what is easier to learn?

[Mrvile]

Skiing looks better though. A really good skier looks better than a good snowboarder. Plus, skiers have more skill in general...you never see boarders up in those huge mountains doing the things skiers do.

 

[SpedeRacer]

I don't know if this is true but I've heard that snowboarding in general is harder to pickup at first but easier to get good at and vice versa for skiing.

 

[suse920]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
Skiing looks better though. A really good skier looks better than a good snowboarder. Plus, skiers have more skill in general...you never see boarders up in those huge mountains doing the things skiers do.

ORLY?
http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/s...hotos/oversized/0,14440,987524,00.html

find the boarder

I'm not going to argue that boarding is better than skiing its just different. I enjoy boarding a lot more just because of teh feel i get from it. its more like your one witht he mountain... in a strange sort of way. i enjoyes skiing for many years as well before picking up boarding however

 

[suse920]

http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/s...s/image/0,14376,920166_1094533,00.html

borders have more fun

 

[IAteYourMother]

skiing by far

 

[Alienwho]

Snowboarding is easier. It took me about 3 days on a snowboard to get myself to the same level of skill on a snowboard that took me several seasons skiing. Being a GOOD skiier who doesn't snowplow down the whole mountain is a lot harder and more technical than any snowboarding. Plus good skiier tricks look a whole lot cooler and are harder to pull off than snowboarders.

If you get yourself into a scary situation on the mountain it's 10 times easier to get yourself down on a snowboard than on skiis, you just simply lean back and go down the moguls, using absolutely no skill or technicality and destroy the mountain for the rest of us.

(I'm a skiier if you couldn't tell, and i'm from the Rockies and ski 3+ times a week). I've got nothing against snowboarders, most of my friends snowboard, I just find more satisfaction out of skiing.

 

[techtonics]

If this is a one time thing, where you don't plan to continue going to the mountain again this season, I would say go with skiing since the learning curve comes a lot quicker. I skiied a lot when I was younger and just tried snowboarding the other weekend. For the first hour of snowboarding, I could hardly stay up for more than a couple feet. By the end of the day, I could get down the beginner slope but was really sore from all the abuse my body took during the course of the day. After I was able to stay on my feet, it's a really cool feeling to snowboard. I can see snowboarding being really fun after you get the basics down. But, like I said, if this is a one time deal, I would recommend skiing.

 

[Neurorelay]

I used to be a ski and snowboard instuctor. From ease of pickup, snowboarding is quickest. But in terms of skill and less prone to severe injury, skiing is better.

 

[scarpent]

Skiing takes skill. Anybody can plow snow.

 

[DVad3r]

Skiing is bomb, don't listen to the fad "snowboarding is sooo cool" peons. Society is so funny

And yes Skiing is easier.

 

[slightlyhuman]

i've never went skiing, snowboarding for two years. since i started snowboarding/wakeboarding/wakeskating i can pretty much just pick up anything with a board and go at it because they're all related to each other in some way.

when i go to the slopes next year(january or febuary) i'm going to take my wakeskate and play around doing shuvs and kick flips on the bunny slopes. wakeskating = not attached to board, see sig.