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After being inspired by another question on Yahoo Answers, I started thinking. With a few friends I want to plan out a trip of going out west to a place like Utah and go snowboarding. HOWEVER there is one problem being that I have never been snowboarding out west before so I am not sure if my snowboarding skill level can translate into having a good times on those mountains. I will now explain where my level of skill is currently.
1. I am more of a rider and usually stay on the slopes rather than the terrain park. When I am on trails I usually like hitting those little jumps on the side. Whenever I go in the terrain park, I usually stick to the smaller jumps and so far have not tried doing any tricks.
2. On mountains in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, I am perfect in blue square trails, and I am good at most black diamonds.
3. I can go down some of the very steep black diamonds and double blacks but I usually end up falling while on the trail. I can make it down without falling but in that case I have to board down a little slower.
4. I can do the skidded turns perfectly and can carve very good. However sometimes I have trouble carving on steep black diamonds.
5. I can board over ice but I can be shaky if there is alot of ice. The one time I went to Canada to snowboard the conditions on the mountains were terrible and the trails that I was on were very icy all the way down making it hard for me to navigate while still standing.
6. The last three, four times I went snowboarding, I tried out the moguls and was fair at them. Unfortunately I found it hard to control my speed and by the time I reached the end of the mogul set therefore I ended up falling at least once.
7. I tried snowboarding through trees once last season and sucked hard. I mean my friend who was in front of me stopped me from going totally out of control by having the tip of my board slam straight into his back and therefore causing me to stop. Obviously he punched me a few times being that I hurt him.
8. (Although this does not really determine my snowboarding skills, it would be nice if I could still do this if I went to Utah) I have tried smoking weed two, to three times while snowboarding, and my overall experience was enhanced but I am not sure if high "me" would be able to upkeep a place like Utah.
I know I may seem a little bit ocd by providing all of this information about my snowboarding skills, but I want to be 100% sure I would be able to handle some trails in the west before I start planning a trip.
1. I am more of a rider and usually stay on the slopes rather than the terrain park. When I am on trails I usually like hitting those little jumps on the side. Whenever I go in the terrain park, I usually stick to the smaller jumps and so far have not tried doing any tricks.
2. On mountains in New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine, I am perfect in blue square trails, and I am good at most black diamonds.
3. I can go down some of the very steep black diamonds and double blacks but I usually end up falling while on the trail. I can make it down without falling but in that case I have to board down a little slower.
4. I can do the skidded turns perfectly and can carve very good. However sometimes I have trouble carving on steep black diamonds.
5. I can board over ice but I can be shaky if there is alot of ice. The one time I went to Canada to snowboard the conditions on the mountains were terrible and the trails that I was on were very icy all the way down making it hard for me to navigate while still standing.
6. The last three, four times I went snowboarding, I tried out the moguls and was fair at them. Unfortunately I found it hard to control my speed and by the time I reached the end of the mogul set therefore I ended up falling at least once.
7. I tried snowboarding through trees once last season and sucked hard. I mean my friend who was in front of me stopped me from going totally out of control by having the tip of my board slam straight into his back and therefore causing me to stop. Obviously he punched me a few times being that I hurt him.
8. (Although this does not really determine my snowboarding skills, it would be nice if I could still do this if I went to Utah) I have tried smoking weed two, to three times while snowboarding, and my overall experience was enhanced but I am not sure if high "me" would be able to upkeep a place like Utah.
I know I may seem a little bit ocd by providing all of this information about my snowboarding skills, but I want to be 100% sure I would be able to handle some trails in the west before I start planning a trip.