[Typo3-t3board03] Agenda Snowboard Beginners

[Sacha Vorbeck]

Hi,

> Get at leasst snowboard trousers (as a beginner you will spend some time 
> sitting (by contract ;-)) and chances are quite good to get a neat cold 
> or worse things.

folks please listen carefully to what Mathias says. Last year I spent 
one week in bed after the tour with pneumonia. Normaly I have a very 
good constitution but the weather conditions in the mountains can be 
dangerous. As a beginner you`ll fall a lot - which means that you`ll 
also have to get up a lot which isn`t that easy with your feet connected 
by a long peace of wood and lying in a steep slope. This again means 
that you will sweat quite a bit. As you`ll fall while moving, this nasty 
snow will also sneak into your clothes, melts and makes you even more 
wet. That might not be a problem at first because usually the sun is 
shining and your body temperature is a bit higher because of all the 
movement.

But after falling and getting up 300 times you`ll be exhausted, stop 
moving and sit down in the snow. Then you`ll notice how cold the snow is 
and also feel the wind coming through your wet clothes.

What`s my point? Spend a few bucks on good equipment. Buy snowboard 
trousers and jackets with snow-stoppers in them and make sure that they 
are made out of breathable stuff (Gore-Tex or something). You might also 
want some knee protectors and something for your butt as you will 
permanently land on those during the first day(s).

Those sun goggles are also necessary. The light on the mountains is much 
more intensive and brighter than that of your LCD ;-). Those snow 
goggles might not look as cool as the ray bans you wear on the beach but 
they keep the wind away and as we are all nerds you can wear them over 
your glasses. If you wear glasses, take some anti-fog stuff with you as 
you will sweat and steam like an old train.

Also take sun protection with you. Those lipsticks are handy. In 
Spluegen this stuff costs at least 3 times as much as in my local 
supermarket so you might want to bring it with you.

-- 
all the best,
Sacha