I just realized that one thing that I hadn't seen here is anything about skiing or snowboarding. Another thing I haven't seen in a while is a poll. So I figured I'd combine these two into some sort of new forum topic. Here it is. Does anyone ski and/or snowboard? I am going snowboarding at Steven's Pass (a Ski Resort in Washington) for the first time sometime this week (hopefully). Any tips for a novice such as myself? A ton of my friends go up seemingly everyday and will be teaching me the ways of the plank. So yeah, discuss.

I like your poll so I voted. But I hate your poll topic so I voted neither. I had a girl who wanted me to go snowboarding with her, but i was scared because I had busted up a collarbone and a leg rollerblading as a kid, so I figured if I can't even manage to rollerblade, this snowboarding thing is going to break my neck and I'm going to look like a jackass in front of this hot chick.
So I never went with her even though she was going to pay basically the whole way. I refused an awesome snowboard trip with an awesome girl because I was worried about being embarrassed. So she eventually dumped my ass and hooked up with a dude who I thought was a douchebag but she thought was at least cool enough to hook up with and go snowboarding with.
Moral of the story: I'm dumb, I can't snowboard, and having a girl to hook up with is better than not having a girl laugh at you even if she's the one you're hooking up with.
Long story short: girls>polls>snowboarding, all because I failed at rollerblading as a child and was scared to ask for help on learning how to brake.