freindly out season is already over :( but anyway I hope to learn all I can from everyone on here and start the count down to next season
where in michigan do you ride?
 
#1,334 ·
Hey everybody

I am from New York but I have been boarding up in Canada and Lake Placid. I started boarding when I was young but only went a handful of times but this past season I went pretty much every Wednesday and Friday. I usually boarded at Brimacombe but I am heading to Western next year so I'm going to be a regular at Boler now I think.
 
#1,335 ·
Hello

I found this site and forum while doing research for my new set up and have enjoyed learning from what others have posted and shared.

I am a girl from the east coast. Started snowboarding in 1993 and rode every season for about six seasons. Just got back into it last year, had to seriously retire/upgrade my old gear (circa mid-90's)...and vowed to never let a season go by without getting out there at least once!

So, thank you for having me and thanks to admin for creating this site.
 
#1,337 ·
well my name is sirhc..

From NYC and I'm scratching my head and wondering how I went from joking about going snowboarding to a full and complete setup and an addiction to boarding videos, forms and monitoring weather conditions on my ski report app... I'm I alone here?
 
#1,345 ·
Hello

Hi everyone,

Figured I've been lurking on the site long enough -- LOTS of really great information here.

I'm an old veteran skier (42) that is very new to snowboarding -- just started about 3 weeks ago, and I've been up 4 times now. I'm totally hooked! (already have all my own gear and a season pass for the rest of this year and next @ 49 Degrees North).

Back to wishing I was on the slopes today :)
 
#1,348 ·
Hi I'm Eddi,

I'm 23, grew up in the pacific northwest in the Bellingham area. This is my second season of snowboarding, first time season pass holder up at Mt. Baker. I've progressed a lot this year and intend on riding through spring even after the lifts have stopped. I joined this forum to research what people are doing back country and figure out peoples opinion on snowshoes v.s. splits in certain conditions. Hope to meet some locals on here, also I'd love to ride Chile some day!
 
#1,352 ·
New here ( Surfer from Hawaii)

Hi all just wanted to do a small intro.
Born raised on Oahu. Started surfing 9 yrs old till about I was 36yrs young. Now I'm 53 gonna try snow boarding. I know one thing falling on my butt on snow is gonna gonna soft as falling on water. Hope I can get some tips from the experts here.
 
#1,353 ·
Hi all just wanted to do a small intro.
Born raised on Oahu. Started surfing 9 yrs old till about I was 36yrs young. Now I'm 53 gonna try snow boarding. I know one thing falling on my butt on snow is not gonna soft as falling on water. Hope I can get some tips from the experts here.
Fixed that for ya.

Unless you surf on frozen lakes... :)

And there are quite a few late bloomers on this forum. 50's the new 30!
 
#1,357 ·
long time browser, first time member

hello my name is viv...and i'm an addict. when i'm not out on the snow i'm thinking about being out on the snow. in fact, i'm thinking about doing it right now. :)

anyway, just wanted to say hey and give love to the awesome members/creators of this forum. i learn alot from reading some of the threads...thanks! xo
 
#1,359 ·
Hi my name is Dennis
Im 27 and from Northeast Pa. This is my first year snowboarding, I used to ski but my friends got me out on a snowboard this season and its addicting. I have only been out about 7 times this year but that because I broke my collar bone a couple days after Christmas which was my second day out snowboarding. Thats what i get for trying to more than I should my second time out and Bear Creek but I fell on a nice patch of ice right on the tip of the shoulder. I gave it two months and went back out with the sling on and took it easy and tried not to fall to much.
I usually ride at Blue Mountain, Bear Creek, Big Boulder/Jack Frost and Camel Back.
 
#1,360 · (Edited)
Hi, I'm Kal from NJ. I'm 40. I'm a skier.

My daughter, 12, also a skier, decided it was time for us to try snowboarding.

So we took a short lesson last Sunday. It didn't help much. But we worked at it all day.

By the end of the day we were able to link turns (heel and toe) all the way down the bunny hill without falling once! :cool:

We've been sore all week, but we're headed back to the hill tomorrow. Any advice?
 
#1,361 · (Edited)
That's great for you guys! Stick with it and it will stick with you. Just be careful snowboarding has a weird way of sucking the life out of you, leaving you sick at night with bloodshot eyes researching every forum, board manufacturing company and mountain trails, not to mention monitoring weather conditions.... If you let it....
 
#1,364 ·
Hey all,
Born and raised in Chicago. I've been on/off snowboard for a few years. It started with skateboarding on the streets of Chicago to indoor half pipe at Rotation Station in Rockford, IL (old school, but good times). Somehow I transitioned my love for skateboarding to snowboarding. Now, I find myself dreaming about a weekend trips for some non-stop action. I've hit all the resorts in CO (except Vail, to rich for my blood), and I've been further north to BC and Calgary. I have an itch and can't wait for the next ride down the mountain. Looking forward to posting and learning from this forum. Thanks for having me.
 
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