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Title: just had this text from france
Post by: Richie London on 17 January 2011, 19:03:52
mates are in france snowboarding, 1 of them took off a bit too much and didnt land very well.


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Title: Re: just had this text from france
Post by: hercules on 17 January 2011, 19:11:23
yer see,you play these silly games and you get hurt...its much safer in the bar
Title: Re: just had this text from france
Post by: Richie London on 17 January 2011, 19:14:17
i told them there too old to play this stuff, there 40 now not kids. just told me hes ok and will be back on the snow tomorrow  ;D ;D
Title: Re: just had this text from france
Post by: Richie London on 17 January 2011, 19:15:09
least there getting a bit of sun  :)
Title: Re: just had this text from france
Post by: tidla on 18 January 2011, 00:34:12
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yer see,you play these silly games and you get hurt...its much safer in the bar

now theres a recipe for disaster. coming out the bar at 5.30pm for the last half a mile down hill in the dark.!
Title: Re: just had this text from france
Post by: Richie London on 18 January 2011, 09:00:58
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yer see,you play these silly games and you get hurt...its much safer in the bar

now theres a recipe for disaster. coming out the bar at 5.30pm for the last half a mile down hill in the dark.!

now that could be fun  :)
Title: Re: just had this text from france
Post by: tunnie on 18 January 2011, 09:37:42
I snowboard.... actually booze does help! But, not too much. Its about being smooth with your turns, pint or two does soften you up and you absorb the rough sections better.

I've had a few bad crashes where I had to sit for 10 mins to recover, but its all good fun!

Snowboarding has less injures than Skiing generally cause your locked into the one board, less broken legs and such.

The views, air, its all quite stunning, me in the Alps last year:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Snowboarding/DSC145647.jpg)
Title: Re: just had this text from france
Post by: aaronjb on 18 January 2011, 10:00:25
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I snowboard.... actually booze does help! But, not too much. Its about being smooth with your turns, pint or two does soften you up and you absorb the rough sections better.

I used to find the same with Windsurfing - cruise over to the wet bar, have a couple and cruise back. The cruise back was always much faster  ;D

(Think a board would just flat out sink with me standing on it, now, sadly!)
Title: Re: just had this text from france
Post by: tunnie on 18 January 2011, 10:09:57
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I snowboard.... actually booze does help! But, not too much. Its about being smooth with your turns, pint or two does soften you up and you absorb the rough sections better.

I used to find the same with Windsurfing - cruise over to the wet bar, have a couple and cruise back. The cruise back was always much faster  ;D

(Think a board would just flat out sink with me standing on it, now, sadly!)

With snowboarding I have the opposite problem, big feet = wider than normal board, but I'm tall and don't weigh that much. So its harder to turn, my problem is i don't tend to get low enough or bend knees enough to get low and really put some power in the turns.

Booze + impact shorts help, as crashing does not hurt!  ;D
Title: Re: just had this text from france
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 18 January 2011, 10:10:49
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I snowboard.... actually booze does help! But, not too much. Its about being smooth with your turns, pint or two does soften you up and you absorb the rough sections better.

I've had a few bad crashes where I had to sit for 10 mins to recover, but its all good fun!

Snowboarding has less injures than Skiing generally cause your locked into the one board, less broken legs and such.

The views, air, its all quite stunning, me in the Alps last year:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Snowboarding/DSC145647.jpg

Looks good T. 8-) :y
Title: Re: just had this text from france
Post by: PhilRich on 18 January 2011, 12:25:52
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I snowboard.... actually booze does help! But, not too much. Its about being smooth with your turns, pint or two does soften you up and you absorb the rough sections better.

I've had a few bad crashes where I had to sit for 10 mins to recover, but its all good fun!

Snowboarding has less injures than Skiing generally cause your locked into the one board, less broken legs and such.

The views, air, its all quite stunning, me in the Alps last year:

(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Snowboarding/DSC145647.jpg)






I've said it before & i'll say it again Mark, Youth is wasted on the young!  ;D ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: just had this text from france
Post by: Hannah Judes Dad on 18 January 2011, 15:57:23
Judging by the picture you now know how to get your knee down in the corners !  :y Not as easy on the GS  :)