Ski vs. Snowboard vs. Both
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azn-sensation
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Ive been snowboarding for 13 years. Ive got 3 diff setups but this year I'm going to rent a pair of skis with all my snowboard buddies and see how it turns out.
SCRunner12
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I've been snowboarding for the past 12 years and will never turn back. You can definitely get going on a snowboard as well. Not as fast as skis, but with a 163 you can really move.
J-money$$$
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only snowboard. Been doin it for over 1/2 my life. Actually i just got home from riding. I love Living so close to the mountain. I put in over 100 days a year. Compete, was sponsored by some lame companies, now I just ride for fun. 
Respect to the skiiers tho. Just seems too awkward. If i was to ski I would ride the ski blades and pull some sweet daffys!
Respect to the skiiers tho. Just seems too awkward. If i was to ski I would ride the ski blades and pull some sweet daffys!
theizzardking
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rondonee
deep pow in the backcountry most snow boarders and skiers will never see,
you gotta work for that though, i used to have a bumper sticker that said "earn your turns" amazing stuff out there if you got the legs to get you out to it, i got really bored of riding the resorts after years of teaching lessons and growing up riding the same 3 mountains my whole life went to rondonee and never looked back, now i get to shred "big" mountains that maybe only 50 people a year get to ride, i'm telling you guys get a split board at least and give it a shot, expensive to get started but ar far better in the long run, heck you even save money on lift passes!
deep pow in the backcountry most snow boarders and skiers will never see,
you gotta work for that though, i used to have a bumper sticker that said "earn your turns" amazing stuff out there if you got the legs to get you out to it, i got really bored of riding the resorts after years of teaching lessons and growing up riding the same 3 mountains my whole life went to rondonee and never looked back, now i get to shred "big" mountains that maybe only 50 people a year get to ride, i'm telling you guys get a split board at least and give it a shot, expensive to get started but ar far better in the long run, heck you even save money on lift passes!
J-money$$$
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wayyyy too intense for me... I own a 4x4 so i dont have to hike... and I love chirlifts. But here in beautiful sunny so-cal there are no snowy mountains like that anyways.
Good pics
Good pics
theizzardking
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haha it's not that bad, and thos epics where in july, little known fact that washington state is the most heavily glaciated state in the lower 48 and mount baker/shuksan is epic!
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dunno if any of you regulars want to come up and check it out, but i got a spare room about an hour from the mountain
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19bham92
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SNOWBOARD! Skiing looks cool but not that cross country non sense, at least in my opinion. The learning curve for snowboarding seems a lot higher too. I have a snowboard buddy that spun a 3 off of the 60ft first day on rental skis. And pro boarder Terje Haakenson back flipped his first day. Not saying it's easy but it sure as hell looks it.
SKI!!! I ride with boarders and skiers, it's all a good time once you wait for all the boarders to get into their bindings. Nothing really against boarders, it's all a fun rivalry for me, except that they push all the powder off the slopes (Here in PA it's a lot of ice and minimal snow on top), but I'll never switch, been skiing since I was 3 years old.
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cacoghill
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Snowboard
I have been snowboarding for 16 years and love every minute of it, have broken bones, boards, and egos. made many friends and lost a couple too. I have 3 boards all different set ups for any occasion. I frequently visit Snowmass and Telluride every season.
I have been snowboarding for 16 years and love every minute of it, have broken bones, boards, and egos. made many friends and lost a couple too. I have 3 boards all different set ups for any occasion. I frequently visit Snowmass and Telluride every season.
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cacoghill
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been skiing my whole life, never even been on a board. I like to give my buddies who board shit all the time that they cost me at least five runs a day because I have to sit around and wait for them to clip in!
The only thing that really gets me going is when boarders, or skiers for that matter are in over their heads and they are going sideways down the hill, say out of the side country and off the high end terrian if you cant handle it and stop scraping snow off the dame hill!@!
but really, its just like i dont care what you drive for a truck, I dont care what you ride for a motorcycle, I dont care how you get down the mountain do what you love
and any day on the mountain, no matter how crap the snow is, no matter how annoying the skiiers or boarders are, is still better then a day not on the mountain
cheers
td
The only thing that really gets me going is when boarders, or skiers for that matter are in over their heads and they are going sideways down the hill, say out of the side country and off the high end terrian if you cant handle it and stop scraping snow off the dame hill!@!
but really, its just like i dont care what you drive for a truck, I dont care what you ride for a motorcycle, I dont care how you get down the mountain do what you love
and any day on the mountain, no matter how crap the snow is, no matter how annoying the skiiers or boarders are, is still better then a day not on the mountain
cheers
td
orangelion
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depends on conditions and who i am with.
ski with good people who can go anywhere
snowboard if its all powder or with intermediates or people i have to teach
ski with good people who can go anywhere
snowboard if its all powder or with intermediates or people i have to teach
Muzzle of Bees
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Definitely skiing. There is nothing natural about having your feet tied together.
