Joe Ramirez wrote:

What went wrong: Just about everything else.

sorry about that.

Seven Springs has a beginner package for $65 that includes boots and board
rental, a 90-minute group lesson, and a limited access lift ticket. (The

I rented the equipment in a Shop in my hometown. We rented for one
week:

Board: 50- Euro (60 US$)
Boots: 39- Euro (47 US$)

We had a very good service. I tried more than one hour till a find a
boot that fits on my foot. We had a long talk how to stand an the
board, goofy or regular.

On the next day we went for one week to Sölden/Austria and checked
in to a 3 day group lesson (4 hours a day, 123 Euro/150 US$). There
were two beginner groups, one for kids and one for adult, so I (37)
decide the adult group (6 persons).

The first 2 hours we spend on the idiot hill. Walking up and try to
go down just to get the control on the board.

After lunch we used the lift. It was high season but on the slope
was enough place for all the people.

I really couldn't get the board on edge at all -- when we were supposed to
try linking turns. I'd say that of the eight people in the group, perhaps

My first turn I made on my *second* day on the board. After 5 hours
course I had the feeling that I can make it. On the third day it was
really fun - spitting on the pain in every part of my body.

On the whole, the experience was like learning to ride a bicycle by going
downhill with no brakes, and with dozens of pedestrians and other riders

Bad equipment, bad instructor and crowded slope. Sounds bad.

to the parking lot, my son remarked, "Well, that's one thing I never want to
do again. That was horrible."

Try harder :-)

perspective and my disinclination to go alone -- we'll have to try private
lessons and figure out when there'll be some real open space available for
learning. I'm not sure what to do about equipment. Today's experience

Maybe look for good shop to rent the equipment. If you know another
boarder ask him for help you with the equipment. For a beginner a 2
day curse is a good idea. In 90 minutes you learn nothing.

Private lesson can also be a good idea, but I learned much when I
was watching how the other guys make mistakes. Our instructor
explained everything very good (thank you, Alex).

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