[Sportsandrec] surfing or snowboarding?

[Danielle Nicole Larsen]

I tried snowboarding one time.
For me personally it was a terrible experience. Granted the individual I
tried it with had a hard time grasping the concept of my visual impairment
but it ended pretty badly. I do know many people who are visually impaired
who do snowboard though. It's a pretty cool sport. The best ways to do it
however really depend on vision levels form what I understand of it. Higher
partials for instance may only need to wear tinted goggles to reduce glair
and stuff. Others may have a similar system to skiing with the ear piece and
someone giving directions. Because of the way you snowboard (one board with
two feet on it strapped in; similar to a skateboard), sometimes it's hard to
react fast. However, with practice, and great balance, it can be a real
blast form what I have been told! =)

-----Original Message-----
From: sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org
[mailto:sportsandrec-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisamaria Martinez,
NOMC
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:57 AM
To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] surfing or snowboarding?

Hey Joe,

dr. V.'s son, Vejas, is a surfing expert. Well, I don't know if he has taken

it to the level of expertise, but, he does surf and in the past has 
presented on this particular subject.

LM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Shaw" <jrs3147 at comcast.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 8:57 PM
Subject: [Sportsandrec] surfing or snowboarding?


> Hello again chapps and chappettes!
> Anybody here done any surfing in the big water or snowboarding? If so, 
> tell me about them please.
> Joe
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