I've been skiing once or twice my whole life. Being from Long Island there aren't many mountains i guess to go. Now that I'm upstate I would love to go try snowboarding. I've done it once, but the one time i went i was so frustrated in the process I just gave up and went back to skiing. The thing with skiing is that its a lot easier to go down the mountain by going to side to side rather then straight down. I learned that my first time as i just went flying down the mountain while no one told me how to stop. Once you get the hang of it though, skiing is a lot of fun.
On the few trips we went to in PA for skiing/snowboarding, my parents would always go cross country skiing which i found very boring. Just going on flat ground using every muscle in your body not even to go at a decent speed wasn't all that much fun. This is when I tried skiing down the mountain and found out that it was a fun sport to do. Snowboarding was the next step that I tried and the standing up part wasn't all that tough it was the turning and stopping. Stopping to me, just felt impossible and I would just fall down every time.
This is why I'm so determined to get back on the board and try snowboarding again, but taking it slow. I want to learn all the basics then just hopping on a hill or mountain and going all out like my first time. It seems like a really fun sport to do, and as long as I'm up here I want to experience it.
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ive been skiing once, greatest worse experience ever. i did a 360 going down hill and thought my life was over. it was a lot of fun though and i would def go again, and i would love to try snow boarding.
you should take a PE class that meets at Greek Peak once a week during the spring semester.
a ton of beginners go to Greek every winter and get addicted to the sport of snowboarding. Greek Peak prides itself on teaching beginners to love riding and skiing. The ski/ride school has some quality athletes as teachers and you will no doubt have a good time. you'll be in a class with kids that are just starting out, so you'll have a team to learn with, and learn from.
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