Boarding at 40+

Damn that's awesome! I hope my body will allow me to board at that age or at least to be able to board with my kids someday.

I'm 47 and just started, have 6 trips to the slopes so far and loving it, the problem is that every fall hurts and I fall a lot.

Is a shame that the season is almost over when I'm starting the get a hang on turning.

I have a few buddies in their forties that board and one is in his mind 50's!

Give it some time to learn though as it is a completely different feeling than skiing.

i would definitly recommend you to try it.
everybody gets home with bruces and missing body parts.

like some said before. once you get over the point of falling every 5 seconds, and start to link turns it is so much fun.

if you give it a realy good effort i would say you could be at that point in a single ( good ) day. just dont be a female genitals and complain about pain.

good luck

Originally posted by nilop WOW.  I started this post over two years ago and it's still going.  Damn that's unbelievable and yes, i did try snowboarding finally. :)

Considering this is my 3rd season riding and I'm in my mid-40's I think anyone who isn't completely clumsy (and delicate) can learn how to snowboard.  I wasn't a skier prior to snowboarding, I think I skied around 4 or 5 times about 10 years ago.  I did skateboard a lot when I was a young lad and spent many summers at the skate park although the last time I skateboarded was at least 25 years prior to snowboarding.  

Originally posted by scuddera I see a lot of 40+ people snowboarding at my local hill. Hell 2 of them are a ski patrol couple into there 60s. My advice... get a tailbone protector

I can't imagine a 70 yo doing board slides.
A hip fracture at that age could be catastrophic.

Originally posted by jrvaughn13 I hope I'm able to do this at that age, but its probably not gonna happen. Props to FreeCarve!

At least give it a try! I give you mad props for even contemplating it. My boyfriend and his dad ski. And give me a lot of crap for snowboarding. On-going feud, kind of thing.

Shred it up!

Originally posted by Taurusdemon lol falling on a snowboard hurts more than falling on skis

I started riding last year at 40 with my husband and kids and love it. I couldnt walk straight for 2 weeks after the first time. We went about 20 times. Sugarlof is opening tomorrow I wish I didnt have to work but we will defenitly be there on Saturday can't wait to try my new Burton feather!

i cant believe that this thread is still going. Sweet and for the record, i learned how to snowboard.  A lot more fun than skiing but ay my age, a lot more painful too! :)

i noticed that after 25. But man, after reading this thread I cant wait to retire and just board all over the world. Tahoe sounds like a good place to retire. 

why not just try it? it doesnt matter how old you are you can shred at any age! I went snowboarding  with my friend and his dad and he is 48. once he started getting the hang of it he was beating us down the mountain.

I'm 46, rode 50 days last year, been doing this for 6 years and I can still beat my 20 something year old kids down the mountain...but then again I have a 3rd degree separated shoulder and a broken wrist to show for it and it was worth it. Their injuries...none

Originally posted by snowj420 have you been up to Bohemia ctoma?  You should hit it up in Jan. when the snow is still fresh.

Originally posted by STRICK-9 46 and hitting my 3rd year....this is the time to progress.  I only wish I had some locals that board so I could progress more thru friends pushing me.....

I'm a few under 40 and just starting out this season. Can.not.wait!!!!

Old people can surely surprise you as much as the young ones.  

DAMN KIDS!!!! all young and limber and full of energy and can't feel pain and stuff

Originally posted by screwyvarmint The only issue you may have is the snot-nosed punk kids calling you "old timer".  But yeah, I rode up a lift with a 60-yr old guy and his 40-yr old wife who had just taken up snowboarding after decades of skiing, so it's not that unusual.

That's not nearly as bad as the little shit 7yr olds doing jumps and flips right over your head!

Kelly Slater just won his 11th surfing world title at 39 years old...and, by the looks of things, he may still be winning it for another 5 years.  Genetics, cross-training, stretching and clean lifestyle (+talent) are everything. 

There a few snowboarders on this site over 45 that are pretty damn impressive...well, I consider 180, 360 airs, alley-oops, switch, 15 ft+ drops, etc in natural terrain impressive. 

You can easily board at 40+, take it mellow to start. I was riding with a 71 year old guy for a few runs last season and he was doing front boards on the elevated skullcandy pipe with steeze

Originally posted by tomek77pl Originally posted by ctoma Originally posted by FreeCarve Now 62, 90% retired, and boarded about 175 days this past season. Last day of boarding Tahoe was July 9th. My new hero, that is awesome!  First, I can't even start to imagine getting 175 days.  Second, doing it in your 60's is too cool.  60's are the new 30's.  Holy crap Thats awesome, not only are you 62 but 175 days on the slope, now thats impressive.

i'm 30, but have the body of an 80-yr-old....lots of stretching and ibuprofen.