Skiing vs Snowboard

bandit wrote:

Tony_H wrote:

caron-a wrote:

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)

But what you are wearing is all part of what makes you cool or not.

Tony, at the London show, we probably missed Fred Syversen on the White Dot Skis stand. This guy is 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg-zjgWqFkE&feature=related

Cool or stupid a very fine line

Wickers, Fred Syversen is a professional Freeride skier. He makes ski movies for a living.

bandit wrote:Wickers, Fred Syversen is a professional Freeride skier. He makes ski movies for a living.

I realise that but I don't think he meant to go over the edge at that point ........ that is the stupid part.

Tony_H wrote:I think you ladies have missed the point, which is that what you wear can make you LOOK cool.
You cant look cool in crap clothes. But then you are women, and what you think is cool usually isn't. Including hairy chests, probably )

Once again, I have to disagree with your first sentence and, funnily enough, I disagree with your last one too :lol:

bandit wrote:Dear oh dear :roll:

This from the man who drives a car with red leather seats :D

Touché :mrgreen:

Mr H, I think this is one argument you can't win )

bandit wrote:Dear oh dear :roll:

This from the man who drives a car with red leather seats :D

Does midlife crisis come in any other colour? :twisted:

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Pablo Escobar wrote:

bandit wrote:Dear oh dear :roll:

This from the man who drives a car with red leather seats :D

Does midlife crisis come in any other colour? :twisted:

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:lol: Midlife crisis is hardly a 1.9 tdi.....

Ian Wickham wrote:I welcomed boards years ago when they were frowned upon because it attracted a younger person to the mountains and continued the growth of winter sports. They is no real competition between boards and skis in my humble opinion, Little W has been talking about learning to board which she is more then welcome to do when she has continued to improve her skiing.

Hi Ian

I have finally given in and will let my 11 year old daughter learn to board this year. Is Little W still asking you to learn? My daughter is a decent red piste skiier but I don't fancy dragging her around the mountain on her board if it is a little bit flat - this I have already told her. Now my 7 year old son wants to learn too :twisted: He can also get down any red run as long as he follows me. We have ideal family skiing and I feel like we will be starting all over again with the boards. Any other parents out there been though this?

I should mention that we are also all proficient slalom (mono)water skiiers and the kids swapped over to wakeboards last year with no problem at all. that I did not mind as the boat has to drag them not me :mrgreen: They have both also mentioned they want the soft boots that come with a snow board too

Any advice or been there done that apreciated

Carol

cwagner wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:I welcomed boards years ago when they were frowned upon because it attracted a younger person to the mountains and continued the growth of winter sports. They is no real competition between boards and skis in my humble opinion, Little W has been talking about learning to board which she is more then welcome to do when she has continued to improve her skiing.

Hi Ian

I have finally given in and will let my 11 year old daughter learn to board this year. Is Little W still asking you to learn? My daughter is a decent red piste skiier but I don't fancy dragging her around the mountain on her board if it is a little bit flat - this I have already told her. Now my 7 year old son wants to learn too :twisted: He can also get down any red run as long as he follows me. We have ideal family skiing and I feel like we will be starting all over again with the boards. Any other parents out there been though this?

I should mention that we are also all proficient slalom (mono)water skiiers and the kids swapped over to wakeboards last year with no problem at all. that I did not mind as the boat has to drag them not me :mrgreen: They have both also mentioned they want the soft boots that come with a snow board too

Any advice or been there done that apreciated

Carol

Yep she likes the idea of snowboarding and I have said to her as soon she has completed her third star which will be 2010 then the following year she can learn to snowboard which she has agreed to as
she is standing over my shoulder as I type. She to skis red's and is parallel so we will see how she develops in 2010.