Winter (and other) sports?

[Harkuno]

I was waxing my snowboard over the weekend and I got to thinking: Are there any TESTies who also like winter sports, or any other sports in general?

As you might have guessed, I like to snowboard when I can. I've only been out to the real slopes once, so I usually just go to the Indoor slope at Milton Keynes or Hemel Hempstead (they're both about the same distance from where I live).

Looking forward to hearing your favorite sports!

 

[J.B]

Yup! Surf, Snow, Kite, Skate, SUP anything with a board!

 

[Willem Default]

I've been running since I was a kid, been a competitive middle-long distance athlete for over 11 years. Have run for my hometown's club, my county (think state as rough equivalent if you're in the US), and for my university (was Cross-Country Captain in my final year of undergrad).

If anyone else in TEST is a fellow runner, we could compare times.

 

[J.B]

running is an escape mechanism not a sport ;)

 

[Willem Default]

running is an escape mechanism not a sport

To be fair, whenever anyone asks me about running I always tell them "Don't do running, it's bad for you." I'm only in my 20s but I have the knees of a 40 year old labourer.

 

[Egriz]

Weightlifting is a year round sport :D

I'm not competing, just doing it for fun & for health, but we'll see where the road goes.

 

[Dragor]

 

[maynard]

I was polishing my knob over the weekend and I got to thinking: Are there any TESTies who also like indoor sports, or any other sports in general?

 

[WarrenPeace]

I was polishing my knob over the weekend and I got to thinking: Are there any TESTies who also like indoor sports, or any other sports in general?

Beer Curls.

 

[rogesh]

snowboarder here
i go every year around christmas (this yeahr it will be in february for two weeks) into the mountains. there are no big indoor slopes here in germany so its cooler that way plus i go sometimes off-piste its mad fun to ride in fresh snow :D

 

[Harkuno]

snowboarder here
i go every year around christmas (this yeahr it will be in february for two weeks) into the mountains. there are no big indoor slopes here in germany so its cooler that way plus i go sometimes of piste its mad fun to ride in fresh snow :D

completely jealous right now :D

 

[MzHartz]

Does dancing count as a sport? It's definitely a work out. I'm a belly dancer, learning flamenco, and may possibly be learning hula. Also working with poi.

One of my troupes, Different Drummer Belly Dancers, dances at Gen Con every year. We dance outside the vendor room twice a day Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and onstage before the costume contest on Saturday.

 

[Harkuno]

Does dancing count as a sport? It's definitely a work out. I'm a belly dancer, learning flamenco, and may possibly be learning hula. Also working with poi.

One of my troupes, Different Drummer Belly Dancers, dances at Gen Con every year. We dance outside the vendor room twice a day Thursday, Friday, and Sunday, and onstage before the costume contest on Saturday.

I think it does, as you have dancing competitions, and the basis of all sport is competition! :)
wish i could dance, i'm worse than my dad :(

 

[rogesh]

what kind of board do you have?

 

[Harkuno]

what kind of board do you have?

A Nidecker Score, 157 XL, goofy setup. I've added studs as a stomp pad.

Pics:

Do you have one? if so, which one? :D

 

[rogesh]

yeah have my own but its at a friend's cus i drove over a rock in the deep snow and put a huge scratch in the base
he's got all the repairstuff XD so i can only show u some older pics :)
its a salomon pulse from the season of 2013 i think. i'm also riding it goofy style :D
its a directional twin and a quite flat chamber
it's designed to prety much ride anywhere but isn't build to race

maybe i should change my stomp pad to studs too XD

edit: it's from the season 11/12

 

[Liszt]

Skier and surfer (mainly bodysurfing the last 5-6 years) checking in.

 

[J.B]

Ski = BOOOOooooooo !

Surf = WOOOOOooooooT !!!!!

 

[Harkuno]

yeah have my own but its at a friend's cus i drove over a rock in the deep snow and put a huge scratch in the base
he's got all the repairstuff XD so i can only show u some older pics :)
its a salomon pulse from the season of 2013 i think. i'm also riding it goofy style :D
its a directional twin and a quite flat chamber
it's designed to prety much ride anywhere but isn't build to race

maybe i should change my stomp pad to studs too XD

edit: it's from the season 11/12

Nice :)

Wouldn't reccomend the studs as a stomp pad, a rubber (or similar one) gives better grip underfoot. I find that I can quite easily slide off the studs. I will admit that I prefer the look of them, though! :D

 

[Harkuno]

Ski = BOOOOooooooo !

Surf = WOOOOOooooooT !!!!!