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Originally posted by Z1D I just got back from 5 days of skiing in Fernie! 259cm base Muahahahaha For those of you ragging on skiing you're morons. Each has its own advantages, skis generally have better handling in tight and run slightly faster, boards are much better in powder and deep snow. Boards suck ass on moguls and on flat regions.

** "boards suck ass" if you don't want us ragging on skiing why would you turn around and insult the snowboarders?

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i skied for the first time this winter and i took quite a few nasty spills i would say. though my girlfriends friend took us on the intermediate slope and so it was excusable why i fell so much. boy was it fun! is it me or are people more friendly to you on the slope?

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I just got back from steamboat colorado, and in all honestly it was pretty fucking awesome!

btw the only edge snowboarding has over skiing is trick potentional. Because snowboards have a larger surface area, there is more friction hence snowboards go slower.

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Originally posted by trancepixie17 ** I agree, snowboarding is better. I do live in Florida, but when i go up north i snowboard. I'm not the best there ever was at it, but i try. Also there's better snowboarders in the Winter X games.

Thank you. At least someone is on my side, however in light of that this thread is about skiing, it is understandale that more people in here prefer it. I think if we had a survey or a poll then more people would choose snowboarding.

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i play ski free still.

ive done both!!! although im better at skiing! ive only tried snowboarding once! ITS SO DIFFICULT!!!!! but skiing is so much easier imo!! im gonna learn to snowboard though i find it more interesting :P

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Originally posted by trancepixie17 ** "boards suck ass" if you don't want us ragging on skiing why would you turn around and insult the snowboarders?

are u stupid? he said boards suck ass on MOGULS. not over all

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Originally posted by wick are u stupid? he said boards suck ass on MOGULS. not over all

good call
and to BTG where can i get ski free? iused to play that game all the time. its so fun. has anyone ever gone to panorama in BC. im going there over march break and i want to know what its like. thanks

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starting off on a snowboard is harder, but after 3-4 days it's all pretty easy. Skiing isn't so hard to begin with but takes forever to master. I could carve turns on day 2 on a snowboard, it takes a lot longer to carve skis. Unless you're on those nice new super sidecut thingies. Kind of wish I could accidentally break my skis so I'd have an excuse to buy new ones. I feel like such a dinasour on my 205's, but they is still nice and fast.
snowboarding to me is like playing street hockey vs ice. Can be fun to muck around, but it's not the real thing and cannot be taken seriously.
The one thing that pisses me off about snowboarders is the idiots who think nothing of taking massive heelside turns that go the width of the trail. Sure it's your responsibility to pass people downhill safely, but for one person to take a whole trail, you deserve to get run over.

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Originally posted by tubby The one thing that pisses me off about snowboarders is the idiots who think nothing of taking massive heelside turns that go the width of the trail. Sure it's your responsibility to pass people downhill safely, but for one person to take a whole trail, you deserve to get run over.

I'm a skiier, and I enjoy taking massive carves that indefinately go the width of the trail at high speeds. do you hate me..? All people on the slope have the right to take turns as wide as they want... its the responsibility of the person upslope from them to watch out.

I just got a new pair of Salomon 180cm X-screams this past season. Haven't had much of an opportunity to break them in though. I was planning on heading out to Colorado but couldn't take off a week from work. So I did a bunch of shit trips up to Killington VT. Anyway, I like to spend the first day fine-tuning and improving my form as much as I can. The second day and typically the rest of the time I'm on the slopes, I usually try to hit up the terrain parks until my legs are hurting. I was in piss-poor shape this season. Oh well, better luck next year.

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