Alpine Valley Ski trip - Sunday Feb 20th, 2011

[PANDA]

Didn't see this was Feb 20th. Maybe I should try villa olivia or the local sled hill first.

 

[blakbearddelite]

Isnt snowboarding harder than skiing? Ive never skiied before, but snowboardng kicked my ass last time I went. I pretty much stayed on one hill the whole day.

I've done both once. It only took half a day of skiing before I was on the steepest slopes. On my full day of snowboarding, I never made it past the intermediate hill. I found skiing to be much easier, but I think snowboarding was a little more fun.

Though I hated having to try and 'skate' the board around on the flat areas. The one foot locked to the board made it hard to position your other foot to push off from. It was like skate boarding, but the foot on the board was perpendicular to the direction you are going.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

Gets your legs burning for sure. I took a fair share of spills trying to get off the lifts while I was moving. I didnt mind sticking to one hill the whole day, I just need to do it more than once a year and maybe ill be better at it.

 

[Gypsy]

Hey, I'll be right there with you. looking like retards together is what we do best

Fixed.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

1st time I went snowboarding, I was a the top of the hill strapped in and started sliding towards the edge and ended up sliding into a noob asain snowboarder girl. We pretty much hugged eachother and didnt know what to do... It was pretty funny to see.

 

[Yaj Yak]

that sounds like the start of a porno

 

[99PONTIACGP]

 

[Euro]

Last time I went skiing it did not end well. I'd be in for snowmobiling/lodge drinking though haha

 

[SirMarco]

Hey, I'll be right there with you. looking like noobs together is what we do best

I'm ready to go. I might slide this weekend.

 

[CamaroSS]

I've done both once. It only took half a day of skiing before I was on the steepest slopes. On my full day of snowboarding, I never made it past the intermediate hill. I found skiing to be much easier, but I think snowboarding was a little more fun.

Though I hated having to try and 'skate' the board around on the flat areas. The one foot locked to the board made it hard to position your other foot to push off from. It was like skate boarding, but the foot on the board was perpendicular to the direction you are going.

id have no problem on skis im sure but snowboarding just seems so much harder cause of the less movement and freedom of your feet. but id much rather do that than ski. i can skateboard without issue but i dont see that helping me much since your feet are locked in could be some nice wipeouts to be had

 

[blakbearddelite]

I may get the rental that lets you switch between the two. That way if I'm having a difficult time on the snowboard, I can switch it to something with which I'm more comfortable.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

id have no problem on skis im sure but snowboarding just seems so much harder cause of the less movement and freedom of your feet. but id much rather do that than ski. i can skateboard without issue but i dont see that helping me much since your feet are locked in could be some nice wipeouts to be had

Honestly skateboarding seemed to help me a decent amount with snowboarding. Similar principles. Also snowboards flex a ton so your feet have a bunch of input. As long as you don't catch an edge it's all good.

 

[blakbearddelite]

This is coming up next weekend. I just thought I'd throw out a reminder and see how many people are still thinking of attending this. I only have one confirmed person going from work now. A few people flaked out. As long as I can get at least four people going, I'm still down for this.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I'll be there some day the next week. Either the 22nd or 23rd. Weekends suck

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

If this goes down and all I'd be willing to spend some time with people just learning to snowboard. I was a instructor for 6 years at Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park. Always willing to teach people to ride.

I just took a lesson there last sat, first time on a board, I should be in for, this I may hit the bunny hill couple more times at raging

 

[blakbearddelite]

As long as I can get at least one more person to go, I'm game for this. It'd be more fun with a bigger crowd, but I know there a lot of commitment-phobes here. I guess we can talk more of travel arrangements / car pooling when it gets a little closer.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Whats ball park on rental gear + lift ticket if we have 4+? Also I would want SirMarco to confirm this isn't a death trap for a n00b snowboarder(s)

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

In4pics

Dan have you strapped a board on yet??? Its

 

[blakbearddelite]

Whats ball park on rental gear + lift ticket if we have 4+? Also I would want SirMarco to confirm this isn't a death trap for a n00b snowboarder(s)

The lift pass is usually around $42 and the rental is around $24. For four people, probably around $264. They have plenty of easier slopes for the beginners.

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

My buddy Eric just confirmed for this

 

[blakbearddelite]

Sweet!

I see Dar Dar lurking in this thread, you going to join us?

 

[Gypsy]

When do you need to know by Mark?

I mean is this something that has to be scheduled out for everyone in advance?

 

[blakbearddelite]

I guess as long as I have a couple of people committing, I wouldn't have to know about anyone else until the morning of unless they wanted to carpool. I have strict rules on carpooling unfortunately. Those that are too late, are left behind. I'm not talking about five minutes or anything. But if someone is like 30 minutes late, and I'm driving, they're on their own.

 

[Gypsy]

Oh that's cool. I'd know by that weekend. I just have to see about a couple other things, financially speaking that I'm waiting to hear back about.

 

[Lead Pipe]

Count me in +1