# Looking to get into snowboarding hahahahha **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 15, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-get-into-snowboarding-hahahahha/38785 "2007-11-15T06:28:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 7:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-get-into-snowboarding-hahahahha/38785/13 "2007-11-15T07:28:37Z")
The classes at HV I believe are $75 with rental, the lesson, and a pass to the schoolhaus lift. As for equipment, a good coat, hat, gloves, and pants are a great starting point. Then start building from there. That’s what I did. Go take the lesson, rent the equipment and learn the basics. Then if it is something for you, go find a used setup; there are TONS out there. Then upgrade when you have the $$ and want. I started 2 seasons ago, and busted my ass hard many times. Started with rental stuff, then bought a board/bindings/boots setup off here used for $150. It was cheap bindings, and cheap boots, but the deck was mint. So I got new boots right away because I NEEDED them because my feet didn’t fit in those boots. Then last year, I got goggles because my eyes kept watering, Good snow-pants, and Bindings/Tune-up from a board member at a shop. Then after my head accident a helmet as well. This year, it’s gloves, and the audio setup for my helmet. Piece by piece upgrade; at least that’s how I did it with my budget. As for learning, practice, practice, practice; and Relax… best advise I can give. I sucked the first season, and even the first couple times the 2nd, I just couldn’t get it. Then I went to HV alone like 3 times, and just did my thing, with no one pushing me, and it finally clicked. I’m not doing Diamonds yet, and am still shaky, but I can make it down the Greens without killing myself anymore. This year, I should be blue’s with no problems if not blacks. Oh, and I started when I was 25… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/looking-to-get-into-snowboarding-hahahahha/38785)._