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We have snow here 😀 I've had a handful of snowboard lessons at a local dry slope but after having got myself sorted for boots, board and bindings for a fiver (a fiver!) I'm itching to actually have a go on proper snow. How much is enough? We've got about 7cm here now and a couple of decent hills I can have a go on local-ish.
You can board on a couple of cm of snow.
But when you catch an edge on a bit of frozen mud you’ll find out just how hard frozen mud under a thin layer of snow is pretty quick.
I know this from experience.
As above, you'll find that your board pulls the snow up. It's do-able but not great, tufts of grass will their presence felt. Are you linking turns yet? heel/toe sliding and falling leaf should be fine.
Been skiing in the Peak District a few times on snow that was about 15cm. This if course has big tufts of grass, rocks and other stuff underneath.
Have a go and let us know how you get on?
It will be shit ... you want a proper base for decent snowboarding ....
It will probably put you off for life ...
BTW, I did used to live in the alps
Do it. local hilly parks are good as the grass is nice and flat, if we ever get snow in the midlands there's a steep golf course in one of the parks that is always popular with the sledgers.
I can link turns (just!) I've just been over the road from our house to some noddy slopes on the playing fields and boarded (ridden?) on snow for the first time- woo hoo! 😀 Off to a slightly bigger hill later on this afternoon...
Do dry slopes close when it snows?
You’ll be fine, just concentrate on doing small jumps or presses with the board flat. Avoid carving turns.
BTW, I did used to live in Scotland. 😉
It won't be shit at all when you're learning! It'll be excellent practice for learning turns n stuff. Then when you get on proper snow those techniques will all go out the window and you'll just surf baby 🙂
As my instructor once said (ooh, must add this to the film quotes thread!) - "Don't think feeeel" 😀
Yes, I am a proper n00b. It's been about 18 months since our lessons on the dry slope and to put it in bike terms I'm basically using a pair of £5 Vans from a charity shop and riding an old but perfectly serviceable bike that a friend gave me because he was going to chuck it out anyway 😆
Decent base here
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It’ll be ok unless you start gouging your board base on rocks/stones etc.
Dry slopes are rubbish when it snows - everyman and his dog thinks its going to be like the Alps the reality is that once the snow is pushed out of the way its slower than usual as the water sprayers will be frozen.