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<blockquote data-quote="Perplexed" data-source="post: 3287439" data-attributes="member: 7157"><p>Will this be your boy’s first snowboard trip? If so, then wherever you go - sign him up for a snowboard school the very first full day you’re there. He will learn a lot from the class, and save himself some frustration trying to keep up with the experienced skiers and riders. He’ll also have a fair share of bumps and bruises from falling, mainly on his butt and his wrists. For the latter, I highly recommend wrist guards with a plastic insert that can be worn under gloves. I wish I had done this right off the bat, and I wore them every single time out ever since, even when I was good enough to ride the more mild black diamond slopes. You never know when your edge will catch and snap you right into the ground. </p><p></p><p>A helmet too, of course. </p><p></p><p>Having said that, I would suggest the smaller ski areas in CO. Copper Mountain is a good one - smaller, more manageable runs, an excellent snowboard school when I was last there, and its location right on I-70 is such that you can easily catch a shuttle to other ski areas like Vail if you want to try those slopes or just look around. Can’t say how crowded it would be over the Christmas week though, as I religiously avoided the slopes during holidays.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Perplexed, post: 3287439, member: 7157"] Will this be your boy’s first snowboard trip? If so, then wherever you go - sign him up for a snowboard school the very first full day you’re there. He will learn a lot from the class, and save himself some frustration trying to keep up with the experienced skiers and riders. He’ll also have a fair share of bumps and bruises from falling, mainly on his butt and his wrists. For the latter, I highly recommend wrist guards with a plastic insert that can be worn under gloves. I wish I had done this right off the bat, and I wore them every single time out ever since, even when I was good enough to ride the more mild black diamond slopes. You never know when your edge will catch and snap you right into the ground. A helmet too, of course. Having said that, I would suggest the smaller ski areas in CO. Copper Mountain is a good one - smaller, more manageable runs, an excellent snowboard school when I was last there, and its location right on I-70 is such that you can easily catch a shuttle to other ski areas like Vail if you want to try those slopes or just look around. Can’t say how crowded it would be over the Christmas week though, as I religiously avoided the slopes during holidays. [/QUOTE]
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