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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Pred the Penguin on February 21, 2011, 06:07:05 am
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A long standing question of mine, but I've only ever been skiing so I can't answer it. Please debate. :D
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I've never snowboarded, but Skiing seems easier, you fall less (From what I see) and go faster (Again from what I see) so I voted Skiing.
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They're both immensely fun, but I enjoyed snowboarding more, simply because it was more difficult, IMO, to get the hang of.
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It's easier to shove skies up someone's ass while going 50 mp/h
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Skiing is better and easier. And gentler on your behind.
Snowboarders most frequent activity involve them having their ass buried in snow.
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Yeah, but they wear protective care. Skiing can also be very painful, as my swollen thumb attests.
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Between the two, I chose to learn snowboarding. I'd like to try skiing one day.
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snowboarding is more fun for me. it IS very hard on your ass when you first start, mine was black for a week. but once you figure out the 'secret', you'll fall a lot less and have more fun.
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Skiing is considerably easier, but I find neither option terribly fun when I could instead be staging snowball fights.
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IMHO both fun- and race- carving are harder to master than snowboarding, but telemark is quite easy. I ike skis more than some plank :D
the other thing is that in my country, snowboarders are mainly idiots sitting in groups in the middle of the slope right behind the edge so they can't be seen until you can't evade. that might be local problem though. but the lame boarders who just plow the snow down to the volley canreally make me angry.
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Did Skiing once, I hated it, I still have to try Snowboarding.. and from what it looks I would say it's a "more like me" kind of sport, at least compared to Skiing.
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Voted skiing for better and easier. As the above have said, snowboarders tend to be little more than obstacles (usually in groups) that occasionaly change position.
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Snowboarders should be lined up and shot. Snowboarders are literally Hitler.
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ZIG HEIL! lol
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i hate snow too much to do either
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I like snow, but I still don't do either. Guess I have to default to snuffles as usual. :/
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Coming LIVE from Mammoth Mountain, California... My vote is skiing.
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IMHO both fun- and race- carving are harder to master than snowboarding, but telemark is quite easy. I ike skis more than some plank :D
the other thing is that in my country, snowboarders are mainly idiots sitting in groups in the middle of the slope right behind the edge so they can't be seen until you can't evade. that might be local problem though. but the lame boarders who just plow the snow down to the volley canreally make me angry.
They seem fine at the ski resorts I've been to in asia. Then again I avoid large groups of people which are usually beginners.
I find you really only need to worry about dodging people worse than you, and letting people better dodge you. There was one asshole that rammed into me when I was waiting for a lift though... :drevil:
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Snuffleupagus
Where's the cross country skiing option?
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Water Skiing. Specifically Slalom water skiing, once you learn how to do it with a single ski two skis just doesn't cut it any more. Fun as hell to carve back and forth across the water kicking up a giant rooster tail. Bit of a lost art though, nowadays most folks go for wake boarding, or for the talentless flopping around on a tube.
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Water Skiing. Specifically Slalom water skiing, once you learn how to do it with a single ski two skis just doesn't cut it any more. Fun as hell to carve back and forth across the water kicking up a giant rooster tail. Bit of a lost art though, nowadays most folks go for wake boarding, or for the talentless flopping around on a tube.
One "ski" != a board, somehow?
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Slalom skiing and wake boarding are essentially different animals. Slalom skiing is done with the boat at close to it maximum speed when the wake is relatively small, and its done with essentially a single water ski that has a holster in the back for your other foot. Its very fast and your looking to cut back in forth across the wake as smoothly as possible. Wake boarding you want the boat going at a more medium speed enough to pull you out of the water but slow enough to have a giant wake. The equipment is essentially similar to a snow board and your looking to nail sick jumps over the boats wake.
Slalom Skiing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hb3kTRenFAA)
Wake Boarding (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2oy7b4SFgE)
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There's no snow though... o_o