I first skied on a crappy school holiday in 2001. I skied for a week and at teh end of it i was only at snowplow still cuz teh lessons were so restrictive. So after i came home I got my family to book a holiday back to the same place i went to, and i thought it will be a bit shit though cuz i can only ski crap.
Then i remembered seeing what one of my teachers called 'bladers' and they were bombing it past us and doin little jumps and shit. And at that time i thought they were teh coolest snow riders in the world - maybe after snowboarding. So anyway i went to this indoor place near where i live (england)
http://www.snowdome.co.uk and I had a go on their fucked up salomon rental skiboards.
And straight away i could do ride them totally well. So, inspired by this i bought a pair of cannon M7s. So i had a week skiboarding on them in Switzerland last february and it was cool. But there was seriosu problems in terms of speed and powder floatation - skiboards just cant hack it. Then i saw other skiboarders (not many) and i thought, shit they look stupid, even when just riding not on any jumps or anything, they looked ridiculous with their stance and all that.
So a few months ago i decided to try skiing again at that indoor place and like i could ski. properly, like i saw people doing wen i went on that school trip. I intend to ski now and probably not skiboard ever again, but i might do sometimes perhaps.
So basically, i prefer skiing because - it is faster, u can do powder, it looks better, it feels better, it takes some skill to ride well whereas with skiboards anyone can do it.
I dont dislike any genre of snowriders - well actually i really disaprove of teh kids i see at the snowdome (see above) they are all about 12 and they have salomon skiboards and they probably have never even been to a ski resort. I dont like that side of snowsports. When i was skiing with school and even skiing last year, i wasnt really in touch with teh whole snowsport community - i didnt know wot was going on, but now i am more into it all I can somehow better see what i want skiing to be for me. Sounds gay sont it, but u probly know wot i mean. Its about teh mountains and the hotel and the snow and the people and the skiing too.
If a snowboarder hit me on the slope, i wouldnt hate *all* snowboarders. Same with skiboarding. I dont like to skiboard, but that doesnt mean I dont like skiboarders. I do suggest to all skiboarders i know to try skiing though - the least anyone can do is try everything they can tehn decide. Like i tried snowboarding but i didnt like having both feet strapped together it was weird, so for now il stay skiing. but whatever, if i snowboard i snowboard if i ski i ski who gives a shit. shit sorry dudes i wrote alot of shit. I just write wot comes into my head sorry.
--Joe