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Snowboardingcornishchick 
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Post subject: First winter holiday and am hooked !!
 Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 07:43 PM
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First post: Mar 11, 2010
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Location: Helston
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Just to say that i have just been to Kirchdorf, Austria and had a fantastic time learning to snowboard for the first time. I am not a spring chicken and found myself going to bed at 9pm  most nights through sheer exhaustion but i had the best holiday ever!!.
We had a top instructor Eduard Bichler at the ski school and after the three days tuition we could all come down the slope in one piece  . I did however twist my knee whilst stopping on my snowboard ('how', god knows). But i didn't stop for long and got it strapped up and carried on.
Just to say that i am going back to Kirchdorf and will be having a beginners tuition again just to make sure that i have everything in my head before going off piste 
Oh one more thing my sister and i really don't get on well with the t-bars, keep going to the edge half way up and because i loose my nerve i push the thing away from me and end up on my way back down the slope backwards  any advice on those things would be cool .
Anyway thanks for reading my first post, just wanted to say i am hooked on snowboarding and wish i had done it whilst i was younger. |
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philboarder
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Post subject: RE: First winter holiday and am hooked !!
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 08:01 PM
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First post: Jul 29, 2006
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| Practice makes perfect on tbars just relax and look ahead maybe at the next person the lift |
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Snowboardingcornishchick
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Post subject: RE: First winter holiday and am hooked !!
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 08:05 PM
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| I was looking at my friend ahead of me and he fell off so then i got edgy and fell off too... lol. Even on the rope lift lol my sister fell off in front of me and that was it lol i came off too. |
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FunkyMunky
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Post subject: RE: First winter holiday and am hooked !!
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 08:42 PM
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First post: Dec 09, 2009
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Location: Harrogate
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Hey there. Glad you enjoyed your first boarding experience!
You'll soon get the hang of T-bars with more practice on your board. Once having a board on your feet feels like second nature you'll almost pay no attention to what lift your riding.
Welcome to your new way of life |
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Snowboardingcornishchick
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Post subject: RE: First winter holiday and am hooked !!
Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 09:19 PM
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First post: Mar 11, 2010
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Thank you phillboarder and Funkymonkey it is like a breath of fresh air to me. I have always done the sun, sea and drink holidays but this is totally different, and i love it. Wish i lived closer to an indoor slope or in Austria now  |
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mocasa
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Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 09:58 PM
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First post: Feb 24, 2010
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hey good on yer.
glad to see more of us snowboarding from cornwall,(i am in Bodmin)
i`m off to fernie in 12 days, can`t wait.
get in the surf in the summer and that will keep you going untill the winter comes around again. |
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Snowboardingcornishchick
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Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 06:44 PM
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First post: Mar 11, 2010
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| Hi Mocasa I am taking up surfing this summer over at Newquay so that will be give me something to get my teeth into before my next winter hols. Have a good holiday. |
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findlater
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Posted: Mar 15, 2010 - 07:57 PM
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First post: Oct 18, 2008
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| By any chance did you go on the 5th??? I flew to Salzberg on that date 6am flight from Manchester. I went to Kitz and we dropped off at that resort on the way (I'm sure we did?). |
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ColdComfort
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Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 10:09 AM
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First post: Dec 03, 2009
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Best advice for Tbars is take the chair lift  they get much easier as u get used to the board travelling across the snow naturally - other than that just relax...
And if ure not ready for bed my 9pm you either didn't ride hard enough or u aint drunk enough |
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Snowboardingcornishchick
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Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 11:25 AM
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Went on 27th feb and back on the 6th you might of seen us around findlater. Nice little family run hotel. I was the one hobbling around whilst of board but once my feet were strapped in i was mustard (even if i say so myself  ) |
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kieren24
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Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 12:05 PM
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First post: Nov 13, 2004
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Hi Mocasa I am taking up surfing this summer over at Newquay so that will be give me something to get my teeth into before my next winter hols. Have a good holiday.
Head over to Bude and look up James Sweet... he's a surf instructor and snowboard instructor (high level)... and a mega nice guy. |
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ChasKi
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Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 02:41 PM
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First post: Mar 04, 2009
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Snowboardingcornishchick
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Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 08:44 PM
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First post: Mar 11, 2010
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| lol no problem was going to search for an instructor looks like i have two now Thanks everyone for your advice. Will battle with the t-bars and battle with the surf now. |
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