anyone on this forum goes skiing,snowboarding or skiboarding?

just wondering if any one here in this forum enjoys going skiing or boarding, what level are you? meaning either a beginner,intermediate or expert. i myself am only a beginner/inter. i also skiboard along with my son who's 15 and we have a blast everytime. just a topic that hope you guys would like to share. thanks

I've enjoyed skiing since I was about 5.  Started X-country at about 16.  That's been ..ummm... a FEW years.
 

I would love to try it.  I haven't seen snow in Mississippi for like 5 or 6 years

hells yes, ive been skiing since I was 4. (literally, I took my first ski lesson at 4, like before snowboards were close to popular)

i think i might try snowboarding this year, but skiing is in my blood.

Learned to ski in 4 days, 3 years ago ....... following 4 months of hard training.  It also helps that this was in Colorado.  I planned to learn to ride a board last year, but it only snowed once, so I'm gonna do that this year.

ah. lucky, colorado. Always wanted to go out there.
we always go in this place in the UP called "ski brule"

I have been snowboarding for a about 3 years now and i would say i am about in the middle bettween beg and inter level. This season kinda sucks for me, cause noone wants to go. I was supposed to go today and people bailed on me last night, this is the second time this happand. Lets just say i'm not asking them if they want to go anymore! 

that bites those people bailed on you, for once i went by myself and just took my mp3 player and skiboarded all day.it was great! i got a lot of looks and some questions of my skiboard like" are those fun? what are those snowblades?" i just told them what it is and that i really enjoy them. but i guess the only worry i had was not to get hurt so i could drive back home. just go by yourself and have fun,you'd probably enjoy it better.

I live in between two ski resorts (big mountain and Blacktail) up here in Montana but the stupid cost of lift tickets and the recent additions to family have made it near impossible to go out for a few years now.  When I was at the "peak" of my abilities I ran a couple of Black Diamond runs and one or two Double Black Diamond runs but I don't think I was an expert.   I miss it and loved to do it but you can't hardly go without blowing $100.00 between the gas, lift ticket, food, snacks etc.. so it just isn't reasonable anymore.  Tried snowboarding a few times but (I mean no offense to anyone by this) it just seemed to easy and the risk of splitting your groin on a tree while skiing through them wasn't there *L* I hate moguls but tree's were such a rush...

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ORIGINAL: nafango2

... we always go in this place in the UP called "ski brule"

Where's that?  I would usually go to Indianhead or Whitecap once or twice a year.
 

my son and i went skiing in Big sky,Bridger bowl and Red lodge just this past holiday season and it was great. i know what you mean by cost but it was something that i was willing to do.we just brought our own food(sandwiches,chips,etc,) with us and driving the accord was not much of a problem gas wise. i tried diamond runs too but i ended up on my ass 3/4 down,still figuring it how to descend on  them but i'll get them eventually. the tree part,not done it yet,although my son tried but he ended up hugging one of them  his alright though...

One of the last times I went I had the pleasure of running with a snowboarder that was offered a full sponsorship from burton but couldn't do it.... he pushed my limits BIG TIME and I almost wound up around a tree more than once just trying to keep up with him, it's a rush but I swore I was going to get injured...

I use to ski from ages 8-16.  I was pretty good and could do most runs.  Then I got into snowboarding from 16-22 and was alright.  I haven't snowboarded in 3 years now.  Lift tickets go too expensive (52 day pass) and so did gas.  I'll probably start up in a few years and maybe try those skiboards.

well at least it sounds like you survive that run, hopefuly someday you could get back to it.seems like you enjoyed it then.

Skiing and wakeboarding year round in florida!
I haven't done snow since I was a teen.  I stood at the top of a ski slope north of Denver and totally lost the cajones for it.  This was what my friends were calling "bunny slopes" and the dang thing was almost vertical for the first 2-300 hundred yards, then went into a sort-of super g like run, then another short vert section. I did make the run, but I'm never snowboarding again. (unless I find these mysterious "bunny slopes" that actually are for beginners!)
I loved cruising the trees in long not-too-steep powdery hills.
Also, the shacks in the woods had an inordinate number of fully hot girls smokin' KGB!! WOOHOO!  My kinda sport!

i've only been skiboarding for 3 years and thats being a once a year skier,cuz i'm stationed in WA. (navy) so i can only go once during leave periods(i live in eastern montana).except for this last year (winter'07) but i'm trying to go skiboarding here in WA. and taking advantage of the military discounts. i tried snowboarding once,i did okay,but this 5 year olds passing by me (while i was learning to snowboard) with their skis really got me challenged, so then i tried skiboarding and i was hooked!  i'd probably try snowboarding again someday just to see how well i could do it but i do not see it happening in the future... maybe. ckebottle i hope you do try skiboarding cuz you might really like 'em.

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Skiing and wakeboarding year round in florida!
I haven't done snow since I was a teen.  I stood at the top of a ski slope north of Denver and totally lost the cajones for it.  This was what my friends were calling "bunny slopes" and the dang thing was almost vertical for the first 2-300 hundred yards, then went into a sort-of super g like run, then another short vert section. I did make the run, but I'm never snowboarding again. (unless I find these mysterious "bunny slopes" that actually are for beginners!)
I loved cruising the trees in long not-too-steep powdery hills.
Also, the shacks in the woods had an inordinate number of fully hot girls smokin' KGB!! WOOHOO!  My kinda sport!

that didn't happen to be Winter Park did it???  aka Mary Jane and Parsons bowl



also the price thing ..... the second time I went to WP, CO I went with my last gf .... it was like 500 for the flight, 500 for the hotel across the street from the hills and 500 for the lift tickets!!!  Maybe a little less, but the rest was pretty cheap.  around here, I pack lunch and either way, I wear an aquapack so I never really have to stop (hence all of the cardio workouts)

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... we always go in this place in the UP called "ski brule"

Where's that? I would usually go to Indianhead or Whitecap once or twice a year.

its in a city called "iron mountain" right on the border between the upper penn. of michigan and wisconsin. its always a blast, because every is so... nice... up there. you dont feel like some anonymous skiier like at the big resorts. According to my dad (who used to be real big into skiing) its atmosphere is alot more like the ski resorts of colorado, etc. I think its because most of the people are more canadian than american
Last year i went with a friend who was new to skiing, and while he was at his ski lesson i just kind of skiied around by myself. I rode up the lift with a guy who went there opening day in 1954, and talked about how there was only 1 lift back then, and you could get a lift ticket + a bus ride back and forth for 75 cents!

i am going to learn to snowboard in the near future.  the arizona snowbowl is 15 minutes from my house.

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i've only been skiboarding for 3 years and thats being a once a year skier,cuz i'm stationed in WA. (navy) so i can only go once during leave periods(i live in eastern montana).except for this last year (winter'07) but i'm trying to go skiboarding here in WA. and taking advantage of the military discounts. i tried snowboarding once,i did okay,but this 5 year olds passing by me (while i was learning to snowboard) with their skis really got me challenged, so then i tried skiboarding and i was hooked!  i'd probably try snowboarding again someday just to see how well i could do it but i do not see it happening in the future... maybe. ckebottle i hope you do try skiboarding cuz you might really like 'em.

You aren't by chance over at Ft. Lewis are you?  Ironic but I'm from NW Montana and was mobilized through Ft. Lewis and have a good friend that is stationed there right now...  What part of E. Montana?

i'm stationed @ Bangor naval base in silverdale,wa. I'm from Billings,MT.

Right on.  You're the only other Montana Member on here that I know of.  I'm up in Kalispell.  for some reason I thought you said army *L*

thats fine. i guess we are probably the only ones on this forum. i don't see much of accord owners in billings that really into modifying their cars except for the 2 i've seen lately. mine is  just a plain accord with a slight muscle to it.