The Banter Thread / Banter Topic / Sean Bean

[QualityChimp]

TommyG

I agree with pretty much all of what Charles has said, but a couple of other suggestions:

Get good trousers as you spend a lot of time on your bum/knees when you're learning. I bought a pair of Burtons and they've lasted me years.

I got a load of stuff from The Ski & Snow Show, but you've missed the ones at the MEN Arena and NEC, so why not pop into TK Maxx or Costco (if you're a member)? Got some great gloves from there last time with a ski pass/heatpack pocket on them.

I've bought various gloves from TK and they're a great price. Jackets - I've had all sorts but never went overboard on price - around £50 tops!

I second the wristguard suggestion - I still wear them. You don't need branded ones, really. I've got some from a sports shop for inline skaters.

Don't forget suncream and sunglasses - it's better to have them and not need them than vice-versa!

I'm size 11 and have always hired my board and boots. You might not like snowboarding and they're a pain to carry around and sort as luggage. Remember walking boots to get around the town when you're not grinding and the like.

I'm too amateur to know if the board's wrong, but when my toes were overhanging the board and making me crash, that was wrong! Oh and when the bindings came off, that was fun!

Final tip: take the leg strap off last or you'll end up chasing your board down the slope, just like I did!

I'm still a novice but absolutely love snowboarding. Rattling down a mountain with a view of the mountains and a cool breeze on your face is really amazing.

Have fun, mate!

[charlesr]

Is snowboarding any easier if you're a skateboarder? I always imagined I'd get into it pretty quick because of that, but maybe its totally different. I'd love to give it a try sometime.

I'm guessing yes. The balance. It won't make the turning the board down the mountain any less terrifying the first time though
Off piste is like surfing.

[TommyG]

Awesome advice thanks guys, will make a quick trip to TKM this afternoon to have a quick look. Can't wait tbh I loved skating and the thought of snowboarding has always appealed but i've never had the chance until now

Thanks again!

[TommyG]

Do you know of any good websites to look at gear on?

[charlesr]

Where are you going?

Don't bother getting mindlessly drunk in the evenings. You can do that any time back home and missing a day because you are hung over is the worst. It's an expensive week and it's wrong to cock it up.

Take pain killers and anti inflamatories. Ooooo and get some "compeed" blister patches.

Wait till you are out there to see what the weather is like before kitting up on things balaclavas and handwarmer pouches. If it's warm, you won't need them.

[charlesr]

http://www.snowandrock.com/

[Spatial]

The Beeb tackles Furries and Yiffing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8355287.stm

Wow, slow news day?

[Adam Stone]

I managed to lift 120kg at the gym today (standard chest press) - Well chuffed. A couple of years back I could lift that no problem but I haven't been to the gym for, well, 2 or so years so my strength went down hill horribly...

About 7 months back though I get myself some weights for my room (the proper rusty, old school kind) and a bench and have also been laboring for my uncle. Today I thought i'd treat myself to a singular gym session and was chuffed to find i'm back to my normal strength again! Aha! Lifting rocks and smashing cement really does help :-p

On a side note, I woke this morning to find young Chloe sleeping with my little yoshi teddy... and it just so happens to be the first night in a year that she wets herself

[Dirty Sanchez]

The Beeb tackles Furries and Yiffing

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8355287.stm

Wow, slow news day?

Best article I've read in ages.

Amazes me how people get into/dream this stuff up.

[kernow]

I'd go to the gym if I could be arsed, I don't see the point in doing monotonous workouts 5 times a week or whatever. I guess I'm a lazy ass but surely life isn't to be lived by working out like that all the time etc.

*needs to work out*

[EJG1980]

I need to work out and get fit. I find it tough to stick with it for more than a couple of months though. I become unmotivated (for no real reason usually) and end up spending the next couple of months undoing all the previous couple of months good work!

[Adam Stone]

I'd go to the gym if I could be arsed, I don't see the point in doing monotonous workouts 5 times a week or whatever. I guess I'm a lazy ass but surely life isn't to be lived by working out like that all the time etc.

*needs to work out*

Agreed matey! That's why i have my own weights at home now, love it. Can workout to my own tunes in the comfort of my own whenever I wish. I can even do it in my underpants if I so desire! Then it's only a trot to the fridge to chill with a beer, hehe.

I know it sounds silly, but Wii Fit really does fit me to rekindle that enthusiasm.

[kernow]

I can't even be arsed to do it at home with weights or whatever, seems such a chore, a monotonous one at that.

I guess thats why I've got man tits eh.

[112]

I can't even be arsed to do it at home with weights or whatever, seems such a chore, a monotonous one at that.

I guess thats why I've got man tits eh.

Shane, one thing that motivated me when i first got started in getting fit etc.......... was girls!

Its a totaaly imature, shallow and superficial way of thinking, but if it gets the job done, then why not.

When i say girls, i apply that term VERY generally........ adapt whatever it is you need to it to get you motivated!

112

[Adam Stone]

Ha, 112, you speak the truth ;-)

Seriously though, I would consider my fitness alright I guess, but i love my beer and food way, way too much to ever be as fit as i used to be. I'm a lot bulkier now then i was in the past, not quite as swift on my feet as well sadly... but i've definitely got more power and I suppose we can't have everything.