Bro ngl my school/skate friends have been picking up snowboards lately and idec I’m just hyped they’re finally getting into snowsports.
For years I was the only one who skied in our group, then a couple picked up snowboards and loved it. Then we helped a couple others find cheap setups (one for a hundred bucks and the other only cost a dub sack of weed lol) and since that it’s just been snowballing. They all grew up only skating, snow sports seemed out of the picture for years- now they’re slowly dipping their toes into it and it’s been so fun bringing em to the hill for night seshes and shit.
If you really wanna help get people into the sport that normally wouldn’t be able to, it all comes down to doing what we can to lower the barriers for entry.
what got it going for us was used gear hookups from local pros/sponsored kids and $12 night seshes at elm creek. One of my best friends snowboarded powder on a real mountain for the first time last year and said it was one of the most fun things he’s ever done in his life- would have never even happened if it weren’t for the one help boardshop employee who sold him a used setup out of the trunk of his car years ago.
TLDR:// if you know someone who wants to get into skiing or snowboarding but faces a lot of barriers to do so take it one step at a time and get creative af to get around those barriers. And who cares if they pick up a board? They’ll still be able to lap with you, which is all that matters.