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First time on skiboards wow!
First quick background, I'm a pretty athletic outdoor guy, climbing, mountain biking, running, rollerblading for fitness etc.
I'd dabbled a very few times with skis over the years, always feeling discouraged over how much time it seemed would be required to get past being a blatant beginner. I'm in SoCal so it's not like I can walk out my door to jump on skis.
Finally I decided I was going to have to invest the time to get good on skis, driven by a desire to use them in the sierra backcountry eventually.
When reading a mountaineering book a gentleman mentioned about using rossignol free ventures as approach skis....that was all I needed
I investigated those, which now seem to effectively be these
http://www.stc-swiss.ch/
discovered similar skis like hagan nanooks, that led to similar models and learning about skiboards in general. They sounded perfect, fast learning curve, lighter, great for those with skating background.
I picked up a pair of Summit Nomads with release bindings and some Hagan Nanooks (they come with bindings and skins).
Shortly after I discovered this site, and after posting a quick question on how to center the boot over the ski, immediately answered (thanks again)!
http://www.skiboardsonline.com/vbull...6652#post96652
and soaking up as much as I could from all the great info here, as well as studying and printing much of the new rider faq....
I was off to Mammoth for two days, on probably one of the best weekends in years up there.
All I can say is the skiboards surpassed my wildest expectations, and everything I've read about them was quite true for me!!
I was able to immediately ski, skate and use them quite handily. On the first day I had no problem going down blue/black runs, and probably could have done a black diamond if I'd wanted to. I had very few falls and was pleasantly surprised to find even those were a bit better than with skis do to the shortness of the boards.
I am so stoked! And can't wait to get further into the sport.
I'm already eyeing some Revolt 105s w. release bindings, as a possible new all mountain board (I am 6ft 155 lbs).
I'm also considering still another sierra backcountry board that I can do some Touring on, since I suspect my 99cm hagan nanooks aren't going to work so well in the kind of deep powder I want to get into.
That one's more of a toughy to choose since I want an AT like binding and something that ideally can fit in other skiers' skinning tracks, maybe Summitt 110s with Frtischi Freeride Bindings, not sure if they'll handle pow well enough though.
Anyway getting off track, main thing I wanted to say was thank you so much! for this site, and to the helpful forum members.
I'd dabbled a very few times with skis over the years, always feeling discouraged over how much time it seemed would be required to get past being a blatant beginner. I'm in SoCal so it's not like I can walk out my door to jump on skis.
Finally I decided I was going to have to invest the time to get good on skis, driven by a desire to use them in the sierra backcountry eventually.
When reading a mountaineering book a gentleman mentioned about using rossignol free ventures as approach skis....that was all I needed
I investigated those, which now seem to effectively be these
http://www.stc-swiss.ch/
discovered similar skis like hagan nanooks, that led to similar models and learning about skiboards in general. They sounded perfect, fast learning curve, lighter, great for those with skating background.
I picked up a pair of Summit Nomads with release bindings and some Hagan Nanooks (they come with bindings and skins).
Shortly after I discovered this site, and after posting a quick question on how to center the boot over the ski, immediately answered (thanks again)!
http://www.skiboardsonline.com/vbull...6652#post96652
and soaking up as much as I could from all the great info here, as well as studying and printing much of the new rider faq....
I was off to Mammoth for two days, on probably one of the best weekends in years up there.
All I can say is the skiboards surpassed my wildest expectations, and everything I've read about them was quite true for me!!
I was able to immediately ski, skate and use them quite handily. On the first day I had no problem going down blue/black runs, and probably could have done a black diamond if I'd wanted to. I had very few falls and was pleasantly surprised to find even those were a bit better than with skis do to the shortness of the boards.
I am so stoked! And can't wait to get further into the sport.
I'm already eyeing some Revolt 105s w. release bindings, as a possible new all mountain board (I am 6ft 155 lbs).
I'm also considering still another sierra backcountry board that I can do some Touring on, since I suspect my 99cm hagan nanooks aren't going to work so well in the kind of deep powder I want to get into.
That one's more of a toughy to choose since I want an AT like binding and something that ideally can fit in other skiers' skinning tracks, maybe Summitt 110s with Frtischi Freeride Bindings, not sure if they'll handle pow well enough though.
Anyway getting off track, main thing I wanted to say was thank you so much! for this site, and to the helpful forum members.
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