ok i really didnt want to comment on this thread but the amount of ignorance and gender battling has prompted me to. so, like that girl said in the first page, girls tear ligaments much more easily, have a different center of gravity, are not as physically strong, and don't have the testosterone pumping through them that makes us want to battle through our fear. if a girl is scared of a trick but goes for it anyway, its courage, with guys a lot of times its just testosterone drivin stupidity.
next, and i honestly think this is even bigger than the biological differences, our culture is not exactly the most inviting to girls. thats one thing that annoys me a bit about park skiing is that we make fun of/judge people who are worse than us a lot. and also a large percentage of the people in a park are teenage dudes who still like to act tough when their on skis. so girls see overly egotistical dudes shredding the park and calling those worse than them pussies, what would make them want to step up? honestly how many girls do you even see in the park compared to guys? its like a 20/1 ration on a good day.
look at ski racing. it doesnt have that chauvinistic culture to the same extent, and there are just as many girls as guys. and girl ski racers shred! i know a lot of girl ski racers i went to school with who routinely put up times competitive with the guys, and if you watch girl pro racers their fuckin gnar.
so maybe if we didnt have so many little dicks putting up threads about how much girls suck at skiing, and we were a little more encouraging instead of just complaining about how bad they were, girls would want to come ski with the park with us more. i sure think it would be nice.
and sarah burke is probably better at every aspect of skiing than everyone who commented in this thread