minx Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Oh the horror! My son confessed to me this morning that he had more fun snowboarding this week than he did skiing. After all those years of skiing and even recently buying him his first AT set up, he'd rather go snowboarding tomorrow. Where did I go wrong????? Quote
bstach Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 There are some things we can't protect our kids from. And on the bright side, there are alot worse things he could be doing. Just encourage him to wear a helmet. I work in healthcare and there are way too many kids coming in the ER with heads smashed from snowboarding falls. Quote
sirwoofalot Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 I feel your pain. We started as a family about 5 years ago now. My son, 7 at the time, insisted that he wanted to learn snow boarding and not skiing. But my Daughter, 4 at that time, was all about skiing and LOVES it! Oh, and as for helmets, yeah man! All the time. Bikes, Ski/Board(s), roller skates; I love the new catch phrase, "Lids on Kids". Quote
minx Posted February 29, 2008 Author Posted February 29, 2008 The rule in our house was that he had to learn how to ski before he could try snowboarding. I was hoping this day would never come Yeah, he was SUPPOSED to be wearing a helmet but apparently he wasn't. Quote
Couloir Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Snowboarding is a gateway drug. It'll only deteriorate from here. Quote
minx Posted February 29, 2008 Author Posted February 29, 2008 what's next????? what could be worse??? i'm devestated. please help! Quote
bstach Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 what's next????? what could be worse??? You could catch him sharing a bong with Kevbone. Quote
kevbone Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 what's next????? what could be worse??? You could catch him sharing a bong with Kevbone. Pucker up buttercup! Quote
ClimbingPanther Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 what's next????? what could be worse??? You could catch him sharing a bong with Kevbone. or he could have been a pansy about snow sports altogether! as long as he still loves the snow, there is hope for reconciliation Quote
hafilax Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 What could be worse? He could be Telewhacking. I don't see a problem. Snowboarding is great fun. I think I may put the skis aside and go snowboarding this weekend. AT is WAY better than split boarding so as long as you can get him into the backcountry you won't have a problem. Who cares what he's on in the resort? Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Snowboarding is a gateway drug. It'll only deteriorate from here. Quote
RuMR Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 skiing and snowboarding = both ghey... go climbing instead... Quote
KaskadskyjKozak Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 skiing and snowboarding = both ghey... go climbing instead... yell, I'll get right on a trip up hood in winter with my 6 year old. Quote
rob Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 what's next????? what could be worse??? i'm devestated. please help! Thank your lucky stars. It could be far worse. He could be a sport climber. I snowboarded for 16 years before ditching the board and buying skis. So, don't give up hope! Quote
minx Posted February 29, 2008 Author Posted February 29, 2008 rumr--i believe you have a skier in the family no? he just started climbing again....finally. maybe snowboarding is a gateway drug to sport climbing and he'll never do an alpine route w/me? Quote
Skatan Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Glad to see most kids today are coming to the dark side. Quote
RuMR Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 what's next????? what could be worse??? i'm devestated. please help! Thank your lucky stars. It could be far worse. He could be a sport climber. I snowboarded for 16 years before ditching the board and buying skis. So, don't give up hope! yeah...but you're a freak... Quote
RuMR Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 rumr--i believe you have a skier in the family no? he just started climbing again....finally. maybe snowboarding is a gateway drug to sport climbing and he'll never do an alpine route w/me? actually two of 'em...apparently taped subliminal messages do not work... Quote
minx Posted February 29, 2008 Author Posted February 29, 2008 what's a parent to do? i was trying to give up snow sports and then this happened! Quote
hafilax Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 what's next????? what could be worse??? i'm devestated. please help! Thank your lucky stars. It could be far worse. He could be a sport climber. I snowboarded for 16 years before ditching the board and buying skis. So, don't give up hope! yeah...but you're a freak... I guess that makes me a freak too since I bought skis this year after 16 years of snowboarding. Still love snowboarding though. There are conditions where snowboarding is much easier and more enjoyable than skiing most notably the heavy elephant snot that we frequently get in Whistler. Quote
AlpineK Posted March 9, 2008 Posted March 9, 2008 Minx, If you want I'll come over and give the boy a talk about the importance of wearing a helmet even on something that appears to have low risk. As for skiing/snowboarding. That's a tough lesson he's going to have to learn on his own. I was brought up to ski at a very young age. Snowboarding wasn't around then. Since then I've tried boarding since it looked like a cool new thing. The truth is it is a cool way to slide on snow. I think your best approach is to tell the boy that ski areas are training for the real thing which is backcountry skiing. I learned that from my dad at a young age. Offer to take him backcountry skiing a lot. I'd even offer to buy him an backcountry setup, but tell him that he's going to have to work to earn his own money to buy a snowboard or splitboard. Quote
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