Skiing/Snowboarding Questions

[mooby]

Oh man, I do love snowboarding now. Just got back home today and the worst part of the whole trip, besides driving in the mountain roads of the boonies most of the way there, was only being able to stay there a day while we boarded. It is so completely epic, I can't wait until I can get enough money saved up to take a real vacation and spend a few days there. When I started this morning, I was semi-decent at steering and stopping and everything, but by the time me and my friends left I was good enough to take the beginners' ski lift up to an actual run, not just the side area where we were practicing most of the day at. I've still got to get a few things down, like my stopping and steering, while okay for a beginner aren't really anything to brag about, and the thing I struggle with the most is being able to get back up and stand up and get ready to go after a spill. I took the class and busted my ass a lot today, but my final 3 runs of the day I didn't fall once and I was able to get some decent speed going while going down a nice grade.

Can't wait to go back and just keep getting better at it. Now I need to invest in some snow pants lol, I tried finding some at a Walmart in VA but couldn't find any and once we were in WVA it was like 95% boonies and small deserted looking towns from there. The ones they had at the shop were too expensive so I held off and kept getting my ass soaked from all the spills I took. Overall though snowboarding = awesome. And much thanks for the advice guys, it really came into play and helped me out there today. I wore multiple layers, I had a wife beater on underneath a undershirt which was under my t-shirt, and I wore some longjohns under my jeans which helped a little. Snowpants = worthy investment though.