More news on apparent decline in snowboarding / increase in skiing

[marcski]

Keep your skis firmly planted on the snow (no jumping), ski only on trails (no glades, trees or boundary line skiing) and avoid terrain parks and you'll have pretty good idea of what skiing was like back then. Boring!

I've been skiing in the trees and woods and looking for kickers since I was a kid in the 70's. Skiing was and is never boring!!!

 

[dmc]

I've been skiing in the trees and woods and looking for kickers since I was a kid in the 70's. Skiing was and is never boring!!!

yeah... no shti...

 

[dmc]

No sure why, but as of 2 years ago, Southern California still had many many many more boarders than skiers. If I had to estimate I'd say 95% at Mountain High and probably 60%-75% at Big Bear. Maybe something to do with a lot of them being surfers? Would love to go back in a few years and see if the percentages have changed.

SoCal Surf culture...

 

[Mpdsnowman]

Have to disagree with this too. While skis are a much more practical and efficient all-mountain tool than snowboards, if there was one place where I think snowboarding has an advantage over skiing, I would say it would be in trees.

It can be..but it depends on the glade(s). Ive been in some glades where moguls run ramp id and when you go thru on a board you can get tossed where on skies your poles can guide you a little better....

I got flipped off a mogul last year at Jay and landed in a position where I almost had a protruding branch shoved up my ass lol...or even worse lol....

And this is exactly how I landed...

 

[Cheese]

Just because you havnt seen it dosnt mean it hasnt happened.....View attachment 7774Mogul Comp running a zipper downView attachment 7775Riding some nice glades bumped up...and last but no least DOMINATING a slalom race against boarders and skiers...dont say it cant be done, someone prob already hasView attachment 7776

Well done!