Boarding at 40+

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 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. :)

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

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'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.

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.