So my brother is in the Navy and stationed in Virginia for training. This weekend, he is getting his wings. If you didn’t know, this is a pretty big deal. For the occasion, my family and I are driving out to visit him. We are leaving after I get out of class today, and basically I miss half a week of classes. In high school that’d be no big deal, but this is college. I figure as long as I’m out there, might as well check out what kind of snowboarding they have going on.
In order to be prepared for the trip, I googled “snowboarding Virginia” and came up with about 1.5 million results. A bit overwhelming, except for the fact the first result was incredibly helpful. Basically, a map of Virginia with spots marking snow shops and slopes.
Because I will be traveling with my family, I have to narrow down where I can check out. For starters, anything not on I-64 or Highway 33 on the way into Norfolk is ruled out. This cuts the field from 35 to 8 or 9. Only 2 had websites linked from skisite.
The first site I looked into was Freestyle, “ your source for adrenaline sports.” At first glance, their website seems to cover 3 sports: snow, skateboarding, and wake. Closer investigation reveals one skateboard on site and few snowboards. However, this could just be a bad representation of their website. Hopefully I can check out the store in person.
The next site I looked at was Galyan’s now known as Dick’s. Not a specialty store, but an overall sporting goods store, Galyan’s had a huge selection of gear. But this is typical of an online superstore. The reality I’m sure to face is, in person there will be a much smaller selection. I can always hope otherwise.
Other than those two stores, I was pretty unsuccessful on find much about any other store. I did find out there are 3 “Play It Again Sports” in Richmond.
As the trip grows closer I really hope to stop at a couple of these snowboarding shops and find out about some Virginia snowboarding.
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