i personally think that skiing is a lot more versitille, take any of the new trailers for movies theres every aspect of skiing in them park, urban, pow, and big mountain. sure theres sweet park and urban shots in the snowboard movies but when was then last time you saw a snowboarder ripping a steep and deep big mountain line? ive got friends who snowboard theres nothing wrong with it and we all shred together and have a good time