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Winter brings people out to spend money on one of the most popular sports/hobbies of winter seasons.
Snowboarding is mostly a college guys favorite getaway, but then there are some guys that like the danger of urban boarding. Which one, which one?
“Definitely have to think outside the box,” Devon Peone, an SFCC student said. More college students with a dangerous streak seem to love boarding in the cities. They call it Urban boarding. Just go out and find a high school, or a local park that has slopes and rails, grab your board, jump on it and go have fun with it.
“It’s more dangerous than snowboarding. For emergency only, I suggest having company that can drive.” Peone says.
Peone recommends to pick a good area when going urban boarding that means you are going to be driving around, but make sure you know your city pretty well before going out.
“To board in the city, it doesn’t require any money like snowboarding, but you will have to pay for gas to drive around. Some really good places are quite a ways to drive” Peone says, “just take a deep breath and go.”
If you don’t want to risk getting hurt, snowboarding is always another choice. Just go up to the mountains, bundled up of course and let loose.
“If you’re new at snowboarding, I suggest Mt. Spokane,” Richard Reynolds, a freshman at SFCC said, “otherwise try 49 degrees north.”
Snowboarding originated from skateboarding and surfing, but has taken a big leap in the United States the past couple of years. The main idea of snowboarding is to have fun and enjoy the outdoors.
“I’ve been snowboarding my life, it’s the greatest feeling ever.” Reynolds said. To many people, snowboarding is a hobby and something they can do to have fun with friends and family. To others, snowboarding is a sport, a technique they can practice to get into a race or maybe even compete in the Olympics.
“When I first tried out snowboarding, I rented some snow gear, but literally wore jeans.” Tacner says, “I wore jeans until I earned enough money to buy my own snow equipment.”
There’s a debate on whether skiing is more difficult to learn at first than snowboarding. Kids agree that skiing is old school and snowboarding is a lot easier, but others say that skiing is the original snowboarding experi- ence. This hobby depends on who you are and what your body agrees with. Snowboarding can be the easier for people or skiing.
“Snowboarding is a good way to get out and enjoy the mountains.” Henry Tacner, an employee at Win- tersport in Spokane said.