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Originally Posted by dhillon09
Where should I go to learn how to board?
I went to whistler with fam. and they're all pretty experienced ... I sucked hard and got essentially stuck on blackcomb mountain (Went upto the second stop on the gondola, as high as it'll go before its chairlifts only) and it was just brutal from the get-go. It was rewarding, I had a half decent 25-30 second run of no falling before it was all over, but near the end I was exhausted from constantly falling and getting back up.
What's a good mountain to go learn on? I have no gear besides snow pants and a waterproof jacket.
The 30 seconds of boarding I had without falling was pretty intoxicating, I wanna do it again, but it's eff-ing hard. Where to learn, revscene!?
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Bang for your buck? Seymour.
Why? Because it's cheap, the rentals are cheap, the hill is not as pretentious as cypress or grouse, and the rope tow is the most fundamental place to learn how to snowboard.
Contrary to popular belief, a rope tow will teach you the bare bare essentials on learning how to snowboard. you will not learn as quickly on a chair lift as you'll fall on your ass plenty of times getting on and off of the chair.
Will you fall on a rope tow? yep, i guarantee you will. But once you learn how to one foot slide on a snowboard, you'll be able to skoot your way towards a chair onto a chair, and also get yourself in the position towards learning the where, why and how of weight positioning.
After that? when you get the essentials down, you can take your skill to a chair, then it will be rewarding as all hell once it all transfers to you.
If you don't have access to a car, grouse is your next best option...why? it's transit accessible. a few buses to the loop and you're taking a tram to the mountain. It's not that expensive, and it's reasonably fun there as well.
Cypress is a mountain that I've found to be a fashion show hill. Where you can find people dawning the latest and greatest gear, who don't know how to snowboard all that well. But it offers you the longest runs of all the shore hills, but it comes with a price. As it is the most expensive hill to flock too.
One last thing you'd want to consider......is the willingness to want to learn. Accepting pain, and continuing to try again. And knowing when to call it quits. As you can get hurt quickly if you get tired.