TheStig 0 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Born and grew up in Austria not too far from the ski hills, that's where I learnt. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted June 23, 2009 Share Posted June 23, 2009 Growing up in Victoria, winter surfing & white water kayaking. Skiing seemed warmer. Link to post Share on other sites
i am a snake 0 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Moving to Japan did it for me. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Originally Posted By: TheStig Born and grew up in Austria not too far from the ski hills, that's where I learnt. Born in Oz & moved to the UK.............bummer Are you the real Stig? Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Originally Posted By: snowjunky Originally Posted By: TheStig Born and grew up in Austria not too far from the ski hills, that's where I learnt. Born in Oz & moved to the UK.............bummer Are you the real Stig? OOPS, sorry just realised you said Austria not Oztralia. Link to post Share on other sites
tintin 0 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Born and raised on the border of France and Spain and started skiing when I was just a young lad. A fair while back now that. Link to post Share on other sites
flask and butties 0 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 As simple as it looked really good fun. Never surfed or anything like that before. Soon took to the boarding though. Link to post Share on other sites
The Green Room 0 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Surf --> Snowboard Link to post Share on other sites
mylesaway 0 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 At the time only skiing, so thats what I started on and have stuck with. Just a family trip the first time but I went back with friends the following year and really got into it. Link to post Share on other sites
zski 0 Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 My father used to be a ski instructor so I took it up when I was really young. Cheers dad. Link to post Share on other sites
planker 0 Posted July 18, 2009 Share Posted July 18, 2009 Family trip just before I went to college. Hooked right up. Link to post Share on other sites
the woman calls me a beast 0 Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I won a ski holiday. That's what got me going. Link to post Share on other sites
blocker 0 Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Dragged along skiing when I was about 10 family trip, though I soon took to it. Not been too much - expensive - but probably about 26 days full in total. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 The start of a lifelong addiction, methinks, blocker. Lucky to have started early (when someone else was paying!). Link to post Share on other sites
TheOrange 0 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Yes someone else paying. Nice. Makes everything better/more fun/more delicious. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 Left Oz always wanted to try. Got job in France & Switzerland. Wanted to Board because I surf and skate but limited acceptance learned to ski and loved it. Can and will do both. Find Boarding affects knees more (Old man syndrome) The rest is history Powder is better than sex. Link to post Share on other sites
Oh well 0 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 I wanted to so much - went on my own, holiday to italy when I was 19. Absolute blast. Fixed for life. Link to post Share on other sites
Zoe 0 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Skiing was just 45 minutes away - France - so I spent many of my weekends on the snow with my family when I was young. Very lovely place to grow up. Link to post Share on other sites
liptun 0 Posted August 11, 2009 Share Posted August 11, 2009 College. Turned into a snowboard instructor in Canada. Just found out about Japan and keen to visit. Good to find y'all. Link to post Share on other sites
BettyBoo! 0 Posted August 22, 2009 Share Posted August 22, 2009 Just wanted to for a long time but the cost/location went against it. Just wish it was all cheaper. Link to post Share on other sites
tartan 0 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Parents were skiers and we live fairly close in Scotland. Link to post Share on other sites
mm-aaaa 0 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Only started when I came to Japan and skiing was fairly close-by. That was 10 years ago. Link to post Share on other sites
greymountain 0 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 College holiday with 3 friends. Wild holiday not just for the skiing. Link to post Share on other sites
pussycat 0 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 School trip to Shiga Kogen. I think many people start that way! Link to post Share on other sites
app 0 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Surf board just get me on them Link to post Share on other sites
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