i wonder why so many people come on ns and bring up the idea that skiers go bigger than snowboarders and snowboarders are pusssies, suck, are gay etc.  do they think that since this is a ski site we will join them? snowboarders are sick, i love watching really good boarders rip it up like skiers too. sure as someone said above, snowboarding has a higher percentage of pro ho's and posers but the real boarders are sick.  snowboarding has been tearing it up longer than skiing too. i was watching a warren miller film the other day and realized that i enjoyed watching the boarder parts much more than the skier's parts. they were more relaxed,  had more style, and just in general let it go. i couldn't stand watching some of the skiers pop turning down the steeps and making perfect continuous turns. i was almost yelling at the television screen for the skier to just let it go. i can see where boarders get their ideas to rip and hate on skiers. ahhh, only if we could all see the progressing aspects of each sport and the connections that lay between the 2 sports. its phenomenal. each sport borrows from one another.