groach1234 Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Just wondered if any of you are in to skiing or snowboarding and if so which one? Skiing for me, always fancied giving boarding a go but dont fancy being back at stage one again. George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J@mes Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Skiing for me, don't see many snowboarders where we go in Austria. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypig Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Its simple....... under 30 snowboarding ............ over 30 skiing.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Under 30 (just) Skiing cant keep off my ****/face on a snowboard despite trying a few times, on skis i can hit the the black runs (well could its been 10 years) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon Adam Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Skiing all the way for me! Although would like to give boarding a go? :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentKill Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Boarder and oddly always go Austria where J@mes says there are none! Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vipa Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 have skiid since I was 16, so almost 30 years and pretty much every year. Never fancied boarding (was a child of the 70s and a youth of the 80s, if you'd seen me on a skateboard you'd understand why not ) Do have a real urge to try biathlon though, need to get fit and lose a bucket of weight first though so aiming for next season and we'll give it a go! Sadly there aren't many clubs or facilities in the UK (you can train without snow, on roller skis ) don't know how it would go down at the local park though, me doing circuits with a rifle on my back then every couple of km dropping down and letting 5 rounds go!! :look: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majordisorder Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Snowboarding, love it to bits, the feeling when you're cranked over 70 degrees in a high speed turn takes some beating. Not into the tricks side of things but a bit of air and freeriding off piste is great. It's very easy to pick up too, I learnt in Val D years back, had two 1 hour lessons and was off piste the next day, just don't try anywhere with lots of flats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psyxologos Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Skiing. We are off to Saas Fee in 9 days! Woooho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Skiing. Sod the flat bits on a board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plumbob Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Both, ski on hardpack and icy stuff, board on powder and steep stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Its simple....... under 30 snowboarding ............ over 30 skiing.......... I think the bar's a bit lower - 25 & Under = Snowboard, over 25 = ski. To snowbaord you need a goatee and end every sentence with "dude". Anybody over 25 doing that looks/sounds stupid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batch Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Skiing for me evertytime through fear of getting left behind by the skiers in the group!! Hav always fancied having a crack at boarding, cos it does look like good laugh.....perhaps one day maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robc89 Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Have Ski'd for last the 11 years every year at least twice a year. Cant go this year am shooting more tho so thats keeping my mind of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookie Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Either for me, although I do prefer snowboarding, despite the problems with the flat bits. Snowboarding is just generally more fun for me and is more in tune with my other ways of hurting myself (i.e. Wakeboarding/wakeskating). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gareth W Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 I dont say dude nor have a goatee and am 40 and I snow board, tried both including cross country skiing and much prefer boarding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Although I voted Skiing, it's only because I'm still getting to grips with snowboarding. Somehow it just doesn't feel right but I'm putting that down to me being over 30 and learning something which is the generally considered the reserve of young punks with funky hair. Have been gently coaxing Mrs H in to learning to ski (I used to go with the school when a youngster). Mrs H & I had a trade off, if I wanted her to learn skiing then we' d have to go latin & ballroom dancing for her side of things. Since we started our trade off 3 years ago we've had 3 skiing lessons and about 90 latin & ballroom lessons. Is it me or is there something wrong with the ratio here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJN Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Skiing for me, Learnt in Arosa, like Davos/Klosters, St Anton , Saas Fee last two trips, did many resorts within 2 hours drive from Konstanz when I lived there every weekend during the season for two years :-) M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentKill Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Although I voted Skiing, it's only because I'm still getting to grips with snowboarding. Somehow it just doesn't feel right but I'm putting that down to me being over 30 and learning something which is the generally considered the reserve of young punks with funky hair. Have been gently coaxing Mrs H in to learning to ski (I used to go with the school when a youngster). Mrs H & I had a trade off, if I wanted her to learn skiing then we' d have to go latin & ballroom dancing for her side of things. Since we started our trade off 3 years ago we've had 3 skiing lessons and about 90 latin & ballroom lessons. Is it me or is there something wrong with the ratio here? Mug ! lol ive only recently got the misses into Snow boarding last couple of years and she loves it! and as for the comments about flat bits of snow! the only problem i find is when you run out of steam to get to the next lift or around the bars Apres Ski! Failing that i cant think of anything worse than falling over (skiing) and losing your skis! i know where my board is going to be when i wipe out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TryTime Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Only ever done skiing and absolutely loved it... would like to try boarding though! Not sure I could balance with both my feet tied to the same board!!! TryTime. PS. I'm only 24... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 One of the funniest thing I have ever seen was a fight between a snowboarder and a skiier. It was in the US. They had a coming together and a fight broke out. The problem was that the boarder was still attached to his board and therefore he didn't have a lot of mobility. He kept on getting knocked over, getting up, knocked over again and again. It was like one of those kids toys from the 70's - Weebles wobble but the don't fall fall down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentKill Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 One of the funniest thing I have ever seen was a fight between a snowboarder and a skiier. It was in the US. They had a coming together and a fight broke out. The problem was that the boarder was still attached to his board and therefore he didn't have a lot of mobility. He kept on getting knocked over, getting up, knocked over again and again. It was like one of those kids toys from the 70's - Weebles wobble but the don't fall fall down. at least we dont need poles to get back up again! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattSoanes Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) Snowboarding for me,love it! though not been for the last 2 yrs. I did Ski for a week on a school trip around 20 years ago and enjoyed it. Myself and few of my mates got into snowboarding in our mid 20s and have never looked back One of them is off to Vancouver tomorrow for 6 weeks!! Lucky Sod. Edited January 12, 2011 by MattSoanes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andythechicken Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Skiing for me. Off Friday night with a mate for a boys week skiing in Les Arcs Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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