i disagree, snowboarding tricks are very very similar to skiing tricks, we have two boards instead of one so we can do alot more grabs, but thats the biggest difference, i snowboard alot too, and in the park the two are very similar. grabs feel the same and most look the same, taking off and landing are the same. and rails feel like exactly the same. skiing is the closest thing to snowboarding whatever people say. yeah skateboarding looks similar, but if you think about it so does skiing, skiing and snowboarding are sooo similar when your actually doing it. for someone watching they might think snowboarding is closer to skateboading, but for someone actually doing it its closer to skiing.