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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: tunnie on 18 April 2008, 20:44:31
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Snowboarding day!
Spent the whole day at MK Xscape snowboarding.
Never been before, was so suprised at how fast i took it up. the start you off face backwards, and holding in on the 'toe' edge, and control you decent.
Before i knew it i was zig zagging down, in different directions.
Had a fantastic time!
Towards the end, moved on to S bends and stuff, but on my LAST run down i over-cooked it and took too much speed, had a BIG crash. Now i have a lump on my right wrist, and it hurts like mad >:(
Still best money i have spent to date, i am going back!!!
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Think there is one called Snowdome thats supposed to be good too..... :y
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Cool!.....I`m envious Tunnie; `though if I tried it, there`d be added comedic-value for everyone else `watching me make a total-pratt out myself; falling over ALL the time!....a natural skier?....NOT! ;D
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Cool!.....I`m envious Tunnie; `though if I tried it, there`d be added comedic-value for everyone else `watching me make a total-pratt out myself; falling over ALL the time!....a natural skier?....NOT! ;D
I saw people training for Skiiing too, looked a lot harder.
Within 2 hours i had picked it up, and could control my decent down the slop.
Debs highly recommned, xscape in MK :y
Real snow, fantasic fun. Such a sense of achivement when you link turns and stuff together.
I got an awards thing, it said i got to Level 4, and there are 6 levels, so dead chufffed with that on my first go!
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Give us a shout next time and we'll have a mini-oof meet.
I think I'll go for the skis though.
Kevin
EDIT: Then again, £150 for a DAY? :o Thought I'd missed a decimal point first time round.
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sounds like you might have good natural balance ,which should be a help when you get a bike :y
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Great fun isn't it! ;)
A few of us went to the xscape at Bawheid Braehead last year for my mates stag day.
Never been before because I've been a bit scared as I have previously damaged my crucate ligaments in both knees and I didn't want to exasterbate the damage.
Definatley glad I went though.
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Give us a shout next time and we'll have a mini-oof meet.
I think I'll go for the skis though.
Kevin
EDIT: Then again, £150 for a DAY? :o Thought I'd missed a decimal point first time round.
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He runs a Miggy, Kevin. That's perceived as dirt cheap. :D
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Give us a shout next time and we'll have a mini-oof meet.
I think I'll go for the skis though.
Kevin
EDIT: Then again, £150 for a DAY? :o Thought I'd missed a decimal point first time round.
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He runs a Miggy, Kevin. That's perceived as dirt cheap. :D
It's not being perceived as cheap where I'm sitting. Mind you, turning half of Milton Keynes into a cold store comes at a cost, I guess. :-/
Kevin
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Give us a shout next time and we'll have a mini-oof meet.
I think I'll go for the skis though.
Kevin
EDIT: Then again, £150 for a DAY? :o Thought I'd missed a decimal point first time round.
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He runs a Miggy, Kevin. That's perceived as dirt cheap. :D
;D ;D
Well that was with a trainer all day! We had 2 instructors between 7 of us for the morning. Then just 1 after lunch
Its about £10/15 an hour once you go back and can be ok on you own.
I caused major problems at the ski lift, they are not designed for snowboarders, i managed to get the pole in my crotch.... oo errr Mrs.
It started to pull me up but i slipped out, with no forward power, i just went slide backwards and crashed into people ;D
Can you Skii then Kevin?
I plan to go back very soon, and have a 2 hour Level 4 lesson.
There is a learner slop and that had loads of Ski trianing too.
Resembled a bond film, them all lined up, shuffling along, could easily take them all out! ;D
I was dead chuffed with how easily i took up ballancing on the board, after lunch, standing up, coming to a stop was not a problem.
I just need to do my turns faster!
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Can you Skii then Kevin?
I can get by. Been on quite a few skiing holidays but probably need to work on my fitness before going again. If you've been bitten by the bug I strongly recommend a trip to the Canadian rockies next winter. :y
Kevin
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Every year I plan to go sking again and then the season comes round and I decide I cant aford it and have no one to go with. :( :(
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Can you Skii then Kevin?
I can get by. Been on quite a few skiing holidays but probably need to work on my fitness before going again. If you've been bitten by the bug I strongly recommend a trip to the Canadian rockies next winter. :y
Kevin
I do hear Canada is the place to go!
Expensive to get there, but cheap once you are there.
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I agree with Kevin, Canadian Rockies are great, most North American resorts are excellent.
Big wide trails, good value accomodations, lift ticket deals and very friendly resort personnel. Most resorts have guided tours of their terrain for all levels - most are free.
I can recomend Silver Star and Big White in Canada plus Breckenridge and Winter Park in the US.
If I can help let me know.
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Yep. Been to the alps before but it's exactly as you said. Up in the ski resorts every restaurant, shop, etc. adds a 100% markup to their prices and you spend the whole holiday getting sh@fted.
In Canada the prices for eating out, etc. are normal Canadian prices - so dirt cheap by our standards. The weather is also more dependable and the resorts are less crowded meaning you don't spend ages queueing for a lift.
The couple of times I've been I've stayed in Banff which is 1 1/2 hours or so from Calgary so easy to get to, and there are 4 very good ski resorts a bus ride away.
Kevin
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I agree with Kevin, Canadian Rockies are great, most North American resorts are excellent.
Big wide trails, good value accomodations, lift ticket deals and very friendly resort personnel. Most resorts have guided tours of their terrain for all levels - most are free.
I can recomend Silver Star and Big White in Canada plus Breckenridge and Winter Park in the US.
If I can help let me know.
Sounds good, it seams snowboarding gear over in the states in the same amount in $ as it is here in £.
So when i go, tempted to buy loads of gear too. First thing on my list for here though is a jacket, and some decent gloves.
In the "Session" rental prices at MK, board and boots are included. But jacket and gloves are not, so time to get those first i think.
Already got some trousers, in a sale. Was £109.99 reduced to £20 :o
Plain blue "No Fear" ones, with vents, very impressed, kept me the right temp the whole time on the slop, and no water got in.
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You don't really need to go mad on equipment. A decent jacket is a good idea, and some trousers / salapettes. Under that you just need a few layers - tracksuit bottoms and a tea shirt with maybe a sweater above that will cover you for the worst of the cold. Often I've ended up skiing in just a tea shirt under my jacket. You're moving around so you don't get cold unless you end up on a chair lift on the shady side of the mountain.
You see the "fashion victims" with all the gear but I don't give a damn what I look like. I normally try to go quick enough that no-one notices. [smiley=evil.gif]
Gloves, goggles and a hat and neck scarf are a must.
For skiing, getting a pair of boots can be more comfortable than using hired ones, once they've shaped to your feet, but not sure for a board. Probably worth figuring out if it's something you're going to do regularly first.
Kevin
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You don't really need to go mad on equipment. A decent jacket is a good idea, and some trousers / salapettes. Under that you just need a few layers - tracksuit bottoms and a tea shirt with maybe a sweater above that will cover you for the worst of the cold. Often I've ended up skiing in just a tea shirt under my jacket. You're moving around so you don't get cold unless you end up on a chair lift on the shady side of the mountain.
You see the "fashion victims" with all the gear but I don't give a damn what I look like. I normally try to go quick enough that no-one notices. [smiley=evil.gif]
Gloves, goggles and a hat and neck scarf are a must.
For skiing, getting a pair of boots can be more comfortable than using hired ones, once they've shaped to your feet, but not sure for a board. Probably worth figuring out if it's something you're going to do regularly first.
Kevin
I'll give you a shout next time i head out there.
I will keep to hired board and boots for now, just get a jacket, gloves :y
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I would add a small back pack to the list of stuff. Apart from discarded clothes from when you are too hot that is where you carry your daily chocolate supply!!
One of my few regrets in life is that I never took to the slopes in my teens. Skiing/Snowboarding is just great. We have Sierra Nevada slopes an hour and a half from our place but our fitness levels are now rubbish. I bet Canada is just great.
We used to go to Tamworth Snowdome before a skiing holiday to get the body ready............ Great place, far better than the dry slopes like the one at Sheffield. If you go on a holiday make sure you get tuition - one or two sessions every day. On one of ours the tutor had us all skiing backwards down an entire run. To this day I have never seen anyone else intentionally skiing backwards (other than a tutor watching his class), balance i guess.
varche
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I would add a small back pack to the list of stuff. Apart from discarded clothes from when you are too hot that is where you carry your daily chocolate supply!!
One of my few regrets in life is that I never took to the slopes in my teens. Skiing/Snowboarding is just great. We have Sierra Nevada slopes an hour and a half from our place but our fitness levels are now rubbish. I bet Canada is just great.
We used to go to Tamworth Snowdome before a skiing holiday to get the body ready............ Great place, far better than the dry slopes like the one at Sheffield. If you go on a holiday make sure you get tuition - one or two sessions every day. On one of ours the tutor had us all skiing backwards down an entire run. To this day I have never seen anyone else intentionally skiing backwards (other than a tutor watching his class), balance i guess.
varche
Thanks, good advice.
Is Sierra Nevada seasonal? take it you can't go boarding in the summer there?
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Very seasonal with being so far south in Europe. Really between Jan and March to be on the safe side. There is snow on the northern most slopes of the mountains through to early summer but that is higher than the slopes of the resort.
I've never seen any packages but presume they fly into Granada airport which is about 6 miles West of the city centre. The slopes are half an hours drive up a wonderful scenic road from the city centre. Building of the world's longest gondola cable car link is due to start shortly. It will be something like 19 or 23 km long and link the resort hotels with the city and further hotel capacity. It has got so popular that you have to be there early in a morning if arriving by car!
varche