deletedddd
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i have no problem except sitting at the top of the run and just strapping in unless its on a rope then their fine
Whats your opinion on snowboarders ?
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shinbangclan
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it looks like they have more fun with less shinbang
Govygen_gourmet
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I both ski and snowboard regularly some days I start skiing and switch over to snowboarding. I always say if you haven’t experienced both you shouldn’t talk shit about the other.
Skiing is fun and snowboarding is also fun, although if I must say so myself, on powder days I almost always prefer a snowboard.
Skiing is fun and snowboarding is also fun, although if I must say so myself, on powder days I almost always prefer a snowboard.
Jezza
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I ski, but recently got a snowboard. I live in the Midwest where we have small hills. When I’m tired at the end of a day skiing or had a few bad falls in the park, I’ll strap on the snowboard and try and learn something new. Learning snowboarding at a small hill like the one I’m at is tons of fun since it makes the hill feel huge. While I’ll always prefer skiing, I see no reason to hate on either sport since they both have their own benefits.
postal_slime
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why is there another snowboarder thread
DirtYStylE
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90% of the time they are super slow. Getting stuck on a cat track makes me lolololololol
xxACIDTRIPxx
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13995661:DirtYStylE said:
Revelstoke is the WORST for boarders. There is literally a giant traverse on every run
Park_Ranger
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Snowboarding is so steezy. Pro snowboarders go a lot bigger than pro skiers in the backcountry and in the streets.
snowmosexual
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Everytime I shred deep pow days with snowboarders I wish I was on a snowboard. Nothing is more beautiful than a snowboard in deep deep pow
Knewnews
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skiing bear mountain is eye opening, such a pretentious scene there. lots of super try hard to act like they are not trying hard going on. im 32 now and still hit most of the rails there if the lip on isn't too low. it's a little obnoxious but il take what i can get in socal. have fun doing what you enjoy doing but we evolved to use two skis for a reason, imo.
270on420out
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I like watching snowboarding more than skiing
I was going to make a post about how horrible snowboarders are but it's funny to see that there are skiers that still have problems with boarders. Honestly I run into more skiers stuck on traverses than snowboarders. Also nothing is worse than a shitty skier that complains about snowboarders. Most of the crew I rode with growing up were still skiers after I switched to boarding. Idk, I legitimately find it baffling that either side has a problem beyond just jokes for the hell of it.
The snow is deep right now. Surf the earth bitches
The snow is deep right now. Surf the earth bitches
Rodigan
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UK; shit snowboarders who just ride domes or go away and cruise piste still shit talk skiers (always quote certain US hills 5000 miles away that don't allow snowboarding and moan about the struggle). Good snowboarders tend to appreciate skiing and are cool.
Snow disciples facebook page will give you an idea of some of the backward bullshit i see on a regular basis. Feel free to join in ......
Snow disciples facebook page will give you an idea of some of the backward bullshit i see on a regular basis. Feel free to join in ......
KilaTsunami
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I love snowboarding, the pros are always cool asf, while were stuck with dudes like Magnus lol. (no offense Mag, but the style just aint there) However I gotta say, ALL my free-skier friends progressed TWICE as fast as the snowboarders in the group. Boarders insist skis are easier to learn, but they also still blame the snow for being "sticky" when they come in slow on the big kickers and knuckle up. Always so many excuses...
Featherston
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Ex snowboarder turned skier. Most of my mates are boarders and such a chill crew to go shredding with, always stoked on what everyone is doing.
Every now and again I come across a boarder way to full of him/herself, but these are the gnarly park rats who figured out how to hit a jump and not stack it and are full of themselves. But that's pretty rare.
Every now and again I come across a boarder way to full of him/herself, but these are the gnarly park rats who figured out how to hit a jump and not stack it and are full of themselves. But that's pretty rare.
tsingtaofanatic
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without snowboarders, we wouldn't have freestyle skiing
Also, I am 100% sure that there are at least 10 other threads about the same thing
Also, I am 100% sure that there are at least 10 other threads about the same thing
13995591:Session said:
Only true if you think freeskiing is about park and urban. It's not. The term started before that, it was meant to define skiing outside of the race course. Among people who were not around in the mid-90's it became more about park. The IFSA was about big mountain contests. Big mountain skiing has taken things from snowboarding, but big mountain snowboarding has taken things from skiing too. Freeskiing is about far more than park and pipe. You either don't really understand what the term means, or you don't understand what the word literally means.
For the record I love snowboarding. Skiing is a much better sport because of snowboarding. I learned to ski pow on skinny skis and I much prefer something 115 or so underfoot with some rocker. And in the first issue of Powder in 2009 Jeremy Jones said that the biggest innovation in Snowboarding was rocker, which came from Shane McConkey. Rocker existed back in the days of the Lamar Trick Stick, but snowboarders followed McConkey's lead in bringing it back.
When I lived in Tahoe the freeskiers at Squaw were certainly not copying everything from snowboarding. Unless of course you are ignorant enough to think that freeskiing is mostly about the park. If you believe that you need a history lesson. Maybe park rats from the east coast bite snowboarding trends, but those people represent a VERY small bit of what freeskiing actually is.
13995734:Park_Ranger said:
Skiers go much bigger off of cliffs. Hitting a big cliff is much cooler than hitting an urban rail or a backcountry kicker.
If you want something that boarders, or at least Jeremy Jones, actually DO do better than skiers I would point to spine walls. Since rockered skis came about skiers have been getting better, but JJ is still better at spine walls than any skier. Both sports have their advantages, I don't think a boarder will ever billygoat as well as Shane McConkey did.
Non_State_Actor
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I can do both, though I haven't boarded in a decade. It's fine, good people ski aand snowboard and so do giant douches.
One small caveat, I notice a lot of boarders sitting down in the middle of runs, below windlips and cat tracks and other spots which are less than ideal especially in the low vis conditions I've skied lately.
One small caveat, I notice a lot of boarders sitting down in the middle of runs, below windlips and cat tracks and other spots which are less than ideal especially in the low vis conditions I've skied lately.