how do I conquer my fear of snowboarding/ skiing?
I have tried snowboarding breifly, on the bunny hill.. I was petrified, I thought I would have a heart attack going down the hill so fast. It also took forever to convince myself to go down in the first place. Now, I know it stands to reason that I shouldn’t take up a sport I am terrified of, but it might be beneficial to my job if I could at least swing it (ski retreats and so forth) and at the very least I know it’s good exercise.
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Take a lesson from an instructor. You are not going to be able to teach yourself or give yourself the confidence to progress, you need a coach. Just go take a 2 hour lesson, trust me, a lot of snowboarding and skiing is training your brain to do what it does not want to do. You need someone who can explain these techniques and who can analyze your movements and teach you how to improve.
You need to be trained how to fall properly, that is probably the most important lesson an instructor can give you.
Sorry but its not as good of a excercise as you may think.
Also it is very important wear a helmet. I probably would of had a few concussions by now if i didnt wear a helmet
also get professional help when I first started snowboarding they helped me out alot and in 3 lessons i was hitting the lifts on my own. it is not a easy sport to learn but once you learn it it is alot more fun than skiing. when you snowboard it is easier to do tricks than skiing so if you really want to showoff to your colleagues i would go with snowboarding. also do not get a cheap board try to go with about a 200-250 dollar board but it will only last 2 years befor you will need something more advanced
i hope i answered your question
first time i went on a snowboard, i went flat the entire hill, hit an insane speed,…fell at the bottom and slid about..20 feet? then i had to walk all the way back up the hill to my group.
and now i love it. haha you just need to go in curves (the falling leaf) and mabye get a one on one lesson