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The meetup at Big Boulder on 3/14 was my last day out this season. It was a lot of fun and a great way to end things. I'm now done in FL visiting family, and with all the pictures and video of the NH meet showing up, I got thinking about the season in general. I've only been skiboarding for three season now, and I've gotten a bit better each time. My understanding of the sport has grown, and my skills have improved. I decided to dig up a thread that I started at the beginning of the season and see how well I met my goals. That thread is here:
http://www.skiboardsonline.com/vbull...t=goals+season
I didn't meet all my goals, but in a way I think I grew more in the sport than I anticipated. I didn't get to ride all of my boards, but I did ride most of them. The only pairs I've yet to ride are my Canon Easyrider 75's, Line Bullets 95's, Line Weapons, and Line Pro 98's. I did ride all the others for at least part of a day, and I'm hoping to get reviews up on all of them at some point. I didn't really improve my fakie carving all that much (anyone up at NH can attest to that lol), and my jumping stopped several weeks before the end of the season after a fairly scary 30ft backflop at Bear Creek. I did, however, manage to improve on boxes and rails, and I now do no approach them with such fear as I once did. Many thanks to Talon for helping me in that regard. As far as getting others into the sport and getting out and riding as much as possible, I think I did rather well. I handed out a much of the SBOL cards to people, got about seven new people on skiboards for the first time (including my immediate family) and had many good conversations with people about the sport. With the rather unexpected layoffs at my job, I had lots of time to get out on the slopes, which I took advantage of. For the first time, I actually can't remember how many times I was out this past season.
The biggest things for me though, were the meetups. The Jay Jam was a awesome experience. Meeting everyone in person was very cool, and I really enjoyed watching others skiboard and seeing all the individual styles. Not to mention the insane amount of fun that I had on the Condors. The US Open at Ragged Mountain was probably my highlight of the season. It was really amazing to actually be able to compete in an organized event, and I'm seriously addicted to skiboardercross now. Again, hanging out with everyone was a lot of fun, and seeing the guys throwing down in the slopestyle competition in person was very very cool.
So, even though I didn't meet all the my goals, I feel that my season was a success, and I'd be interested to see how others did. Take a look at what your goals were and let us know how you did and what your highlights were.
http://www.skiboardsonline.com/vbull...t=goals+season
I didn't meet all my goals, but in a way I think I grew more in the sport than I anticipated. I didn't get to ride all of my boards, but I did ride most of them. The only pairs I've yet to ride are my Canon Easyrider 75's, Line Bullets 95's, Line Weapons, and Line Pro 98's. I did ride all the others for at least part of a day, and I'm hoping to get reviews up on all of them at some point. I didn't really improve my fakie carving all that much (anyone up at NH can attest to that lol), and my jumping stopped several weeks before the end of the season after a fairly scary 30ft backflop at Bear Creek. I did, however, manage to improve on boxes and rails, and I now do no approach them with such fear as I once did. Many thanks to Talon for helping me in that regard. As far as getting others into the sport and getting out and riding as much as possible, I think I did rather well. I handed out a much of the SBOL cards to people, got about seven new people on skiboards for the first time (including my immediate family) and had many good conversations with people about the sport. With the rather unexpected layoffs at my job, I had lots of time to get out on the slopes, which I took advantage of. For the first time, I actually can't remember how many times I was out this past season.
The biggest things for me though, were the meetups. The Jay Jam was a awesome experience. Meeting everyone in person was very cool, and I really enjoyed watching others skiboard and seeing all the individual styles. Not to mention the insane amount of fun that I had on the Condors. The US Open at Ragged Mountain was probably my highlight of the season. It was really amazing to actually be able to compete in an organized event, and I'm seriously addicted to skiboardercross now. Again, hanging out with everyone was a lot of fun, and seeing the guys throwing down in the slopestyle competition in person was very very cool.
So, even though I didn't meet all the my goals, I feel that my season was a success, and I'd be interested to see how others did. Take a look at what your goals were and let us know how you did and what your highlights were.
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