HelperElfMissy 42 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 But then snowboarding sure does look a hell of a lot more graceful! I have had one instructor over the years who taught me to be graceful on a board and I will be eternally thankful. Her name is Yuki, she worked at NAC for at least 3 years that I know of, and was someone whom I absolutely adored. She explained to me that the rise and fall of weight transfer needed to be beautiful and graceful like a dancer, rhythmic. Whenever my form goes to shite I go back to that. Couple of times recently on some decent steep pitches that were a bit hard packed I was fighting the turns, and I just took a deep breath, remembered the lessons from Yuki and focused on the rhythmic rise and fall. Some people have lasting impact on your life don't they? Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Re something Kansaiash mentioned in another topic: how many of our snowboard crew had experience as skateboarders before trying any snow sports? I'd think that would make the learning curve for boarding much faster and (very understandably) leave them with little incentive to try skis. Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Re something Kansaiash mentioned in another topic: how many of our snowboard crew had experience as skateboarders before trying any snow sports? I'd think that would make the learning curve for boarding much faster and (very understandably) leave them with little incentive to try skis. You can count me OUT of that number DiGriz! While my brothers surf and ride skateboards I was never that keen - I did roller skate... Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 snowboarding was my first experience on a board of any kind. I tried that before skiing for 2 reasons......1) My brother was already into it and 2) It looked much cooler than skiing Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I had ski experience before. So I knew snow, and had an idea how the board would work. Longboard Skate is something I picked up in the last few years, because my Mrs.´ have one. I tried a short one after I got used to that. I Just fall off... It´s difficult. I have great respect for those who can ride them and reckon it would be much easier for skateboarders to snowboard. I also think that surfers makes good snowboarder/ skier. I have a surfer friend who picked up skis. He was skiing paralell after a week, in style ! - Surprised me, that took me years ... Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Well, the ``natural athletes'' will always make it look easy! Link to post Share on other sites
Criz 0 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Well I started off skiing and was doing that for 6+ seasons before I had a go on a snowboard, which I picked up quite quickly. No doubt in large part due to my skiing. Link to post Share on other sites
DCx3 2 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Me and the gf went to Hakuba last year and she tried snowboarding for the first time. She had done skiing as a kid. I tried to teach her but after 2 days she said boarding is to hard and gave up and went back to skii's. Either I am a bad teacher or her ability to learn isn't very high. Either way trying to learn something new as you get older gets much more difficult than say when you are young. Atleast when you are young you are more daring and not as afraid to fall over and hurt yourself. As you get older your mind tells you no no no stop Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Me and the gf went to Hakuba last year and she tried snowboarding for the first time. She had done skiing as a kid. I tried to teach her but after 2 days she said boarding is to hard and gave up and went back to skii's. Either I am a bad teacher or her ability to learn isn't very high. Either way trying to learn something new as you get older gets much more difficult than say when you are young. Atleast when you are young you are more daring and not as afraid to fall over and hurt yourself. As you get older your mind tells you no no no stopOnly if you let it.I learned to snowboard at 37. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 You just have more gnarl than these young punks MB Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 You just have more gnarl than these young punks MB Amen to that!And as long as I have my Gnarly Wine no one is gonna get hurt Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 When you cannot fall over .. you are done. Gone old. I learnt snowboarding at 48 I knew how to fall, but I wished someone wuld teach me how to fall on snowboards. Bit different ... And had I known how much / hard I would fall, I would have gotten helmet, pads, wrist guards Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 You just have more gnarl than these young punks MB Amen to that!And as long as I have my Gnarly Wine no one is gonna get hurt Does it taste good? Link to post Share on other sites
blu 3 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 3 year olds on skis - that's only because they don't have the muscle development to board until near 7. Hardest thing about learning boarding is riding the Tbars, isin'it Mama. 5 days of boarding lessons may get you into the terrain park (it seems to in Aus) - I don't think that wouldn't happen on skis. My grandson (11) was landing airs in the kids park on day 2 when he learnt. And as above, get some impact shorts, a fractured tailbone is a very painful & debilitating injury for a long time. Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 First time I went to the snow I tried skiing, and just couldnt seem to get the hang of it, but at the same time the boots didnt fit well and I was very nervous about destroying a groin that had been injured in the past. We were only there for the day, but I put that down as a fail. second time I went a few year later, I tried snowboarding and seemed to pick the basics up quite readily. I had spent a lot of time as a kid on a skateboard (but never on roller/iceskates), so perhaps that helped in the un-natural sliding sideways I would therfore say that FOR ME, without confidence in either art translating to the other, then snowboarding as a complete beginner, was easier. but I suspect each person is different in terms of background, confidence, quality of instructor, equipment and snow vs ice, etc etc. I'm planning to give skiing a shot in the future, and I'm hoping that I pick up the basics quite readily, but I will have had a lot of prior snow-sliding experience, so my confidence levels will be higher, and my fear of falling lower Link to post Share on other sites
blu 3 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 yes, a nice pair of fat K2 Kung Fujas would do it Gareth Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted May 1, 2012 Share Posted May 1, 2012 I could lend you a pair Gareth You should pick it up in no time on these beauties Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 cheers Snowjunky, they look brilliant. reminds of my first skiing attempt, I'm sure the skis were about 5 metres long! (back in 1994) Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 I could lend you a pair Gareth You should pick it up in no time on these beauties Ah I remember skis like that. Going back a bit aren't we?! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 JA's back catalogue Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 those are cross country skis Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 no they are not. They are just slightly annoyed Link to post Share on other sites
dancer 0 Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I think the question should be - which is more fun. After all that's what it's about, right? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 not really as snowboarding would win without a discussion!! Link to post Share on other sites
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