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13-07-2001 10:55am#1I'm thinking about a snowboarding holiday cause I've never been on a real holiday and I hate the sun (a true nerd!).
I'll have about £1000 at the end of the summer as a bonus for (hopefully) a job well done so I reckon I'd need to start organising now.
So, who's been? DeV, I know you have. Where's good to go to? What sort of cost? Will a fat man like me kill himself on a slope? Will my long hair help my control (like a cheetah's tail)?
All the best!
Dav
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I've been twice, to the cheapest snowboarding destinations around, Andorra and Bulgaria, Andorra is much more family oriented, but has wide easier runs which are more accesible.. decent snow coverage and occasional powder as well.
If you want a good resort though with excellent conditions and facilities go for the French Alps, I was there sking a while back and was brilliant.
Oh you'd definitly want to get lessons if your in anyway balance impaired (as I am), I didn't and while it took quicker to get used to it than it did sking, I ended up on my **** much more and stopping is hella hard, next time I go I'll be getting them so I can enjoy it a bit more.
November to March is the off-peak season, but try and go for January at some stage, not the cheapest during that season but your guaranteed good powder (although Bulgaria was a ice rink when i was there, not good).
Rent your gear (clotheswise, Great Outdoors is great for this) and get your lift-passes/ski/snowboard hire sorted (usually with the package anyway) before you go, usually a lot cheaper that way.
Most important thing is sunglasses (honestly) due to sunglare (I lost mine half way down before and my eyes were killing me for ages) .. make sure you've a good plastic pair that won't fly off and can take a little bit of damage
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Will a fat man like me kill himself on a slope?
Nah.. but you'll plough quite a number of kids out of it on the way down, and in the end thats a good thing
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Andorra is pretty good for a holiday if you're beginning and if the party side is what's important. It's pretty wild, as long as you pick the right place, Soldeu being the best. Drink costs practically nothing, and the concept of a measure is unheard of. Down side is - there isn't a huge ski area and on a bad snow year conditions can be ****e.
Best place I've been to was Kitsbuhel in Austria. Manic partying, great apres ski, and a great big ski area. Close to the town too so not much walking to the lifts.
Also been to Chamonix, a bit overrated I thought. Great big ski area, but a lot of it you have to get the bus back and forth. Which is a pain. Apres and partying wasn't great either.
This year we went to Sauze D'Oulx. Hugely overrated!! But the boarding was absolutely amazing. It helped that we had 2 feet of powder halfway through the week.
Next year an epic three week trip to whistler in Canada. Yeehar!!!
Soldeu is a good introduction to the whole thing. Do take lessons, it's easier. And be prepared to fall on out ass constantly for 3 days. But after that things start to come together.
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Thanks a million all of you - Tom, I'll talk to you off-line at some stage.
All the best!
Dav
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So Bob Hoskins was about to roll a spliff when in walks Dana with her 3 foot Bong
[honey i] violated [the kids]
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Dev yes!! Livigno rocks! I was there for a week in march, the whole package cost about 500 quid (flights/accoms/gear/liftpass/instruction) and the food is really cheap. It's also a duty-free town so there's some great bargains. I mate of mine came back with a new digital camera and I brought back about 6 litres of booze and a shedload of swiss chocolate
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Karn have you been snowboarding befor ?
if you have not you might think of doing a few lessions befor going just so you do not waste time when you get there with learning too much of the basic stuff, just might give you a few more hours out on the real stuff
killternen just out side of dublin do it 4 lessions about 3 hours each on sundays. not nearly as nice as real snow but.
it does not cost too much.
Coyote
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Next year an epic three week trip to whistler in Canada. Yeehar!!!</font>
Oh you total ******* TU154, I hate you!
I boarded the Rockies in Utah last year. They have great big Las Vegas-like signs saying "The Greatest Snow On Earth" and they aint kidding. 6 days of perfect powder.
On Livigno, yeah, its the best EU place I've seen. Centralised, great wide slopes (so you dont crash into the sides ). lots of Blues and reds for beginners/intermediates but only two blacks which limits it for more experienced riders, still, theres TONS to muck about with there.
The only down side to Livigno is that the night life is a bit sparse, but its good all the same. And its a 4 hours coach ride up from the airport which sucks. Hard.
But the place itself is excellent.
DeV.
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Oh yeah, the boarding questions
1. You shouldnt have much problem staying on the board. Its not like surfing, its a bit more like skateboarding with more speed control.
2. Do NOT go to the artifical slopes unless you are getting leasons there. And even then consider it carefully. Its very very dangerous stuff on a board. (you can bust wrists, knock yourself out and generally ruin your holiday before you ever get there).
3. The good news is that with a little smarts and some good equipment it is exceptionally hard to hurt yourself on a board. In 7 years of boarding I've been hospitalised once and injured enough to miss the next day once.
The first was my own stupidity trying to wipe my DNA from the gene pool. Lets just say I took a jump I thought was about 4 foot which turn out to be 8 foot with a lip on the edge for some added in-flight circular motion. *whump*.
If you are smart and dont go off piste its hard to do any serious damage to yourself. Except your pride of course
DeV.
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hmmm
I thought about that training before I go and then thought that it's harder than snow and probably more painful when I fall over a bit. I like snow - it can be hard, but it's a soft kind of hard
Anyway, once again - thanks for the tips!
All the best!
Dav
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So Bob Hoskins was about to roll a spliff when in walks Dana with her 3 foot Bong
[honey i] violated [the kids]
When the Beefy King arrives, I shall be paying homage with Puunack The Receiver in a haze of green curry.0 -
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