Ski or Snowboard

[geonagual]

The snow is starting to hit the local mountains here in Socal. I can't snowboard but I can ski, I learned to ski first. It is fun as hell to haul ass down a mountain. I hope to go at least once this year. Who else? Any good ski stories?

When I first learned how to ski. My first time I ever went I was in Switzerland when I was stationed in Germany. I remember I was going sown this mountain out of control, didn't know how to stop and I just ended up plowing into 5 people waiting for the ski lift. One was even an old lady. Then I spoke English and they knew I was American. So, they probably still hate America.

[thcbongman]

I know how to do both, I'm extremely good at skiing, and ok at snowboarding.

Where did you go in Switzerland? I been to most of the resorts there, Zermatt, St. Moritz, Klosters, Grindelwald, Port De Soleli, Gstadd/Sannanmoser/Zweizerman, Grindelwald/Schilthorn/jungfraujoch region, many more I forgot the names off.

My greatest memory skiing was with several friends having snowball fights going down the mountain. Those were the days!

I also remember I was so high, I was following my brother, were doing figure 8s, and I end up crashing into him.

[geonagual]

I dont remember. It was long time ago. But I still got the lift ticket somewhere. Getting stoned in the cold is fun. Plus when you blow the smoke out, it looks like the hugest hit ever.

[friendowl]

hey geo have you heard of the baldy bowl
i hear its awesome
you hike up and ski down

im, not much into speed but i would like to climb winter peaks
ice axe,crampons ,and all the rest

[geonagual]

hey geo have you heard of the baldy bowl
i hear its awesome
you hike up and ski down

im, not much into speed but i would like to climb winter peaks
ice axe,crampons ,and all the rest



I don't know dude. I would be afraid I would go over the edge or fall into a ice crevice. I would skydive before I would hike a mountain in the winter.
Never heard of Baldy Bowl. Is it by mount Baldy? How far is that hike? That shit would be fun.

[420purpHAZE420]

im a snowboarder, spent the whole summer in New Zealand and Australia snowboarding, i love it...unfortuanetly im gunna have to wait till presidents weekend to go snowboarding, my friends taking me to Beaver Creek, the only place out west i ever went snowboarding was Vail once, and i heard the snows great this year. so im really excited...any1 know how Beaver Creek is for snowboarders im going with a skier, so i assume its more of a skiers mountain, any1 been there?

[TokinAsianGuy]

i'm a casual snowboarder. tried tha black run at mt buller and almost took my head off, but it was hella fun.

[fasterspider]

When I first learned how to ski. My first time I ever went I was in Switzerland when I was stationed in Germany. I remember I was going sown this mountain out of control, didn't know how to stop and I just ended up plowing into 5 people waiting for the ski lift. One was even an old lady. Then I spoke English and they knew I was American. So, they probably still hate America.


That same thing happened to me at Beech Mt in North Carolina back in 77. I was coming down the hill out of control and crashed into everyone on the lift line. No one got hurt but my pride was destroyed.
I have not gone skiing in over 25 years and was thinking about going to one of these So Cal mountains to ski. What do lift tickets and all the equipmnet rentals cost now a days?

[RedLocks]

been a skier for 25 years, snowboarder for 10+ Spent most of my winters in years past at a ski area all winter, when I was a kid it was just every weekend though. Ended up as a Ski/snowboard instructor so I would be there every day to get some free riding in. Last few years I haven't really had the chance to go snowboarding anymore cause I can't drive myself there anymore with no license :mad:

[utax]

I am freestyle skiier. Love poweder. Will be going to Chamonix, France this winter and Meribel in spring. Chamonix is huge, it's in foot of Mont Blanc and you can get to Augille du midi pike with ski lift. It's 12,600 feet high...

[deltron]

i once ate 4 grams of mushrooms before snowboarding. it was an amazing experience, flying down the hill with all the colours whizzing by. the part i remember most though was being in this big ass chalet, and being able to hear clearly the conversation of some people all the way on the other side of the lodge. trippy shit, i recommend it.

[friendowl]

hey spider
check out
mtbaldy.com
they got packages from like 40 bucks for half a day
i was in big bear on saturday and it was fun
storm tonight,powder tomorrow

[SwirlyMass]

I've been snowboarding for a few years, I got a season pass one year and now im a fucking pro snowboarder.

Its kind of an old person sport (skiing) or a rich kid sport (snowboarding).

I'm neither but i still manage to go about once a year or once every other year.

I have a ton of stories. How about the biggest wipeout:

It was probably mid-march and it hadn't snowed for a while, so everything was icy and there weren't very many people up on the mountain.

The top was in a very thick storm but it was high enough where you would break out of the cloud before you got to the lift line. Well I was with my cousin and my uncle. My cousin was pretty far ahead of me, and she's the slow one who's still learning out of the 3 of us. So i figure i'll fly down as fast as i can out of this cloud and zip right by her and scare her. So I start picking up speed, zipping around corners and even trying a few small jumps.

So by this point i've built up alot of confidence and when i caught up to her she was almost to the lift line right below a second nick named 'water fall'.

Well usually waterfall is scary but not too bad. That day however it was spotted with ice and there was no fresh powder it was all packed powder and ice and dry patches. So I started off slow, just paper falling down the steep part, but about half way down my cousin still hadn't noticed me so I flipped my tail to the peak and crouched to gain speed. I was going about 40mph (im not a good judge of speed but it felt like i was in a convertible car going down a freeway) and I managed to zip right behind her, i sprayed her with snow as hard as i could from behind and then whipped around side of her missing her by only inches, my board actually caught her board and threw me off balance and in the split after i lost my balance i turned to slow down (heel to the peak) it seemed like i was gonna be fine but if you know how to snowboard you know what its like to catch an edge. Well I caught an edge at maybe 30mph, did the worst face plant ive EVER done, on ice and rocks, started to tumble down the hill because of my momentum and i couldn't stop because it was all hard packed snow and ice,i probably did about 15 head over heels. By the time i finally stopped, by using my snowboards edge to scrape the ice for friction, my face was soaked with blood, scratches everywhere and i felt like i went 10 rounds with the abominable snowman. And to top it off my cousin came right up next to me laughing her head off to the point that she was in tears (she was crying more than i was).


So i spent half the day in the truck and i actually went back for one final run at the very end, but didn't do anything spectacular, i felt as stiff as a board and my face stung like no other.

ahhh good times.

[Frivolous248]

Snowboard, FTW. Skiing is boring, snowboarding is where its at. I did both, I know the difference, anyone who wants to have fun should snowboard.

[crudemood]

I love to snowboard. I went to stay at Mt Tremblant resort in Montreal this weekend for 3 days. So, basically, this resort was kind of inside a little village, at the bottom of the mountain, with all these stores and I fit in a lot of snowboarding between the shopping.

The first day had good conditions, not too cold, not too warm. The second day it was raining but my sister and I still decided to hit the slopes and oh boy did we come back soaked! Once the rain stopped we tried it out again and this time we came back not wet but sore!

As soon as I get pics uploaded on computer, I'll show how beautiful the mountians were especially from the top. Just a beautiful sight, I could stay there forever, really. I'm so going next year again. :)

[CaptainDankNuggets]

In my opinion snowboarding is where its at everyone should do it its more of a guy sport sking is more for girls because its easy for them and all guys should snowboard not ski unless ur a fucking sissy or some rich snob heh im just playin but snowboarding is where it is at no doubt about it