Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Jeff..
Im 50, have skied for 30 years or so, a fair surfer (Westcountry lad), and have never felt the need to bolt a ironing board to my feet... I can think of much better ways to abuse myself. Now seeing boarders on the mountain, stripping off in bars, exposing all the armour, look like Star Wars stormtroopers.. Ask yourself, why all the protection ??? Its because when you fall (and you will, a lot !!) you are likely to hurt your back, neck, wrists, arms, head, in fact, virtually every part of your body. Also consider that if you collide with another who has not got protection (skier ??) then you will be hitting them like an american footballer... As you can see i am not a fan. If you want to try something differant, get some big fat twintips, get in the off-piste, ski backwards, get into the park and hit some rails, jumps etc...
Like LizziSnow said, `boarding is the devils work'

Don't listen to the luddites above, Steve I am 47 next month partner 52 although we went to the so called 'dark side' many years ago, we never want to go back to 2 planks. Learning is a bit tedious but what fun you will have, I would really recommend some cheap padded shorts and maybe knee pads then learning won't hurt at all and it it a fast learning curve, it also makes any little jump or short slope a lot more fun than it is for skiers. Snowboarders are a fun group and learning in Bg is really affordable so I would say give it a go. A group of us on holiday got a friends mum into snowboarding as she struggled in her mid 60's to get to grips with skis, she loved snowboarding, only stayed on baby slopes but it put a huge grin on her face all week Do it.