Snowboarding or skiing? Which is harder?
hey guys, so i been boarding for 2 1/2 years now. i have never skiied. I have boarding friends and skiing friends though. Just come back from Val’ disere and Tignes, and have been to Chamonix twice in the past. These are "expert" ski areas for snowboarders.
I’ve had a couple of arguments with my skier friends about which is more difficult, and from my observations it seems to be that it’s boarding. However, all my friends claim skiing is a lot harder. I must have fallen 5-10 times every day of the holiday, as did my friend who’s also a boarder. Of all the boarders i watched (200+) approx 50% of those fell at least once on the slope i was riding with them. Of all the skiers i saw (about 5000) i must have seen about 20 falls all holiday.
Now either one must assume that the skiers were just better, or that there is a difference in difficulty.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience with both,and can shed light on it. In future i will try skiing, and perhaps i will be proved wrong, but for now, i find it almost impossible to except that snowboarding down the average Red run with normal conditions (ice/moghuls) is easier for a boarder.
I will make an exception thatvridng down slush is easier for snowboarders, as skiers tend to have a difficult time. I could also make a similar comparison with powder, in that snowboarders tend to be more fluid in their motion.
Finally, Snowboarders can get up easily, have falling leaf at their disposal, and seem to be more capable of maintaining speed across flat areas.
However, skiiers can traverse/cross flats with much more ease, don’t need to ever take off their bindings, and can use snowplow to get out of any situation. They also ride on ice much easier (from what i see).
If anyone rides both, and can offer a less biased view.. please indulge me..
