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Originally Posted by 924slover
i can say that skiing is easiest to learn the basics and get on the hill but its harder to fine tune... whereas snowboarding is absolutely miserable to learn the basics and get on the hill it gets easier to fine tune your riding.......if you want to get on the hill quick learn to ski if you want to be in pain and struggle for a while learn to snowboard  |
Exactly.. At the time, I had been skiing for 20+ years, was on Ski Patrol for 5+ years, am a decent waterskier and skateboard all the time. Then a few years after that, (15+ years ago) I tried snowboarding. I have NEVER been in so much pain trying to "get" something in my entire life. Of course technology/equipment has come a long way since i first tried it, but out of four of us trying it, only one of us could go more than a few hundred yards at a time without wiping out by the end of the day. And by wiping out, i mean like major faceplants, etc.. i actually think i could do it a little better now, as i understand it a little better, but i dont see myself trying it again anytime soon.
Its a natural tendency to want to lean back as you pick up too much speed, but that is the exact wrong thing to do on a SB. Your front foot is the pivot point with your back foot being the "rudder" so to speak. Once I figured that out, it became a little easier, but man i was black and blue for days after that.!