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Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:06:10 GMT

Howdy all,

I just signed up to the forum and thought I'd start my first post by saying hello to the community here.

I began Snowboarding last year and haven't been able to stop since! I live in the UK so most my time is spent improving on the dry slope or indoor snow domes with the occassional chance in getting to a resort. I guess you could say I'm a late starter, I'm 29 now, but I'm glad I found snowboarding as I really enjoy it and intend to keep on improving.

Recently purchased my first board, I waited a year just to make sure it wasn't something that I would lose interest in.

And now here I am, looking for advice on good resorts and tips on improving my technical knowledge.

Cheers,
Ash.

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:20:31 GMT

hello :thumbup:

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:22:44 GMT

Hi Ashman,
It's a pleasure to meet you :D. I hope you make some new friends on here and find something interesting to read.

Ally

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:31:32 GMT

A warm welcome to J2ski from me! :thumbup:

As long as you don't sit in the middle of a piste on the brow of a hill having just scrapped all the powder off the slope, then we will all get along fine! :lol: :wink:

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:20:53 GMT

snowb4ndit wrote:

As long as you don't sit in the middle of a piste on the brow of a hill having just scrapped all the powder off the slope, then we will all get along fine! :lol: :wink:

Oh come on - he's been boarding for a year, they teach you that bit in the first five minutes of beginner's boarding school! )

Welcome Ashman though !

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:24:15 GMT

Hi Ashman! Welcome to the forum and to the world of boarding (and skiing if you fancy that). I've done both for numerous years, used to board all the time but have come back from the dark side to my skis, although will be having a board day when I go to VDI next week.

What resorts have you been to so far?

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:35:26 GMT

Hi :D

So far I've been to Arinsal in Andorra. As well as the main resort there I took the cable car to Pal. It was my first experience on snow and I have to admit, I'm hooked. I think learning on the dry slope really helped my technique but I wasn't prepared for the speed!

We had a great instructor and on the third day a few of us managed to board down Cappa. I actually didn't realise at the time where we were being led, and I'm gald, because I really don't think I would have taken the lift to it if I'd known.

I was looking to go back again next month, but I'm not sure if I should try somewhere different? I hear bad things about Bulgaria.

But I think Andorra was a brilliant introduction, it was right for me.

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:12:34 GMT

Hello Ashman - when my son and daughter were at uni they went with the uni snowboard club to Les Arcs and had a brilliant time. Big fun park area.

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:34:59 GMT

Ashman wrote:Hi :D

So far I've been to Arinsal in Andorra. As well as the main resort there I took the cable car to Pal. It was my first experience on snow and I have to admit, I'm hooked. I think learning on the dry slope really helped my technique but I wasn't prepared for the speed!

We had a great instructor and on the third day a few of us managed to board down Cappa. I actually didn't realise at the time where we were being led, and I'm gald, because I really don't think I would have taken the lift to it if I'd known.

I was looking to go back again next month, but I'm not sure if I should try somewhere different? I hear bad things about Bulgaria.

But I think Andorra was a brilliant introduction, it was right for me.

I like Andorra, Soldeu is good. I'd say no to Bulgaria for all the reasons stated on other threads. There are lot's of bargains about at the moment so the skiing world is your oyster at the moment. :D

Please don't take my banter seriously, I have friends that board and my brother is a snow board instructor we all give as good as we get! :wink:

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:35:31 GMT

Ashman wrote:I was looking to go back again next month, but I'm not sure if I should try somewhere different? I hear bad things about Bulgaria.

But I think Andorra was a brilliant introduction, it was right for me.

This is totally down to personal choice. For me, there's so many places I want to visit, non-ski related too, so will very rarely choose to go back to the same place twice (I have just done exactly this but we'll ignore that). Once I'm satisfied that I've ticked enough boxes then I may settle a bit more. Saying that, if it's what you're comfortable and happy with then go for it. Bulgaria's not hugely popular on this forum but there's masses more places to look at if you decide to go somewhere different.

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:45:39 GMT

Please don't take my banter seriously, I have friends that board and my brother is a snow board instructor we all give as good as we get!

Absolutely! I took it all in good humour, so no worries :D

I'm going to wait a few more weeks and see what further deals appear, would be really good to get away from the UK this year, especially if it's ski related!

So much to choose from!

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:50:39 GMT

We've just had a long (although not as long as planned) weekend in Alpe d'Huez, we're going back at the beginning of next month...It was fabulous there, I can't wait. Got a boarder coming with us too, he's going to absolutely love the off piste opportunities.

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:25:59 GMT

Hi Ashman, welcome to the forum.

I follow caron-a's advice, and tend to try different resorts whenever possible. If you find something you really like, you can always go back later, and it will be better than before if you had a dodgy trip somewhere else first :lol:

I'm just about to do my first trip to Andorra, but I do like Italy for the friendliness of the people. France is great for huge ski areas, but I would not want to go to France during holiday periods. I can also give a massive thumbs up to Canada and Nth America. I also want to try Switzerland and Austria sometime soon.

Now you may think I'm being really general with those comments, but I guess that is the point. There are so many different resorts, and so much variety in those resorts, that at the end of the day as long as the snow is there, you should be able to have a good time wherever you go. It all comes down to personal choice.

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:26:57 GMT

I have also just come back from Alpe d'Huez. One of our party was a boarder who before hand moaned nothing in Europe is as good as Canada - he ate his words at AdH and admitted the snow there was better than Canada (though we did have a very lucky week with the weather) and said the on and off piste just as good too.

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:43:54 GMT

:D :DHeelllooooo and Bonjour

Welcome to the site/forum we are all a good bunch of harmless nutters on here , hope you enjoy all there is to offer :thumbup:

jon

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:42:51 GMT

Welcome to the magic land of J2ski :lol:

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:22:07 GMT

Hi Ash, and welcome. You've got a few years on me, I am 41 and didn't learn to ski until 2001.
Some of my buddies are boarders, although I am still trying to work out their sexual preferences )
Anyway, join in the banter on here. Its supposed to be a fun and firnedly place, although there are a few trolls and odd bodds out there too :shock:
Keep doing it :D

Re:Hello to the community

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:58:59 GMT

Glad to be here! Very friendly peeps and some helpful replies. :D