Do You Ski or Snowboard?

[MRGisevil]

Ski- I tried snowboarding out and it just wasn't for me. All depends on people's personal styles, I guess.

 

[cbcbd]

Tried snowboarding once, and even though I liked it, I didn't give it enough time.

I ski now, but would like to get my skiing to a better level before taking up another winter sport ($$$). I'd also probably get into tele before boarding. Still... it'll all just cost more $$$ in the end.

 

[Grassi21]

I ski now, but would like to get my skiing to a better level before taking up another winter sport ($$$). I'd also probably get into tele before boarding. Still... it'll all just cost more $$$ in the end.

I'm in the same boat (but from what I remember at Hunter, your level of skiing is much higher than mine). Speaking of boats, kayaking is another one of the sports that I've held off getting into due to $$$.

 

[Phildozer]

I'm a skier.

I did snowboard back in 1988 on a Burton split-tail but snowboarding in New England just didn't cut it for me.

If I lived out West where there was more powder days, it would be a tough decision.

 

[Greg]

Nice to see the snowboarding contingent increase a bit since the last time we held a demographics survey:

 

[tcharron]

My son is still trying to get me to try out boarding. I dunno, hen I think about it in my head, just seems I'd be hard for my head to wrap around going down in a different manner,

 

[Greg]

My son is still trying to get me to try out boarding. I dunno, hen I think about it in my head, just seems I'd be hard for my head to wrap around going down in a different manner,

I've considered trying it, but I suspect that I will just rather be skiing as I crash and burn all over the place. Not at all interested in visiting the horizontal snow contact learning curve all over again.

 

[cbcbd]

I'm in the same boat (but from what I remember at Hunter, your level of skiing is much higher than mine). Speaking of boats, kayaking is another one of the sports that I've held off getting into due to $$$.

Lol, I think it's like dmc said... skiing - easy to get ok at, hard to get real good at I want to be able to tackle densely treed terrain without having to hug so many trees
Plus, I need to do Tuckerman's at least once without yard saleing...
...then I'll probably be ok with trying other stuff.

Grassi... what kind of kayaking are you looking into getting into? Just to get on a kayak (recreational) doesn't have to be too expensive.

 

[Greg]

Lol, I think it's like dmc said... skiing - easy to get ok at, hard to get real good at I want to be able to tackle densely treed terrain without having to hug so many trees
Plus, I need to do Tuckerman's at least once without yard saleing...
...then I'll probably be ok with trying other stuff.

I think you're a pretty solid skier. You handled bumps on Ike with apparent ease that day.

 

[Grassi21]

Lol, I think it's like dmc said... skiing - easy to get ok at, hard to get real good at I want to be able to tackle densely treed terrain without having to hug so many trees
Plus, I need to do Tuckerman's at least once without yard saleing...
...then I'll probably be ok with trying other stuff.

Grassi... what kind of kayaking are you looking into getting into? Just to get on a kayak (recreational) doesn't have to be too expensive.

I've been eying the Carolina for years. I would paddle mostly local CT stuff and the bay up at Cape Cod.

 

[Paul]

Do You Ski or Snowboard?

Yes I do.

 

[cbcbd]

I've been eying the Carolina for years. I would paddle mostly local CT stuff and the bay up at Cape Cod.

Carolina is a great all around boat for CT and the NE - not too long for wide rivers and lakes, and just long and technical enough for the sound. That was my first boat ...now I have two (wilderness systems arctic hawk)
My suggestion - get a year old boat, like a rental fleet boat - those are usually on sale only in the late fall though. Save a few hundred just by doing that and not minding a few scratches.

I think you're a pretty solid skier. You handled bumps on Ike with apparent ease that day.

Thanks Greg
But as you and probably many skiers here also feel - there is always something else that could be worked on, techniques to be ironed out, and levels to be pushed!! When I'm skiing the bumps like you were I'll start feeling better

Heck, screw the technique, I just want to get out skiing more

 

[Birdman829]

snowler blades rock

 

[adamti91]

snowler blades rock

My freind snowblades. You'd think they have less control than skiis but apparantly not... it's not as popular as it was the last two years I think though, or at least I've seen less of them on the mountain.

 

[dmc]

My freind snowblades.

How'd his Dad take the news?

 

[trailertrash]

How'd his Dad take the news?

that is funny!

good one sir!

 

[skiNEwhere]

I Ski, snowboard, Telemark, and even tried that snowbike.

 

[C-Rex]

Snowboarder here. I've considered learning to ski after going to Breck last year. I realized that some terrain would just be easier to navigate on skis. However, then I feel like I'm just taking the easy way out. I pride myself in being able to ride anything that my friends can ski; steeps, glades, even moguls to some extent. My skier friends will always tell me to get some skis anytime I get sick of mogul fields. But it's not that I can't do it, it's that it's just not very fun on a board. Then they say, "Well, it'd be a lot easier on skis." But that's not the point. I'm not trying to take the challenge out of it. I'm a boarder. When I look at a piece of terrain I want to ride it. If I switch to skis to make it easier, I haven't accomplished my goal. I still haven't ridden it. I skied it. It's not about getting down the hill the easiest way possible. It's about having the most fun on the way, and to me that will always be on a snowboard.

 

[Vin]

Ski and Ride....but I call it all skiing