What do you prefer, skiing or snowboarding?
@northerndwarf (59)
Canada
March 27, 2007 8:40pm CST
I prefer skiing maybe because it's easier to control or the fact that there are poles. Maybe I just like the concepts to skiing. I've never tried snowboarding before.
Which one do you prefer? I've found that many people first start skiing, but later they try snowboarding.
4 responses
@brianhanson37 (120)
• United States
25 May 08
Never tried snowboarding, but I do like the whole poles thing about skiing. Sometimes when I go through deep powder I wonder if it would be easier for a snowboard because they don't have to worry about keeping two sticks straight.
@Crestview (236)
• United States
20 Oct 09
Skiing is easier to start, but takes longer to be good, on the other hand, snowboarding a killer in the beginning, but you can progress to more difficult terrain faster. But then if you learn how to side slip down a hill, most people can ski blacks.
@wertzburg1 (200)
• United States
2 May 07
I prefer snowboarding. I tried skiing first then switched to snowboarding. It's easier for me and I think more fun. It's still challenging though. I still have a hard time on blues and blacks but I have fun learning and am excited to touch my first black.
Snowboarding is also nice because you don't have to worry about poles. You can control yourself easily without them. And, you can sit down and take a break whenever you feel like, whereas it's harder to sit in skis.
@olivertwist (17)
• Australia
29 Apr 07
I prefer skiing because you can continually see yourself improving. With snowboarding, unless you want to learn jumps and other acrobatic techniques, once you get to a certain level, that's it.
@wertzburg1 (200)
• United States
2 May 07
I think you can continually see yourself improving with snowboarding. You don't have to do jumps and such to improve. It's just like skiing. But of course eventually you'll hit a point where you're amazing and there's not much room to improve with both snowboarding and skiing. Once you perfect a double black or head down a steeper slope, how else can you improve?
@eskimokisses (4)
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22 Dec 07
I love both!!! I started skiing, and then once i had mastered skiing, i tried snowboarding, which is quite difficult to learn at the begining if you started out as a skier, as it is difficult to get used to ur feet being on one board rather than two separate ski's lol. Also it is easier to do tricks on a snowboard than ski's.
