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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sat Mar 4th at 9:43pm 2006

I just got back from a half day at the mountain, where I spent my second day trying to learn how to snowboard. I had been once before, but it was literally 365 days ago, so this was pretty much my frist time. Luckily, I had a good friend who knew what he was doing and he gave me some pointers. I was carving by my second run, and it was awesome. I spent 3 hours with my friends bombing down the mountain and I think I've fallen in love with snowboarding. I used to ski, when I was young, but I find this to be much more fun.

I know a lot of people have strong preferences either way, so which do you prefer? Why?




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Posted by Orpheus on Sat Mar 4th at 9:53pm 2006

Call my world small, but I do not know anyone personally who likes, or does either.

Around here its biking/motocross and quad runners.





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Posted by Andrei on Sat Mar 4th at 11:19pm 2006

Skiing because I have better coordonation on two boards than on one :P .




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Posted by SpiKeRs on Sat Mar 4th at 11:57pm 2006

I have not done either but I been keen to give snowboarding a go for a few years now. Alas as usual I have no conviction or motivation to do anything about it.



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Posted by mazemaster on Sun Mar 5th at 12:16am 2006

Skiing for sure.


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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Mar 5th at 12:58am 2006

add a nondescript vote so we who do not care much for either, can see the results.



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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sun Mar 5th at 1:01am 2006

? quoting Orpheus
add a nondescript vote so we who do not care much for either, can see the results.


There, I added another option.




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Posted by fishy on Sun Mar 5th at 1:12am 2006

i've never tried boarding, though i plan to, if i ever find my way back to the mountains. there's not much of a skiing season in scotland, and i'm not keen enough to go any farther afield.


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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Mar 5th at 1:42am 2006

? quoting fishy
, and i'm not keen enough to go any farther afield.

So, I take it that I should s**tcan my plans of you riding with me on a few of my runs next year?

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Posted by French Toast on Sun Mar 5th at 2:04am 2006

Definitely snowboarding. It's just so much more fun. Many more tricks and such, and harder than skiing.

I skateboard all summer and snowboard all winter. Rawr.




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sun Mar 5th at 2:20am 2006

You mean the tricks are harder or snowboarding in general?

I don't ski but all my skier friends look down on snowboarding because they think its too easy to learn.




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Posted by FatStrings on Sun Mar 5th at 3:00am 2006

i have never had the oppurtunity for either, but i picked snowboarding for the fact that i like the idea more for some reason
though a chance to do either would be sweet
closest i've been to either is waterskiing




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Posted by Nickelplate on Sun Mar 5th at 3:44am 2006

I chose Skiing because snowboarders are always running into ppl on the slopes. There are very few responsible snowboarders where I ski. Plus, I just love skiing. Going off jumps forward seems so much safer to me than sideways.


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Posted by ReNo on Sun Mar 5th at 4:28am 2006

I've been snowboarding for a fair few years now and I love it. I don't go often enough these days though - last year I didn't get away at all, and this year I spent one week in France and that is likely to be all I'll get. Due to that I've not really been improving lately, which is frustrating, but I'm a good freerider as it stands and have plenty of fun just bombing runs and doing some off piste.

Not too sure I agree with the comment that snowboarding is harder than skiing; I've done both, though admittedly only spent a week on skis, but wouldn't say snowboarding strikes me as the harder of the two. Maybe it is a bit harder to pick up and get properly started with, but I reckon it is probably easier to "master" in terms of just riding. I also don't think that snowboards have any more tricks than skis, and in fact I'm inclined to think that the opposite is probably true. Freestyle skiing is hugely inspired by aggressive rollerblading these days and borrows pretty much the entire set of tricks, and due to the fact that you have two seperated feet to use in the tricks, it gives you a bit more versatility. Not that I've ever really seen any skiers pulling off any of those tricks personally - parks still seem to be dominated by boarders, in the European resorts I visit anyway.

Anybody here tried any wakeboarding? That s**t is tiring - I've done it once and enjoyed it, but a 10-15 minute session left my arms more tired than they have ever been before!



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Posted by French Toast on Sun Mar 5th at 4:34am 2006

? quote:
You mean the tricks are harder or snowboarding in general?

I don't ski but all my skier friends look down on snowboarding because they think its too easy to learn.


I find that snowboarding in general is harder when starting out. Most people I see tend to prefer skiing for the fact that you have more movement, and you're going straight down. The first time people get on a board they're awkward due to the fact that they have to keep their feet pointed away from where they're looking. As well they tend to catch countless edges and end up falling nonstop due to the fact that your feet are so rigid and you've gotta lean the right ways.

However, they're both quite difficult to master. I waas lucky enough to have been skateboarding for a few years so it was easy to pick up for me and I was out on the terrain park doing tricks my first year. I just find skiing to be much more boring. As if there's no danger involved.

I don't know, snowboarding is just much more exciting to me, though I have lots of friends who feel the same about skiing.




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Posted by fishy on Sun Mar 5th at 10:46am 2006

? quoting French Toast
I just find skiing to be much more boring. As if there's no danger involved.

you can't be trying hard enough. go fall down some black runs in a blizzard, and you may change your mind. i did.




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Posted by French Toast on Sun Mar 5th at 2:59pm 2006

I feel to stable on skis. <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">




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Posted by Orpheus on Sun Mar 5th at 4:46pm 2006

? quoting French Toast
I feel to stable on skis.

You have some sort of a gyroscope up your butt?

Stable has never been a concept that I associated with skiing.





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Posted by BlisTer on Sun Mar 5th at 10:02pm 2006

snowboarding. it's "harder" because you can't control your legs separately and do the "plow" whenever you need to slow down in narrow areas. snowboarders are always turning - be it gentle if wanted - whereas skiers can go straight ahead and still control their speed.

But for me that's part of why i prefer snowboarding. it's more of a challenge to match the speed of skiers. i'm a speed freak (have a boardercross board) and always try to keep up with the skiers who 're doing shuss (dunno translation), even on red slopes. i've done both, but i think you feel the speed more when you're on a snowboard.




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Posted by Addicted to Morphine on Sun Mar 5th at 10:16pm 2006

Yesterday was my first real day learning how to snowboard, and I while I learned how to carve pretty early on, it was hard for me to resist the urge to go straight downhill, because I loved the speed and sense of reckless endangerment. The only big wipeout I had was when I decided to go straight down the entire mountain, without checking my speed with turns. I caught some snow toeside on my backfoot, right near the lift, and went pinwheeling down the mountain. It was awesome. No injuries except a midly sore neck today <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/icon_smile.gif">





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