Re: OOT snowboarders - help me get started
...as someone who was in the same situation last year... (I may be a better skier, actually)...
rent. Rent a helmet. Get padding. You will fall.. a lot. Unlike in skiing, where you normally fall to one side or the other, snowboarding - you will fall on your face or your back/ass/head.
I thought I should be a hardass and forego all the safety equip. Bad idea. I should have considered that I live in WI, and the "snow" was more like ice. I had bruises all up and down my back. I landed hard on my arm - which was trying to protect my ribs... it didn't work, and my ribs were bruised for ages.
all in all.. I plan on doing it again. But I think I'll head to the mountain with some pain meds.
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