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 #1 Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 25/01/2010 @ 18:59 |
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Never set foot on a snowboard till last Feb when i was offered a free hol to Andorra for a week! (Who's gonna turn that down?) Had a weeks worth of lessons, and without blowing smoke up my own ar*e i was quite good!
The problem is i've got the bug now, i don't live too rar from the Chill Factor so i could go there as often as i want and am gonna go on a boarding hol again next year!
The thing is i'm 38, and every where i go i see kids who are the same age as my eldest son, and i'm thinking 'am i starting my midlife crisis' I'm fit enough, not overwieght, but if your an old fart like me tell me its ok!
I doesn't help that while watching some snowboarding comp on TV the other day someone who was 28 was described as a grandad!  |
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| #2 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 25/01/2010 @ 19:31 |
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Get a grip mate, I am 43 and just back from a week in Kaprun with an amazing group of people aged between 20 and 62. I hope I will still be snowboarding in 20 years time. |
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| #3 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 25/01/2010 @ 19:31 |
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QUOTE (stuie13 - 25/01/2010 @ 18:59) Never set foot on a snowboard till last Feb when i was offered a free hol to Andorra for a week! (Who's gonna turn that down?) Had a weeks worth of lessons, and without blowing smoke up my own ar*e i was quite good! The problem is i've got the bug now, i don't live too rar from the Chill Factor so i could go there as often as i want and am gonna go on a boarding hol again next year!
All good so far...
QUOTE (stuie13 - 25/01/2010 @ 18:59) The thing is i'm 38, and every where i go i see kids who are the same age as my eldest son, and i'm thinking 'am i starting my midlife crisis'
Who cares, it's only a crisis if YOU are not enjoying it.
QUOTE (stuie13 - 25/01/2010 @ 18:59) I'm fit enough, not overwieght, but if your an old fart like me tell me its ok!
Still no problem here, why do you need persuading ? Read this thread.
QUOTE (stuie13 - 25/01/2010 @ 18:59) I doesn't help that while watching some snowboarding comp on TV the other day someone who was 28 was described as a grandad!
Compare with football. Plenty of older blokes out there on a Sunday thinking they can still scissor kick like Mark Hughes (see, showing my age now as well  )
So in summary: Go enjoy.
Seems to be an glut of these threads recently. We need a sticky telling people it's okay to be over 30 and still want to have fun !! |
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| #4 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 25/01/2010 @ 20:01 |
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Cheers guys i was only having a bit of fun with the post, but its nice to know there are some older guy's out there! And after pricing up all the gear i'm gonna need i couldn't of afforded it when i was younger! 
Gonna rent board and stuff for the time being i think! |
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| #5 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 25/01/2010 @ 20:28 |
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We just returned from Kaprun where we one of our group 60+ was killing it with the kids,  age is a number if your fit no problem, being fat is a killer though so I gotta lose the fab |
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| #6 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 25/01/2010 @ 20:29 |
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I see this guy at Tamworth from time to time and he's gotta be getting on for mid 50's and he's kicking it with the best of them. If you're gonna have a mid life crisis then I can't think of a more enjoyable way to do it. Theres more "old uns" out there than you realise and I'm heading in that direction myself and "I dont give a flying f*ck what people think.
Have a read of this thread Being-downgraded-from-Advanced-to-intermediate-boarder-from-Age |
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| #7 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 25/01/2010 @ 20:50 |
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QUOTE (cossie - 25/01/2010 @ 20:29) I see this guy at Tamworth from time to time and he's gotta be getting on for mid 50's and he's kicking it with the best of them...
I'm getting on for mid 50s too. I feel like I'm just starting to hit my stride.
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| #8 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 26/01/2010 @ 08:42 |
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Look at it this way. If you are having a mid life crisis, snowboarding is WAY cheaper than a sports car! |
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| #9 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 26/01/2010 @ 10:32 |
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| #10 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 26/01/2010 @ 11:16 |
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Just watched the video of our trip! you would never guess that out of eight there were two 50+ women and a 60+ male riding with a couple of twenty year olds, |
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| #11 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 26/01/2010 @ 16:37 |
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Yep i suppose boarding is cheaper than buying a Porche! |
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| #12 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 27/01/2010 @ 08:45 |
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Don't bother with the Porche's. I started my mid life crisis about 9 years ago (at the age of 25) and got into motorbikes. Thats PROPER quick!  |
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| #13 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 27/01/2010 @ 13:07 |
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its PORSCHE  |
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| #14 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 28/01/2010 @ 08:17 |
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i must have narrowly missed the mid life crisis, a couple of months ago me and the mrs were talking about getting a porch built but blew the money on holidays instead
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| #15 Re: Am i too old for this s**t? Posted 28/01/2010 @ 10:02 |
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QUOTE (M the S - 28/01/2010 @ 08:17) i must have narrowly missed the mid life crisis, a couple of months ago me and the mrs were talking about getting a porch built but blew the money on holidays instead phew
You definitely made the right choice. |
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