Is it just me or have skiers gained alot of respect from snowboarders????

i think the two have gained a bit more respect for each other - but definitely boarders are giving more respect to skiers

its prob because more skiers can throw down now
 
Six or seven years ago, it seemed like skiers and snowboarders really hated each other. I was too young to really care a lot, but i didn't like the fact that snowboarders could look cool in the air and skiers couldn't. Then Johnny Mosley showed up. haha
 
i respect. i also like skee videos. and snowboard with some skiers (schoening). but i would never switch over...ever/
 
that fool that said all snowboarders are still pricks is a fucking monkey. the ethos of new school and snowboarding is exactly the fucking same- we do the same shit, they ride one board, we ride two- who the fuck gives a shit??
 
and my brother doesnt follow pro snowboarding, he likes skiing better and has a lot of respect for skiers, he just doesnt know a lot about it which can get pretty anoying at times, hes a snowboarder
 
there is way more respect now for both cause when a skier does a good trick boarders take notice and when a boarer doesa sick trick skiers take notice
 
ive gained alot of respect from freinds, who happen to snowboard. people talk shit about me skiing, then i show them up.
 
yeah man i get lots of shit-talking for the fact that i ski, but then i rip soo much better than all the shit-talkers
 
there are still a bunch of snowboarders that hate skiers. the other night there was a rail jam and my friend was throwing down harder then any body else and didnt win any prizes. and since i was hurt and could ski in it i asked them why he didnt win anything and they said it was because he is a skier and to get a ski shop to sponser the event
 
my cousin thought it was the gayest thing that i started skiing

them when i did bigger airs and more techy stuff he was like alright your ok
 
aside from like 2 our school is full of boarders who will do nothing but say how gay skiing is no matter what we throw even if they do a shitty 180 3 feet off the ground and we do a 15 foot high 5 mute they always say how gay it is and how boarders are better... gets so annyoing
 
from my experiance for the most part skiers and boarders get along real well. Its like there is no difference, they give us lots of respect when due
 
yea cuz skiers are now owning the mountains bascailly and boarders realize its not all about them anymore. Plus maybe they just realize how its seriously not a big deal and the 'rivalry' is so played out.
 
ive noticed this too, and im a snowboarder

i dont get it, i assume its because most kids who ski, skiied long before they started hitting park whereas most snowboarders just picked it up because they saw it on espn.

but then i watch ski videos and skiers go bigger in halfpipe, can drop muuuch bigger cliffs, and can hit bigger gap jumps because they can get more speed.

either way i give the same respect to a snowboarder or a skiier who throws down, who the hell cares which one you choose as long as you dont skiblade
 
skiers around my area has always had respect from snowboards and skiers has always respected snowboards. the whole thing of hating is just something a stupid bored 15 year old pc nerd with internet found up in some forums
 
i deff get alot more respect from snowboarders on the hill, and its nice

it seems the only boarders that give me shit are the little kid snowboarders who think there amazing
 
its nice to have someone tell you what you just did was sick whether its a skier/snowboarder, everyone knows when someone does something good, and everyone likes to hear when what they did was appreciated, and that kind of attitude will transcend and will only make the whole experience a more positive one.
 
your right, recently my friends who are snowboarders have given park skiing alot more respect. I guess they finnaly realized we can throw better tricks then they can
 
its just you.

if i do a 5,

they say, "its easy to spin on skis"

bullshit.

flat 3s are easy on a snowboard.

rails are easy on a snowboard.

is it just me,

or do we not have any respect for them?

i have very little.

dont get me wrong, i like seeing switch 10s on a board too...

but its a lot cooler with 2 boards.
 
Well I don't know about you guys but we where at a mountain with a really fun/tall step down and my friend strait aired it for a test hit and after he landed a kid on a board on the chairlift yells out, "Hey you skier! You've got my respect!" Needless to say our lives where complete after that.
 
they are starting to realize that we are throwing down in the park just as they are...like today...i was in a comp(slopestyle) that was boarders and skiers and the skiers fucking OWNED the boarders...like even the announcer was saying that teh skiers were killing it way better than betters...
 
I agree with most of what's been said. Even in the last 2 years, i've noticed that i dont get as many strange looks when I come into the park. This could be due to the newfound respect thing, or the fact that I dont look like a total fucking tool anymore...

but, i have to disagree that in general skiers throw down harder than boarders. Atleast in my experience (mainly Killington and Wachusett mountains..) i see a lot more strait airs from skiers, and a lot more tech rail stuff from boarders.
 
They are, it's just the little fat kids who still think skiings gay. They live two years behind the times cause Disney's a little slow.
 
i show all my snowboarding freinds all the really good edits on here like the us open big airand the candide invite and there all like whhooaaaa thats sick dog...so yeah i think there gaining respect
 
At my school there are 3 skiers who do park...at school we dont get too much respect but no one has seen us ski
 
ya I think there is alot more respect being shown from both sides, but some of the people at my school still dis the skiers but when I went up there last year with my class i just showed up all of them
 
Im glad I can do both fairly well but kids kinda look at me weird when Im on skis giving advice on hittin a rail on a board. They usualy dont even care either were all pretty chyll anyways at my hill
 
so many people board tht its reeli not tht kool how good you are

freeskiing looks so much kooler then boarding in every aspect
 
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