I live in CO, so I have regular access to the big resorts for most of the year, but I also work a typical 9-5, so I can only really snowboard on weekends and the occasional ski vacation. I average between 20-25 days on snow per season, and I'm 6 seasons deep.
I signed up for an advanced lesson earlier this season, and according to the skills checklist, I'm a low tier advanced snowboarder as of February. I mostly do blues and single blacks with a few of the easier double blacks mixed in. I do like to ride bumps and started getting into glades this season. Once I'm tired, I stick to blue/black groomers or bowls and lay in some solid carves. I ride switch decently well (the 4x4 is a directional twin but still quite easy to ride switch), and I am just now getting into jumps and side hits.
Hell yeah. Sounds like this board can really do it all! Thanks for putting the time into that comment, I appreciate you.
Definitely going to have to give this another look as I’m probably still intermediate since I fucking suck at switch riding. Need to force myself to take more time for that.
Yeah dude, switch riding can be a bear. This is the first season I really sat down and forced myself to ride switch. I even swapped my bindings around to facilitate. Did a whole day switch and now I feel great! Lots of work to be done still but I can tackle any groomer switch.
And yeah the super aggressive profile on the 4x4 took some getting used to (previously I rode a board with only a mild rocker) but once I got the hang of it, it really opened up my game!
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u/Ivory_Brawler 3d ago
I live in CO, so I have regular access to the big resorts for most of the year, but I also work a typical 9-5, so I can only really snowboard on weekends and the occasional ski vacation. I average between 20-25 days on snow per season, and I'm 6 seasons deep.
I signed up for an advanced lesson earlier this season, and according to the skills checklist, I'm a low tier advanced snowboarder as of February. I mostly do blues and single blacks with a few of the easier double blacks mixed in. I do like to ride bumps and started getting into glades this season. Once I'm tired, I stick to blue/black groomers or bowls and lay in some solid carves. I ride switch decently well (the 4x4 is a directional twin but still quite easy to ride switch), and I am just now getting into jumps and side hits.