dawnblue 0 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Originally Posted By: dawnblue skied in austria about 20 years ago. had an accident. didn't realise i busted my ACL until last year in whakapapa NZ. finally realised what passion i have for snowsliding, quickly had my ACL reconstructed in jan08. dec08 will be great milestone - post surgery - but will be swapping 2 sticks for a board since i have been surfing and skateboarding the last few years. hopefully, it will be a cinch. bad memory! first time was at Buller! Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Originally Posted By: dawnblue dec08 will be great milestone - post surgery - but will be swapping 2 sticks for a board since i have been surfing and skateboarding the last few years. hopefully, it will be a cinch. or if nothing else, an opportunity to acquire different injuries... Link to post Share on other sites
modern_messiah 0 Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Approximately negative 3 months. My first ever time to the snow, let alone snowboarding will be on Feb the 21st 2009 in Hakuba. I'm pretty excited by it as it's a long way to go for your first trip to the snow (I've never been to Japan either) and as an avid board sports fanatic (I skateboard and windsurf and have dabbled in Surfing) snowboarding looks like a lot a damn fun! 3 Months is too far away mind you... Link to post Share on other sites
wobblybits 0 Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 4 years now. When I first came here. But I'm pretty decent skier now I reckon if I say so myself. Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I have only boarded (never tried skiing)in Japan. I will be hitting up Whistler and Tahoe this coming January. Link to post Share on other sites
nippontiger 8 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 First went skiing for a week in Austria in 2000, then went for a couple of days in the French Pyrenees a couple of months later. Didnt ski again until I moved to Japan in 2004. I manage to get about 10 days skiing each year. I'd say Im a pretty good intermediate level now, but whenever I start in the morning, I just cant quite get it - feels a bit awkward, but then I'll really get into it mid afternoon, and will be blasting through powder, no problems, and it feels so easy! Reckon I could do with a proper lesson, to show me exactly what Im doing wrong in the mornings! I tried snowboarding too, just for one day - could get down alright linking turns by the end of the day, but cos I can pretty much ski anywhere on piste (apart from deep, steep moguls) it seems a bit of a waste stuck on the baby slopes learning snowboarding, when I could be all over the place on skis! Link to post Share on other sites
snazzy pants 0 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Totally like 6 years Link to post Share on other sites
Izobelle 0 Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 In terms of actual days, not long at all. In terms of years much more! Link to post Share on other sites
eeeeeel 0 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 6 years now Link to post Share on other sites
12" 0 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 As long as I've been in Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
12" 0 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 ...which is 12 years or so Link to post Share on other sites
ski22_123 0 Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 First went snowboarding in 1996, then after many years chasing surf, picked up the snowboard again last winter in NZ. Am now hooked and will be in Japan next week, planning Canada next year, and where-ever the snow is good after that. Link to post Share on other sites
fffr 0 Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 15 years now. Link to post Share on other sites
motioneye 0 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 20 years on and off. Started when I was 10, lived near to skiing in Canada for 10 years. Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Since I was junior high student, which is quite a long time now!! Link to post Share on other sites
blu 3 Posted January 29, 2009 Share Posted January 29, 2009 snowboarding - 17 years we were in the minority then. Link to post Share on other sites
cupcake 0 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 11 years though not every year during that. Squeeze it up and more like 5. Link to post Share on other sites
lukeck 0 Posted January 31, 2009 Share Posted January 31, 2009 I used to ski as a little kid at Falls Creek then my dad got us more heavily into surfing and windsurfing and I didn't make it back to the snow for 20 years. I first tried snowboarding for a couple of days at Mt Buller in 2006 and was hooked immediately. Coming at it from a surfing, windsurfing and skateboarding background it feels so much more natural to me than skiing. I had 10 days in NZ at the start of the 2007 season and broke my wrist on the last day which made me miss most of the rest of the Aussie winter. In 2008 I did maybe half a dozen day trips to Buller and a week long trip to Mt Hotham. By this time next week I'll be in Tokyo before heading to Niseko and Hakuba for 3 weeks. That will almost double my boarding experience in one trip. I can't wait. Link to post Share on other sites
NIK22 0 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 Just a few years. Not doing bad considering Link to post Share on other sites
a pea 0 Posted February 2, 2009 Share Posted February 2, 2009 About 25 years now. Unfortunately I feel my skill level now decrease each year as i get older! Link to post Share on other sites
moogyfoogy 0 Posted February 22, 2009 Share Posted February 22, 2009 Nearly double figure years but in reality that translates to less than 50 days. Link to post Share on other sites
OfficiallyWorried 0 Posted February 24, 2009 Share Posted February 24, 2009 10 seasons but like others it has been much more intermittent than I would have liked. Link to post Share on other sites
swellski 0 Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 First time was 15 years ago but didn't ski for about 8 years before coming here and taking it up again. Link to post Share on other sites
Trucker 0 Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 Last season took a trip to Canada for some skiing. Link to post Share on other sites
mooncow 0 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 13 years, but don't take that as a sign of how good I am Link to post Share on other sites
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