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Ran into a friend of mine from high school. He now teaches snowboarding up at waterville valley. He offered to give me some lessons so I’ll be sure to take him up on that this winter.
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How to learn to snowboard
It made me
Sore
 "Not sure I am cut out to be a snowboarder, but I tried and will keep trying."
How I did it: After a brief lesson from our friends, we were off to the lift. I fell getting off, something that I did most every time I tried to get off of it. It took me nearly an hour to get down the bunny slope. Thank God for butt pads! I fell so hard once that it knocked the wind out of me. I bruised me knee and my ego pretty good, but no broken bones. My husband got pretty good at it by the end of the day. Me.... I traded in the snowboard for skis after two tries. I was so sore and exhausted that I couldn't have gone once more on the board. I am gonna keep practicing. There is a small hill close to home that would be a good place for me to work on it. Lessons & tips: I am terrible..... you don't want advice from me! :)
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2 weeks ago
tried last year…but without success time to learn i own a snowboard i need to know how to ride it!
I hate winter...
2 weeks ago
I want a sport to make me enjoy it. I enjoy falling down and getting back up again… it makes me feel relentless when I can battle the forces of nature and the laws of physics and somehow… someday, I will be able to work with them to accomplish this goal. Plus, you don’t realize how much of a workout you are getting when you are learning and performing a sport, and I like the idea of that. Anything to keep my body moving and my brain happy.
It costs money tho.. uggggggggg
Sarah is overhauling her list
Decisions, decisions.
3 weeks ago
The two nearest places I’d consider learning are Ski Rossendale or Chill Factore in Manchester. Ski Rossendale is a dry slope and a great deal cheaper than Chill Factore which is a fat slope covered in real snow. I was thinking of learning the basics at Rossendale and then heading over to Chill to actually get some snowboarding done. Just cruising around is affordable there but there lessons aren’t. Perhaps I could get a package for Christmas or my birthday? I wanna go on a snow holiday and it makes more sense to learn before I go as opposed to learning when I’m on the mountain.
tried when I was 18
4 weeks ago
I did it on the bunny slopes, fell on my ass a bunch of times and just gave up. Why? Because my ass hurt and I hated not doing as well as others. But now I’m older, and would just like to do it before I turn so old I regret it.
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Bought a book and instructional DVD to keep me motivated until I can afford lessons. :D
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okelay asks,
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