[Frank B]

yeah, the water proof factor is an important one, especially in the glute area. Went with my kids yesterday, of course I just watched and handed out dry gloves all day. But they seem to have that flow thing down. I saw quite a few guys my age and older haviung a good time. I saw as many boarders as skiers, but not as many "older" boarders as skiers. But the Crashes were pretty insane coming from the skiers. One guy did a full on Helicopter cartwheel endo super dynamic crash that left the entire lodge in awe. I didn't see any monster wipeouts by the snowboarders, some of them were going fast, but they were so smoothe, quite a few of the skiers were Flying down the hill at high rates of speed and actually were crashing into each other and more inexperienced skiers and snowboarders. The crashes that I witnessed by the snowboarders weren't bad or dangerous looking at all, most of the people were falling down because they were playing with their bindings, or they don't know how to go "slow" and not fall down, or they'd fall forward while doing the 1 foot out one foot in skateboard push and catch themselves somehow. everyone had a weta$$ except for the very experienced. It seems like snowboarders spen alot of time on their butts getting in and out of their bindings.
As far as the mountain biking goes, yeah, I've broken both of my collar bones one of them twice, and yes, you do crash. I'm just worried that I'll hurt someone else if I get out of control.