Try Airboarding & Live Your Olympic Luge Dreams in Steamboat!

Over the past few weeks we have been talking about the many ways you can Live your Winter Olympic Dreams in Steamboat Springs, Colo., (more fondly known as Ski Town USA). Armed with ResortQuest's FREE $200 gift certificate (which you get when you book your Olympic Lodging Package),  we've suggested donning skates at the Steamboat Olympic Ice Arena to live your figure skating dreams or trying a Pipe and Park lesson at the Steamboat Ski Resort to see if you've got what it takes to be a Freestyle Skier. We had also suggested tubing at Saddleback Ranch to feel the exhileration of the Luge.

But today we have an even better idea to experience the Luge!

Welcome to Airboarding!

Airboarding was created by a gentleman by the name of Joe Steiner of Switzerland. After being hurt snowboarding, Joe still wanted to ride the Swiss Alps he had been shredding for years on his snowboard. After ten years of experimentation, he introduced the world’s first snow bodyboard and redefined sledding.

Not like your average sled, the Airboard can actually carve turns down a slope. With molded runners on the bottom curve, one can actually learn to drive these boards by shifting bodyweight. The faster you go; the better control you will have. Seriously! This looks like SOOOOOO much fun!

So where can you try Airboarding in Steamboat Springs?

A local Steamboat company, Boardom Bound is offering two kinds of trips to experience this new board sport. They can take you to play on the local spots here in the city limits or we can venture into the backcountry. In the backcountry we will have unlimited amounts of hills to play on and powder to enjoy. We can even pack your snowboard or skis and get a few classic turns in that way.

“Sledding and tubing, those are fun, but who knows what path you’re going to take?” said Danny Tebbenkamp who runs Boardom Bound. “When I was a kid, and we went sledding, it was about hanging on as long as you could before you plowed into something that would hurt you. With this, you can steer right around those things. You might be able to steer a sled, but this has much quicker response.” \

There aren’t any trees on his runs to get in the way, and a “fall” isn’t tough because even after flying off the lip of a jump, riders are never more than about two feet off the ground.

A three-hour session with Boardom Bound includes the sleds, helmets, transportation and rides on snowmobiles to ferry boarders from the bottom of the slopes to the top.

Half Day of Airboarding in the Backcountry

• 3 hours plus transportation/max on trip is 4 people
• $60 per person for 4
• $75 per person for 3
• $100 per person for 2

Half Day of Airboarding on Private Land

• 3 hours plus transportation
• $60 per person up to 10 people
• $50 per person for 11 up to 20 people

So, if you want to Live your Olympic Dreams and have a go at Airboarding, contact ResortQuest today to book your Steamboat lodging!