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Skis to Board
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 01-05-05 14:39Skis to Board
Hi All,Am off to Borovets on 22 (yippee, cant wait), and booked for a Learn to Ski package. Wondered if its possible to swap skis for board just for a day/afternoon, just so I can have a go at "The Dark Side"
Any ideas if this possible?
Cheers
PatMan
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if you up grade to 'superior ski's you can change them for a board I believe. If not they are not expensive to hire locally for the afternoon.
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Most holiday companies have a snowboard taster as part of the weeks activities ... at an extra charge of course.
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I suppose it depends on where you get your gear from, but if you can you wont do much in a day or an afternoon, I only ride a board I think you may be better off taking one and sticking with it, its harder to get your balance on a board than ski'sso you may not like it, until you can do one leave the other for a while,
just my oppinion.
Noodles
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Cheers for your advice........... Am happy-ish on a skateboard, so just tempted to try the snow variety. Am going as a group who all wanted to try skis so outnumbered!re: Skis to Board
Just come to the dark side luke
Noodles
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Gidday Patman,
I've been skiing since I was 9 (now33) raced and instructed. My other half had never skied or snowboarded but has a bit of a skater chick in her younger days so she took up snowboarding. I hung up the skis and bought a board so we had a joint hobby. Although boarding is a bit tuff for the first couple of days, it's got a much quicker learning curve so by the end of a good week you should be at a pretty good level as apposed to skis it can take years to get to a good level ...
I've been skiing since I was 9 (now33) raced and instructed. My other half had never skied or snowboarded but has a bit of a skater chick in her younger days so she took up snowboarding. I hung up the skis and bought a board so we had a joint hobby. Although boarding is a bit tuff for the first couple of days, it's got a much quicker learning curve so by the end of a good week you should be at a pretty good level as apposed to skis it can take years to get to a good level ...
Gidday Patman,
I've been skiing since I was 9 (now33) raced and instructed. My other half had never skied or snowboarded but has a bit of a skater chick in her younger days so she took up snowboarding. I hung up the skis and bought a board so we had a joint hobby. Although boarding is a bit tuff for the first couple of days, it's got a much quicker learning curve so by the end of a good week you should be at a pretty good level as apposed to skis it can take years to get to a good level if you only ski for a week a year but what ever you do take a lesson and remember your butt is softer than your face.
It may be the dark side but the light at the end is a lot closer!!
I've been skiing since I was 9 (now33) raced and instructed. My other half had never skied or snowboarded but has a bit of a skater chick in her younger days so she took up snowboarding. I hung up the skis and bought a board so we had a joint hobby. Although boarding is a bit tuff for the first couple of days, it's got a much quicker learning curve so by the end of a good week you should be at a pretty good level as apposed to skis it can take years to get to a good level if you only ski for a week a year but what ever you do take a lesson and remember your butt is softer than your face.
It may be the dark side but the light at the end is a lot closer!!
Post of the day Kiwi1
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Noodles,Unfortunately, the strongest 'Force' I think I will encounter will be gravity!!
Have every intention of giving Boarding a try tho', it does have that "wow, kool" element that ski-ing doesn't
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Have been boarding for 7 years now and would agree with Noodles, you're not gonna learn much in an afternoon so would probably stick to skiing until you've got the hang of it. I taught myself how to ski 3 years ago and tend to just have one day on them during my holiday but would definitely wait until you're a little better at skiing, although boarding rules!!!Maybe see you there, we're coming out on 22nd
Pippa
