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Originally posted by pwd72s
stay off them things...you'll break a leg.
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Yeah, I know this first hand! Stratton mountain has an excellent medical facility: I took a small jump, caught air, and landed on wet snow. The board stuck, and my momentum twisted me around. Left leg: both lower bones were cracked/broken pretty bad.
It took 6 months of being in a cast and a leg brace before I could walk on my own again.
The day I got out of the leg brace, my buddies who were with me on that dreaded day threw me a party. Their gift: a Burton PJ (Old school race board). The next season I went out on it, and rode faster, harder, better than before the accident. (Stiff boards rule!!!)
Actually, I think a race board is an excellent board for newbies. Since only the front has a curled lip, you won't do the "normal to fakie to normal to fakie" thing going down the hill.
That said, Frank: all you gotta do is slap on a board, any board on your feet, make sure you are comfortable with your stance, and have at it. (Note: do you feel more comfortable with your left foot forward-regular style, or right foot forward - goofy style: that does effect how your stance is setup, and possibly your board choice, if you go with an asymetrical board.
Confuse you yet?
-Z.