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Where to learn Snowboarding NY?

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12/25/08 at 1:07pm
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I have a week when I can't ski.
Anyone know the cheapest place to get a rental, lift ticket, and lesson in snowboarding, within 3 hours of NYC?

An inch of boilerplate covering seven feet of snow is just as hard as an inch on top of 6 inches of machine made.

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12/25/08 at 5:33pm
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I have a week when I can't ski.
Anyone know the cheapest place to get a rental, lift ticket, and lesson in snowboarding, within 3 hours of NYC?
I assume you mean never ever? In Central NY, you can pick up a voucher at McDonald's and Dicks for a learn to ski or board package (called Mountains of Fun I think). The package is a 3-time offer: $20 1st day for Bunny Slope, $20 and $25 for the entire area on the 2nd and 3rd day respectively. Lift, lessons and equipment all included.
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12/26/08 at 10:07am
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Thank you.
My Hunter pass is no good from 12/25/08 to 1/1/09; I'm thinking of learning to ride during that blackout period. Snowboards look like fun.
Unfortunately, the Mountains of Fun program is NOT available during the same blackout period.
Windham has a rental ticket and lesson program for $76. I may go for that. I think I can learn to ride a snowboard in one day; or at least figure out if I like it.

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12/26/08 at 5:45pm
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Unfortunately, the Mountains of Fun program is NOT available during the same blackout period.
Yeah, that's not good for this week. They do offer this similar package for $21 more.
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12/27/08 at 8:44am
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I could easily afford the $76 package at Windham; but temps in the 40s and 50s, with rain, are predicted for the coming week.
I'm thinking that during the dead of winter, if we even get a real winter, I'll go someplace like Jiminy on a Sunday twilight, rent boots and board, get a lift ticket, and teach myself to ride.
I could drive over to the Catskills afterwards, stay in a motel, and get to Hunter to ski, bright and early the next day.

An inch of boilerplate covering seven feet of snow is just as hard as an inch on top of 6 inches of machine made.

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12/27/08 at 4:41pm
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...teach myself to ride.
In that case - bring wrist guards.

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12/27/08 at 5:18pm
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In that case - bring wrist guards.
Will do.

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12/27/08 at 5:47pm
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and teach myself to ride.
I'd think about a helmet and impact shorts too. Maybe some Advil too.

I teach snowboarding and pegger ski biking at Winter Park Resort.  
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12/28/08 at 2:28am
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I'd think about a helmet and impact shorts too. Maybe some Advil too.
One place includes a helmet in the rental package for beginners. If I go, I'll use the helmet they offer.
I have a turtle fur hood that I wear under my hat and goggles already; it was designed for use with a helmet.

An inch of boilerplate covering seven feet of snow is just as hard as an inch on top of 6 inches of machine made.

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2/2/09 at 9:25am
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So yeah, the thread's a year old, but hell, I'm still curious. Phlogiston, how'd your day of snowboarding go!? Still doing it?

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2/2/09 at 9:39am
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No place cheaper and easier to ski/board at than Tuxedo Ridge in Tuxedo NY.  45min from Manhattan.  Was there yesterday, fantastic place for a beginner, no lift lines, they had plenty of snow, family oriented, a very pleasant experience.

 

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2/3/09 at 11:46am
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I was going to try snowboarding during the weekfrom 12/25 to 1/1, when my midweek pass is no good.

The weather was too warm that week, so I didn't go.

Maybe next Christmas.

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