Why is snowboarding better than skiing?

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Permalink Reply by SkylarBrent on December 7, 2008 at 3:37pm

dan m said:

in skiing the boots are like 15 pounds each and it was harder to do tricks and rails on skis wheras any newbie (like me) can do tricks and have fun on snowboards allot easier. skiing is also more expensive to buy equipment. Last thing, when your doing a rail or boz in skiing, it is alot easier to get hurt and sack on a rail! AHHHOOUUUCHCCCCHHH!!!
hope i helped! =) good luck!

you just dissed snowboarding

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Permalink Reply by Zach Robert on December 8, 2008 at 7:28am

yeah got bored and this sparked my interests haha

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Permalink Reply by Daniel O'Meara on February 22, 2009 at 3:44pm

Skiing Isn't As Cool...And Is Therefore Cooler
With its cool clothes, big stars and striking resemblance to skateboarding, snowboarding has almost fully replaced skiing as the preferred way for winter-minded teenagers to fit in. Being unique, however, often results in increased coolness. Therefore, by not being as cool as snowboarding, skiing is actually way cooler.

lol i actually agree with this statement above.

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Permalink Reply by rylansalmon on February 26, 2009 at 4:13pm

all skiers i know are dicks

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Permalink Reply by mason on February 26, 2009 at 8:42pm

i dont think of skiing as better but most skiers are dicks and hate snowboarding more then snowboarders hate skiers.
i like snowboarding but i dont like snowboarders and skiers cuz they are usally dicks

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Permalink Reply by Paul on February 26, 2009 at 9:47pm

There are some cool skiers I know, and a lot of dick skiers. On the flipside, there are a lot of cool boarders i know, and some dicks. I guess the average boarder is a lot cooler than the average skier, but you cant just say all skiers suck because honestly, some skiers have earned my respect by dropping some gnarly shit in a way you can't on a board. A skier sees a line differently than a snowboarder, and I love the fact that both sports are so similar and yet different in style and approach. Both sports have fed off each other throughout the years though, they have shown us the way of the backcountry & mountaineering aspects, and we have shown them the way of style and tricks and fat powder skis and breathing life back into ski resorts because it made skiing 'cool' again... yeah I guess they owe us a lot more in reality.

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Permalink Reply by dan m on March 23, 2009 at 6:05pm

i know this is old but when you talked about chasing your skis down the hill, well skis have a brake on the binding and goes down if your not snapped in

Zach Robert said:

How about the injury factor, i used to ski and hands down you can go faster, and also bigger airs because of the physics of skis compared to boards. you have less resistance because of the reduced base and more length to base ratio most the time so it makes you really fast and with the two edges compared to one when carving it makes turning much quicker. however you bail going down the mountain on skis and you are in for a treat, you usually yard sale it (gear goes everywhere) having to chase your skis halfway down the slope in clunky ass boots and your legs flail all over the place which it makes it easier to completly fuck yourself up. I changed to boarding when i was a freshman in highschool and had been skiing for about 10 years. i would never go back boards are more fun and safer in the long run if you don't factor in the whole stupid factor that usually occurs on a board because of the emphasis on park and stuff.

the learning curve is also a bit different, skis are alot harder to control because each foot has a board to control so it takes alot more coordination whereas a snowboard is jjust a giant plank which you are chillin on so i found controlling a snowboard in the beginning easier. and again i emphasis that it is alot easier to get hurt or go out of control while skiing because of the two foot deal. just look at Sunny dude died hittin a tree because he lost control of his skis, wouldnt happen on a board just sit your ass down haha or you would inevitably catch an edge to stop yourself by accident.

hope this helped a little bit

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Permalink Reply by Paul on March 24, 2009 at 2:00pm

Haha, the other day my friend was unstrapping to enter the backcountry at sunshine, and lost their board, went halfway down wawa. freaking hilarious! So yeah skiers definitely beat us on that one with their brakes.

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Permalink Reply by Tyler Hitchcock on March 24, 2009 at 7:06pm

if you are a skier you have more things to look after.... 2 skis and, sometimes, 2 poles

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Permalink Reply by Spencer Holmes on January 29, 2010 at 10:09pm

it just is but i like both

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Permalink Reply by Karl Ernerudh on May 30, 2010 at 9:28am

Snowboarding - Cool Skiing- pretty gay, not steezy at all

Skateboarding- Cool rollerblades-plain gay

hope I helped you with your paper!

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Permalink Reply by Karl Ernerudh on May 30, 2010 at 9:30am

Its like comparing Rock 'n' roll with gay as kanye west or some other gay radio shit!

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