Skiing vs Snowboard

... but when you are snowboarding, you are doing something you enjoy and looking cool at the same time (a joke, its a joke... JUST A JOKE!!)

tmarsh wrote:... but when you are snowboarding, you are doing something you enjoy and looking cool at the same time (a joke, its a joke... JUST A JOKE!!)

I don't think I will ever look cool skiing or boarding but that is an age thing :wink:

Ian Wickham wrote:

tmarsh wrote:... but when you are snowboarding, you are doing something you enjoy and looking cool at the same time (a joke, its a joke... JUST A JOKE!!)

I don't think I will ever look cool skiing or boarding but that is an age thing :wink:

Ian, I bet you buy ski clothing that is not just practical but is as smart as you could get. I also find that the vast majority of Brits who ski take what they look like very seriously indeed. You notice that in places like France when you see the old men and the young kids who clearly use hand-me-downs and have no idea about colour co-ordination!
I try to look as smart as I can afford to, and as much as I would love an Arc'Teryx jacket, I really cannot justify paying £400 for one.

Er....looking cool is not about the clothes you are wearing IMHO )

bandit wrote:Er....looking cool is not about the clothes you are wearing IMHO )

Its all part of it though, Bandit.

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

tmarsh wrote:... but when you are snowboarding, you are doing something you enjoy and looking cool at the same time (a joke, its a joke... JUST A JOKE!!)

I don't think I will ever look cool skiing or boarding but that is an age thing :wink:

Ian, I bet you buy ski clothing that is not just practical but is as smart as you could get. I also find that the vast majority of Brits who ski take what they look like very seriously indeed. You notice that in places like France when you see the old men and the young kids who clearly use hand-me-downs and have no idea about colour co-ordination!
I try to look as smart as I can afford to, and as much as I would love an Arc'Teryx jacket, I really cannot justify paying £400 for one.

I like to be up to date in what I am wearing but am I cool ?? I'll feel more comfortable leaving that to other people to decide :D

Tony_H wrote:

bandit wrote:Er....looking cool is not about the clothes you are wearing IMHO )

Its all part of it though, Bandit.

you're either cool or you're not, regardless of what you're wearing or doing 8)

:) Hi

I've been to Bansko and its a good place to go to learn to board or ski.

If you go to your nearest snowdome/dryslope you will be able to learn the basics of either boarding or skiing in a day. (this does not mean that you will be good, just gets you started.)

You will then need several more open pracice sessions to improve your technique. It is harder to learn on a dryslope but you will have better technique when you get on the real stuff.

I can already ski and this year decided to learn to board at swad dryslope. I have ten hours on a board (all supervised by instructor) spread over five weekends and I can now board the main slope and link turns :mrgreen: That is the minimum standard that you should aim for as it gets all the "sitting on your bum" out of the way before you get on the mountain.

I would not say that learning to ski is harder than learning to board, you will have the same problem doing either in that you will want to lean back away from the slope. In order to make skis or a board turn you need to put your weight forwards and this takes a while to learn.

If you get a chance to learn either, go for it and don't quit in the first few lessons. It does get easier and you can do it :mrgreen: