Snowboarding is Stupid

I've only snowboarded a couple of times but I've skied hundreds of times. Skiing is superior to me but that's just because I'm good at it and I suck at snowboarding. Both sports have their merits.

But ya gotta keep 'em separated.

i thought that snowboarding was cool - though i've never been to the snow before, i still think i would be fun to snowboard.
skiing is bad, because i have absolutely to foot co-ordination

i mean, NO foot co-ordination

So stay off the hill.

For Mandso I recommend sledding.

but i want to go on the hill!
i think i tried sledding once - that was cool too.

Around here skiing's for the old folks, snowboarding's for the younger crowd. Time's change.

Exactly. Let them find their own damn hill.

I think the learning curve for snowboarding is
much quicker than for skiing. After about 6 hours
worth of lessons, your kids won't be spending
their time sitting in the snow.

Lets see, three kids x 6 hours x $60/hour minimum for lessons is $1080 to learn how to do something STUPID.

I don't think so. Let's keep this thread on track!

Isn't it sort of up to the resort owners?

If there is enough interest in ski only or snowboard only hills, the market will surely accommodate everyone, eventually.

(I don't have a dog in the hunt, personally. Don't have an interest in either activity. Though I suppose if I was to take up one in would be skiing. I'm uncomfortable calling people "dude".)

Wassup with that, dude?



Wow! This is a featured thread! Now, why half the time does the page come up blank?

I am old and curmudgeonly.

When the day comes that I pay money to go out in cold weather and get beat up, I think I'll change professions and move out of the mountains.

I ski and snowboard, if the conditions are right I am on the snowboard if not I have my skis. Its just a matter of going to the car to change them out.

I certainly don't see a need for seperate slopes.

Why stupid cjhsa? I think most mountains have as many snowboarders as skiiers nowadays.

Those kids are sitting in the snow while the instructor shows them the fundamentals and how to snowboard safely. 10 hours worth of lessons
should equip them with the ability to go down most intermediate runs.
After a few years of practice, they should be able to tackle most major
mountain resorts.

If you live in the frozen north, as I do, winter sports are a must.

Though I prefer cross-country, for kids snowboarding is a blast!

I just see snowboarders sitting in the snow - no lessons involved whatsoever. Like I said before, part of the reason I quit skiing was from having to share the mountian with these clowns. Call me elitist, at least I'm not sitting there half the day melting snow with my ass.

I had a friend that worked overnight blowing snow at Raging Buffalo. I used to go there after everyone else had left and he would hook me up with some boots, a board and my own private hill. They had jumps, rails and a halfpipe.

I had a blast and got halfway decent pretty quickly. that being said... I'd never pay for it.

I know how you feel though, cjhsa. I was a a skate boarder in highschool when the rollerblade crazy came around. Soon all my favorite skateparks were filled with these little sh!ts on rollerblades buzzing around completely ignoring proper skatepark etiquette... I wanted to bunch the little bastards.