"Edward Arata" wrote in message
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Your absolutely right about the "kids" running the rental place just
handing
you the equipment and saying go for it. This is also true with lessons
from
what I have heard. Other than what has been said before, like renting
from
a small shop the day before, I would suggest taking a person that knows
how
to board.

I don't know anyone who knows how to snowboard. (My brother and
brother-in-law ski.) I'm in the wrong generation. Snowboarding did not exist
as a mass participation sport when I was growing up. As I'm discovering,
relatively few people seem to take it up as adults.

I understand that you don't want to hit people as a human projectile. I
have this issue as well being 6'5" and 200 lbs. So less crowed day would
help, not to mention non-icy conditions. The snow conditions also have a
huge impact on learning. Don't learn on ice or deep powder, neither will
be
much fun. The best I think to learn on is machine packed powder that fell
within the last 3 or 4 days, so its not too too hard.

That's the snow we would have had if we had gone last Sunday, as I
originally planned. But my son was ill, so we started yesterday instead. I
didn't feel like waiting for ideal conditions that might never arrive, even
assuming I could recognize them.

Joe Ramirez