I agree. I feel 'boarding is a lot better on my knees (my left has hardly any cartilage left and can't bend past 90) than alpine skiing as I get older. The shock from impacts is a lot less as you're doing slower-speed side-to-side carving against snow vs. going downhill and hitting bumps straight-on. Unless you're doing parallel GS'sFXECUTIVE said:You should try to board again. It took me about 3-4 full days to get the hang of it and now I can go anywhere I want without fear. Except the terrain parks, got hurt there, ruined some gear and will skip those now. I prefer back country tree runs. Oh...and I always wear my helmet.
johnmax said:Me and the Mrs have been boarding for 14+years. Unfortunately stuck on the east coast. We may make the trip to Whistler again this year. We have been to alot of places: Colorado (Vail, Breck, Beaver Creek), Utah (everywhere they let us"rebels"), Italy (Cormayeur, Pila), Switzerland. I must say that Whistler Blackcomb is the best we've been to. Europe was good, but too far. Don't know if we are going to go in Feb or March yet. Maybe I'll see one of ya on Mount Snow, Killington, or Okemo one of these weekends. Now to paraphrase one of our members, lets Pray4Sno! (especially here in the east :? ).
Man y'all get to go to all these exotic places...johnmax said:Heard about Tremblant. I don't know if it can compete with the amount of snow that they out there. We were also tinking of trying Mt Tremblant out.
GeoFX, don't forget Deer Valley and Alta in Utah. None of our kind allowed there either :x .
I just spent three weeks working in SLC last month. A coworker and I did a couple of five hour hikes (Mt. Grandieur, and some other peak I forget the name of...I'll post a pic later). They had knee high snow in the beginning of Nov. I've only skiied at Snowbird there (about five yrs ago)...waist deep powder was fantastic.GeoFX said:Man y'all get to go to all these exotic places...johnmax said:Heard about Tremblant. I don't know if it can compete with the amount of snow that they out there. We were also tinking of trying Mt Tremblant out.
GeoFX, don't forget Deer Valley and Alta in Utah. None of our kind allowed there either :x .
Never been to Utah in the winter. Pretty decent snow? Are they all up in the Wasatch's near SLC?
I've done both...Gstaad, St. Moritz, and a few others. Personally, I loved both countries, but found that Austria offered nearly the same value for significantly less cost compared to Switzerland. That said, it's been more than a dozen years since I've been to either of them.FXECUTIVE said:Must be nice, I'm lucky to head west once a year. Pics above are at Breck. Chile huh.....have to check that out after switzerland. Also heard Austria is nice, anyone know 'bout that?