"Your Mom Says" wrote in message
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If you arent crashing, you arent doing cool enough stuff... (that prob applies
to anything in life)

Bob F wrote:
"Your Mom Says" wrote in message
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My advice...just buy bad gear...used even if you can, until you get good.
It doesnt make sence to me to spend lots of money of great gear, when you
suck. You can learn just as well on a setup that costs 200$ as one that
costs 700$. And then when you get good, and you have ruined your board by
running over stones or crashing into things, then you can buy that expensive
gear and know enough not to ruin it. But thats just me...

Bad equipment will definately slow learning. But then again, a beginner
doesn't want a stiff, edgy racing board. Boots with enough stiffness to allow
good edge control are helpfull. But then again, it all depends on the type of
riding you want to do.

Good lessons will help more than just about anything in the learning process.
Doing things the right way makes everything easier, with less crashes.

There are crashes caused by pushing your limits, and crashes due to not knowing
how to initiate your turns properly. One can clearly be minimized without
slowing the learning process.