Boarding at 40+

Man I'm 26 right now, and I don't know if my knees are going to make it to 40. It sounds like a bowl of rice crispies every time I stand up. Hopefully by 40 I'll have some sweet robot knees.

i loved it but when back to skiing.  may end up doing it again though.  i have bad knees so the falls scare me being locked into the board

Originally posted by bj18 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

exactly what he said ^ once you start learning how to turn and slow down without falling, it becomes so much fun.. i was doing 180s front/backside within 5 days of snowboarding. now, i did fall on my butt a lot but never had any bad falls.. give it a shot!

Originally posted by ameration 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 got my dad started snowboarding when he was just under 50.  Now he is 60 and still goes about 40 times a year.  Pretty impressive really, considering he has a pacemaker.  He is way better than me now.  As long as you have the time and commitment, you will improve and your body will get in the shape it needs to. 

Some of us 'less young' folks can still get out there and shred. i'm 51 & have been riding for 14 - 15 years. I can still ride as hard as i want too & my body / legs are holding up great. There is hope for all of you little whipper snappers to be riding for decades & decades to come!!!

I hope I can be like u guys in here. I'm gonna turn 30 and already kinda hesitant on still going over jumps. but then again you guys might be talking about just cruising down the slopes, I dunno 

I am 33 now, and can tell you, rurchan, that that feeling of hesitation will continue.   It feels great when you hit it, but the falls are just a little worse.  I usually sit a bit longer and assess how much worse it could have been.  I have never had a problem getting up from a fall, but it is those falls that end my day sooner. I used to always say "just one more run" for an hour or two.  Now, I'll say, "that's enough," feeling good that I can do again the next day.

Good to see so many old folks on here!  Even if most are just creeping.     I admit, I love seeing older adults snowboarding and showing up the young guns.

In recent years I've found broken bones and stuff too difficult to recover from, so my riding is limited to pow, carve, and all-mountain riding .. but that's all we did in the old days, anyhow. Well over 100 days riding last year ..

I'm 40-something and I just started getting into the park 2 seasons ago.

Originally posted by Angry Midget Yo I know 30+ guys that are still hitting it hard but then again they may be a little impaired with booze and Mary Jane in their system.

You tattling on me Midge?

Speaking of snowboarding over 40... Check this guy out! 

This thread is proof that no one reads threads :) the last post of page 5 the OP states he cant believe the thread is still alive and that yes he tried snowboarding.  On page 6 people keep telling him to try it. Another poster quoted him in the middle of this page asking him if he liked it.  He then responded right after it saying he went back to skiing.  Of course every post after that keeps telling him he has to try it :)