Season started...

[Roon]

Time away from Bugs  lol

Now I get to hang out with the Kid.

Working out the cobwebs and should get my fat ass in shape by spring lol

[Rusty]

Great stuff!  

[rcolman018]

Awesome stuff.  I’m stating to get the feeling at any time my 13 year old asks to hang out with me is a good day! Lol

[Roon]

10 minutes ago, rcolman018 said:

Awesome stuff.  I’m stating to get the feeling at any time my 13 year old asks to hang out with me is a good day! Lol

It's a good feeling for sure,  she turns 16 next week scares the crap out of me lol😭

I've been working with her snowboarding for three years now, we've been going only a few times a year, because of prices but, this year bit the bullet. She has a job bought her own  season pass and I got one as well.

 She's  getting better gotta work on leveling out the shoulders, keeping her weight forward and pulling her knees together to bend the board to get her carving but,  hell to have a 16 year old girl that enjoys and wants to hang out with her honestly old man lol I'll take it 

[BowhunterNJ]

1 hour ago, Roon said:

pulling her knees together to bend the board to get her carving

Very cool!  She's doing great!  Hats off to you getting out there and teaching her too!  The pulling knees together is definitely a key tip I would use when I taught people.  I rode for years, had season passes to mountain creek when I went to Rutgers, rode 5-7 days a week.  Such a great time just free riding despite us living on the ice coast!  Enjoy it out there! 

[Roon]

8 hours ago, BowhunterNJ said:

Very cool!  She's doing great!  Hats off to you getting out there and teaching her too!  The pulling knees together is definitely a key tip I would use when I taught people.  I rode for years, had season passes to mountain creek when I went to Rutgers, rode 5-7 days a week.  Such a great time just free riding despite us living on the ice coast!  Enjoy it out there! 

I had season passes at Shawnee  Mountain ever since I was a kid. Once I turned like 19 and I was paying for my own passes I thought hell I could become an instructor and then go for free. It was a great gig late teens into mid-twenties. 

I started snowboarding when it was said to be a pop fizzle thing and it will be gone by next year lol. I remember going to Shawnee and only being allowed to ride certain trails on certain nights. I held off on going Blue because they were the elite with their nose in the air and said they would never allow it. We went to Blue last year for the first time and it's such a nicer Mountain off the beaten path away from the city. People that come up from route 80 staff workers and clientele. Everybody all around just seems to be a much nicer group of people than what you get right off of 80 

Not judging people. That's just how I've seen it change in my opinion over the years

[Eyesofthewoods]

Great fun!  Used to ski often growing up.  Haven’t gone since probably 24-25 years old.  Not sure if it would be like riding a bike or a mess for me lol.  I was lucky to have about 8 mountains wishing 45 minutes or so of me growing up.  Enjoy the day!

[BowhunterNJ]

47 minutes ago, Roon said:

I had season passes at Shawnee  Mountain ever since I was a kid. Once I turned like 19 and I was paying for my own passes I thought hell I could become an instructor and then go for free. It was a great gig late teens into mid-twenties. 

I started snowboarding when it was said to be a pop fizzle thing and it will be gone by next year lol. I remember going to Shawnee and only being allowed to ride certain trails on certain nights. I held off on going Blue because they were the elite with their nose in the air and said they would never allow it. We went to Blue last year for the first time and it's such a nicer Mountain off the beaten path away from the city. People that come up from route 80 staff workers and clientele. Everybody all around just seems to be a much nicer group of people than what you get right off of 80 

Not judging people. That's just how I've seen it change in my opinion over the years

Oh I remember mountains in the "never allow" group.  Skiers hating snowboarders haha.  It sure changed a lot over the years.  

I've rode at Shawnee a bunch.   Only been to Blue a couple times but a very nice mountain.  I'm sure some day you guys will head up to VT and she will see what long east coast runs are about.  Hard to go there and come back down here haha

[vdep217]

Used to go to Bellaire every year.  Gonna try n bring kids this year.  But I ski.  I tried snow boarding once spent half the day on my butt.  Traded back to skies

[Roon]

1 hour ago, vdep217 said:

Used to go to Bellaire every year.  Gonna try n bring kids this year.  But I ski.  I tried snow boarding once spent half the day on my butt.  Traded back to skies

The initial sucks. I agree. When I first started 45 minutes to get down, one Hill. Said I'll never do that. Kept on skiing. Friend of mine kept that snowboarding halfway through the season. He was ripping down the hill. I said screw this spent the last half of the season learning to snowboard haven't touched a set of skis since that was back in 1990

[Cousin Brown]

awesome