What's your heritage?

[photodad2001]

I wanted to see what everyone's background on here was. I guess I'd have to say that I was originally a skateboarder. I've surfed, and started snowboarding as a "jibber" or "freestyler", then evolved into a carver. I've skied a handful of times and find minimal enjoyment from it. Wanted to know if others had similar backgrounds or if everyone else was different.

[b0ardski]

1st and only ski lesson under the lights at Mt Spokane in '73

3rd time skiing got a spiral fracture at 49 degrees north in '75

1st season pass at Schwietzer in '84, 60+ days, skied my 1st black diamonds

1st snow board was a lightly used '81 experimental performer bought in'85 but skied & tele'd till I bought my 1st "modern" snowboard an '89 K2 TX and started using hard boots a year later.

I still ski occasionally

[Gecko]

skateboarding in the early 70's, surfing and snowboarding in the early 80's

[gus]

started skating around same time.

skiied with parents a couple of times at age 4 (but that does not count)

skiied once around eighteen.

started snowboarding age 21.

hardboots two years ago.

[Fastskiguy]

started skiing in 1974, it's still my first love :)

[kinpa]

I started skiing in 1979 when I was 8 years old at Killington, VT where in rained on Christmas day! My bother, who is 2 years older than me also learned then. I spent my whole childhood keeping up with him. Guess why I learned to snowboard? But, I did show my brother up in that area!!!!!! :)

[Zone]

None of the above.

Windsurfing circa 1979-80

[utahcarver]

Surfing at age 14, skating at age 15, Wintersticking at age 18 (circa winter 1977).

Mark

[photodad2001]

None of the above.

Windsurfing circa 1979-80

You'd think I would have put that in the options!:o

[Steve Prokopiw]

a quarter Russian,an eighth English and an eighth Greek.

Oh, and I started skating at age ten but always felt born to snowboard and started at age 15 on a 5 1/2 foot plank of oak which I warped at the ends and screwed on two car seat belts and steel fins.Really.1980/81

[Seraph]

Skiing since I was 10, pursued it obsessively and passionately, and became bored with it by the time I was in my 30's and never thought I would go on the mountain again...that is until I tried snowboarding and was reborn.

And just for the record, I used to do longtrack, short track, and inline speedskating, and dropping into the corners at the start of the crossover feels alot like the initiation of the carve, especially the 500m and short track.

[johnasmo]

Skateboarding as a kid back in the 1970s. Urethane wheels were the latest thing. Didn't learn to ski until late 20's. Didn't learn to board until late 30's. Surfing snow on softies and freestyle boards got me hooked bad then. Hardboot carving is something to do between dumps.

[scrutton]

skiing first. On first day of skiing I saw snowboarding and decided it was what I wanted to do. Started snowboarding (plates, ski boots w Burton Air) for last 2 months of season.

Later that year I started skateboarding.

Windsurfing was tried briefly during that year also; and later became somewhat of an obsession.

[energyrail]

started skiing at seven. the patience to learn how to slide the wrong direction probably wouldn't have happened till my 20's. I started snowboarding soft and hard at 25, after my skiing got to the point I felt good about it. Always wanted to ride alpine.

I guess my other background is Slalom Waterskiing

now 27

[BlueB]

I was going to say the "baby shoes with buckles", but then I remembered that at those days the kids' ski boots were still leather and laces:

[BlueB]

Half Ukranian, a quarter Russian, an eighth English and an eighth Greek.

Try this:

1/2 Croatian, 1/8 Serb, 1/8 Hungarian, 1/8 Itallian, 1/8 Czech (of probable Jewish descent), raised as Yugoslavian, and wait for the best, South African citizen prior to becoming Canadian.

[lowrider]

Started on hard boots riding up rope tow without skis late 60's early 70's:AR15firin

[Jonny]

Skier since 1961, eventually PSIA intructor, sometime racer. I still ski about half the time, especially if there's serious pitch involved. Much better skier than rider, in terms of versatility - I'll come down pretty much anything on skis while on a board I have to be more conservative.

Windsurfing since 1981 or so.

First tried a board after hours in a foot of fresh at Bromley around 1980 - a couple of brothers were offering good skiers a ride on something they'd cooked up - kinda like a Snurfer but wth no rope from the nose - wish I'd invested...

First snowboard was a Burton Backhill (all wood, no P-Tex or metal edges), quickly replaced in 1987 by a Cruzer (beveled swallowtail, single center fin which I removed) - still have that board for surfinging around in the backyard - no bindings on it.

First hardboot board a Hot Logical, around 1990 I think.

[Seraph]

I was going to say the "baby shoes with buckles", but then I remembered that at those days the kids' ski boots were still leather and laces:

Now that is old school. The first time I went skiing with my dad he had a circa late 1960's K2 spider sabich model (the tri color ones) with cubco bindings.

My first pair of skis were Rossi Jr. SmashJ's. Favorite has to be split between the K2 Comp 710 (195 cm) and K2 Comp 810's (205 cm) circa 1982. Look Bindings and Lange XLR Banshees (cold toes, but awesome performance).

First Black diamond...Lucifer's leap at Butternut in Massachusetts.

aaaah the good old days.....Anyone remember the knee high ski boot craze?

[Neil Gendzwill]

Skis starting in early 70s, skateboarding since 1976, softies starting 1986, switch to hardboots in 1990. Still skating from time to time.

[SEJ]

Skate board and BIG TIME water ski as a kid. (Still water ski) Discovered snow skiing in my early 20s, Boarding in mid 30s, Hardboots in mid 40s, about ten years ago.

[Hans]

Started sailing (= also gliding) in 1972. Before that I did some monoski waterskiing.

[Istvan]

This is me explaining correct EC technique to my sister back in '76 in my 3 buckles..... (well, back then I was goofy...) she just had no clue 'bout it.....

[Chucklebeast]

I grew up surfing in Hawaii and still chase waves around the world, but fell in love with snow at age 30. Started on both types of boots cause I got lucky and had a friend with extra alpine gear:cool:

[Dave Pushee]

Born in 1947 in NH and raised in NH. What else could I have started with bu skiing?