Post subject: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Introductions and profiles Posted: Nov 16, 2011 - 09:57 PM
First post: Feb 20, 2007
Total posts: 5384
Location: That snowboarding hotbed, Norfolk
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Branny wrote:
Experience: started riding on Christchurch Dendix in 94/95, and have been riding dryslope on and off ever since due to work/family commitments
Competence: I really really am truly rubbish... my freestyle skills are awful and will never improve!!
I'm sure you can throw down more tricks than me, but what is it with starting in 94/95 and still being rubbish
I've basically been riding half of my life - world renowned pros have been born since I started riding. I should be at the end of a pro career, nevermind struggling how to do a boardslide.
I can remember when I was starting in the late 90s at Norwich, and James Thorne was riding there at the same time and I was more or less the same standard kind of - learning to go off kickers. I turn my back for 5 minutes, and he's a pro living in a caravan around the mountains of Europe and sponsored by Burton, and I'm still learning how to ride kickers. Its unfair!"
Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Introductions and profiles Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 04:56 PM
First post: Oct 11, 2004
Total posts: 9478
Location: York
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I know Ace, I can't help but think that I should be way better than I am... especially at freestyle. I think it's a case of mostly riding for a week or two here and there rather than season after season. It's amazing how much easier it is to improve even with just two weeks back to back compared to one.
Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Introductions and profiles Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 05:46 PM
First post: Oct 11, 2004
Total posts: 4920
Location: Yeovil/Warmwell/Wareham
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it's an ago vs fear thing as well...
i was already older/the same age than my then (and still) heroes...Jamie Lynn, Terje, Palmer etc
I was already to late to catch up.... and I never have haha.... i reckon a season would sort me out..... maybe if i get caught in the Feb redundancies........
Experience: Stood on a snowboard wearing ski boots, a Campri jacket and shades for the first time on a school ski trip in 1991 and a few times after but started riding regularly about 12 years ago i think.
Competence: Getting worse as my body gives up, hit my freestyle peek about 4 years ago but you get more into freeriding the older you get anyway...
Resorts Visited: Tignes, Val Disere, Morzine, Avoriaz, La Plagne, Champagne en Vanoise, Chamonix, Courchevel, Merribel, Les menuires, Alpe Duez, Laax, Flims, Kunertal, Jasna, a few in Greece, few small Italian ones and Cervinia, Whistler, Grouse, Breckenridge, Mammoth, Jackson Hole, Snow Shoe, Stowe. Just moved to the East Coast of the US so riding all those hills over this season.
Local Slope: Liberty Mountain resort, Pennsylvania
Goals: To get rid of this sciatica, get fit enough to walk again, then fit enough to ride, first time in my life that im living next to a mountain and i can hardly move let alone ride.
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greigroy
Post subject:Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 07:26 PM
First post: Jul 16, 2009
Total posts: 1207
Location: glasgow
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Try acupuncture Nick, works for me
nickmotture
Post subject:Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 07:53 PM
First post: Jan 09, 2006
Total posts: 11165
Location: Washington DC USA
Status: Offline
Yeah had it before and it really worked but not shifting it this time. Luckily we've got private healthcare in the US so im having loads of physio for free and its starting to have an effect.
Competence: Can get down pretty much anything and technically I think ok - no handbag arm at last check ! Always on the lookout for some powder to play in. Park riding needs a bit more work but finding it harder to get up after the slams as I get older !
Resorts Visited: Arinsal, Garmish, Zell am See, Kaprun, Saalbach Hinterglemm, Stubai, Kuhtai, Axamer Lizum, Espace Killy, Laax, Hakuba, Perisher, Thredbo,
Local Slope: Flumserberg/Laax/St Anton
Goals: More back country riding and to take advantage of moving to Zurich and hitting as many different resorts as I can
Chris71
Post subject:Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 09:13 PM
First post: Jan 03, 2011
Total posts: 11
Location: Stockton on Tees
Status: Offline
Name: Chris
Age: 29 (just)
Weight: 80kg
Height 5'9
Regular/ goofy: regular nearly as good switch though
Equipment : 158 k2 anagram from 2008, burton missions and 32 exist boa
Experience/ resorts : pas del la casa twice, soll and tignes all for a week each since 2007 and cairngorm for one freezing day Christmas 2009
Local slope: prob cas as I don't like dry slopes
Competence: up to red on piste, slighty out side rope pisting.
Goals: I'd like to try to learn some park stuff if I can stop bricking it
lez_s
Post subject: Re: RE: Introductions and profiles Posted: Nov 17, 2011 - 09:36 PM
First post: Oct 11, 2004
Total posts: 11902
Location: Vancouver/Whistler
Status: Offline
Name: Lez
Age: Old enough to know better and young enough to do it again
Weight: 14st
Height: 5'10
Regular/Goofy: Goofy
Equipment: Ride DH (very trash so now a rock board) and Capita Stairmaster Extreme, Union Force, Van Andreas Wiig Boots, Airblaster Jacket and 241-USA Pants
Experience: I've linked a turn or two
Competence: Yes
Resorts Visited: Whistler and a few others
Local Slope: Whistler as I dont ride in door over summer.
Goals: Have fun
_________________ 'Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'
SnowAndrew
Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Introductions and profiles Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 08:59 AM
First post: Nov 10, 2008
Total posts: 558
Status: Offline
Name: Andrew
Age: 30
Weight: not sure, i guess around 13st - 14st
Height: 6ft
Regular/Goofy: Regular
Equipment: Signal og 159w, Rome Targa bindings and 32 Prion boots
Experience: 7 years. I go to mountains a couple of weeks a year and try to go domes once or twice a month.
Competence: Can ride most things on piste and done a little bit of off piste.
Resorts visited: Just Whistler
Local Slope: MK
Goals: To have fun and maybe try some freestyle before i am too old.
_________________ If the best snowboarder in the world is the one having the most fun, does that mean I’m better than Terje Haakonsen?
Trev81
Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Introductions and profiles Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 09:38 AM
First post: Jan 19, 2010
Total posts: 64
Location: York, UK!
Status: Offline
Name: Trev
Age: Body Age (30) Mental age (16)
Weight: 15st
Height: 5ft 11.5inches (roughly speaking, and its always been annoying i'm not quite 6ft)
Regular/Goofy: Goofy
Equipment: Skate Bananna 159, Burton bindings and some DC boots that cripple me a bit, plus a whole lot of green clothing making me quite easy to identify
Experience: 2 years. Started at the same time as the Mrs so have done a couple of weeks away plus countless fridge sessions.
Competence: To quote a line from Top Gun I have an ego writing cheques my body can't cash. (sometimes anyway) I'm quite quick down a hill but suck at freestyle at the moment but hopefully will be a bit better soon with some more freestyle nights!
Resorts visited: Tignes, Avoriaz/Morzine and am booked to go to Les Arcs and Chamrousse early next year
Local Slope: Casvegas
Goals: To bring about world domination, or else as a lot of people have said to continue having fun with my friends on the piste, Land some big air and ride some rails!
_________________ Awesome Sauce!
Av a Banana!
dewei
Post subject:Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 10:13 AM
First post: Apr 20, 2011
Total posts: 254
Location: Mauritius
Status: Offline
Name: dewei
Age: 42
Weight: 10.5st
Height: 5ft 7
Regular/Goofy: Regular
Equipment: Forum Youngblood Chillidog 10/11, Drake Supersports, Salomon F20. Looking for a new AM board [bought 20/12/11 Head The Evil Kers]
Experience: Negligible. Started March 11, 6 hours on a real mountain, weekly rides at snowdome since starting. Previously 5 weeks skiing spread over 19 years!
Competence: In my head, superbly competent but in practice, untested. Did survive blue runs down the mountain with the most sketchy of basic turns just after 2 lessons. In the dome, can not infrequently produce decent carved turns and easily dodge swerving skiers but not good enough to avoid being hit from the back by them. Reasonably comfortable with switch. BS/FS boardslides on boxes/rails and basic grabs and 180s on baby kickers. Crap at buttering.
Resorts visited: La Clusaz. As a skier: L2A, Soll, Crans-Montana, Courchevel, La Clusaz
Local Slope: Tam Snowdome
Goals: Being a very late starter, max the fun before getting too old (already older than most of you). Stay away from skis despite family pressure. Avoid serious injury. For 11/12 winter season: become comfortable on red pistes, a taste of powder, 360s on the kickers, a taste of the half-pipe, 180s on off boxes [FS180 on - Dec 11], get better at buttering.
_________________ Piste - park - pipe - pow, I love it all.
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AGENT58
Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Introductions and profiles Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 10:19 AM
First post: Oct 11, 2004
Total posts: 196
Location: mk
Status: Offline
Name: Simon
Age: 39
Weight: 12 stone
Height: 6ft
Regular/Goofy: Regular
Equipment: No board right now....hopefully new one soon, probably Rome Agent Rocker, 390 Boss binders from 10/11 and Rome Libertine boots.
Experience: 11 years of weekly trips and a lot of dome riding in the early days.
Competence: Comfortable on all pitses and off piste in pow. Used to be ok in the park but not for last few years after knee injury. Useless riding switch even after all this time.
Resorts visited: Whistler 3 times, Banff, Les Arcs, Avoriaz, Tignes and a few random small places in France/Austria.
Local Slope: MK
Goals: to actually get away in 2012, even if only for a few days although not looking likely right now..............
Boots
Post subject:Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 11:34 AM
First post: Feb 15, 2011
Total posts: 618
Location: Location: Location
Name: Ade
Age: 48¾ (Do I get a prize for being the oldest? A nice tartan blanket for the chair lifts will do)
Experience: Started last Dec. 1 week in Finland with 1-1 instructor. 4 long weekends. MK twice.
Competence: Reds. Some carving. Ride on boxes. Small, straight airlets.
Resorts visited: San Isidro, Valgrande Pajares, Yllas, Tignes.
Local Slope: Pembrey (never been)
Goals:To improve all round. Learn some flatland stuff. Ultimately, to snowboard as well as I can surf. Do a season. My knee to hold up for the whole winter.
JakeDurbs
Post subject:Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 12:06 PM
First post: Sep 06, 2011
Total posts: 365
Location: Oxford
Status: Offline
Various wrote:
I'm old...
I think it's quite interesting how both the internet (especially social media and forums) and snowboarding are considered "Young" things for the "kids", yet it seems most people on this forum are 30+ (not saying 30 is old before anyone starts!) and no one really below the age of 20!
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