A day of Snowboarding in Alaska

907golfer12 · Mar 24, 2009

So on saturday my best friend and I spent a few hours up at a local mountain and he took some pictures of me riding that day.

Now I don't race, I'm more of a slopestyle guy. But I haven't snowboarded in a few months, so I couldn't land anything but rails that day. But It was a fun day none the less.

Here are some of the pictures from the day:

Pulling a 180 off a small hit

Tail press on a rail

Massive hit, was going for the nose grab

Hiking one of the good hits

Ate it hard

I was on my butt a lot

907golfer12 · Mar 25, 2009

No love for snowboarding?

julie_m · Mar 26, 2009

Aw, those last two are funny! Sorry, I've never snowboarded myself, but the folks I know who do really enjoy it.

dynarider · Mar 26, 2009

I like snowboarding but am horrible at it. Lucky if I can stay upright for 40'. Prefer my ski's which I am fairly proficient on.

907golfer12 · Mar 26, 2009

dynarider said:
I like snowboarding but am horrible at it. Lucky if I can stay upright for 40'. Prefer my ski's which I am fairly proficient on.

I ski as well, and I'm a slopestyle guy there too. I will say I'm better at skiing, but I enjoy snowboarding more.

julie_m said:
Aw, those last two are funny! Sorry, I've never snowboarded myself, but the folks I know who do really enjoy it.

I don't know what was up with me, I couldn't land anything so I was on my butt all day long. We're going again on Friday or Saturday, going to get better pictures when I can actually land something.

*EDIT* All my friends say that the second to last picture looks like it hurt really bad, but surprisingly it didn't.

worst_shot_ever · Mar 26, 2009

I've invested so much time and money in skiing that I've been unwilling to spend my limited amount of mountain time picking up snowboarding. That said, I have tons of friends who love it and have been doing it since the early 90s. One of my buddies is a former member of the Rossi alpine race team. That was about 15 years ago, but to watch him carve still is a thing of beauty.

907golfer12 · Mar 26, 2009

worst_shot_ever said:
I've invested so much time and money in skiing that I've been unwilling to spend my limited amount of mountain time picking up snowboarding. That said, I have tons of friends who love it and have been doing it since the early 90s. One of my buddies is a former member of the Rossi alpine race team. That was about 15 years ago, but to watch him carve still is a thing of beauty.

I'm that way with skiing as well, 2 or 3 years ago I was like the best slopestyle skier in Alaska. I couldn't go as far as back flips, but I used to be able to pull 540's and 720's. But lately I've gotten more into snowboarding, and my normal ski money has gone to a new board and lift tickets.