Skiers or Snowboarders?

[macartistkel]

Oh yeah, here I am too!! OH I wish it was actually me! But nah, its one of my favs...Gretchen Bleiler! I also enjoy watching Tara Dakidas, Hannah Teeter, Kelly Clark ride...(and I think these are all Mammoth home based girls)!!

Hopefully soon I will have some pictures of me doing some tricks! Maybe after a snowboard camp!

 

[sushi]

Skiing all the way. I'v been skiing since I could walk.

I got this pic off the whistlerblackcomb site. It looks a lot like me, same toque, same goggles, same colour pants and jacket, and even same skis. Hmm, that would be cool if it actually was me.

Seeing all these pictures gets me up for the upcoming season.

I love to film others skiing while skiing around them.

I've tried filming boarding friends, but it is hard to catch their rhythm at times.

Sushi

 

[Jschultz]

'boarder here!

My girlfriends parents have a place at the bottom of beaver creek, so we're always there. I'm looking forward to this season already.

I'm riding on a Solomon 159 board, w/ ride bindings. The board is probably one of the stiffest they've ever made. I just free-ride, no tricks!

I was a noob at one point, and I made sure I NEVER went onto the blues or crowded areas where skiers went. If any of you are familiar with beaver creek, there's a part called cat's tail where 3 different trails converge into 1 litttttle piece, and it gets hard to navigate, I hate it!

Greens are good for warming up, but you get WAAAAY to many noobs who *think* they can snowboard because they saw it on TV or in a movie. Very dangerous. I took a weeks worth of extensive lessons from professionals before I even stepped foot onto a blue trail. It's the way it should be!

 

[sushi]

Greens are good for warming up, but you get WAAAAY to many noobs who *think* they can snowboard because they saw it on TV or in a movie. Very dangerous. I took a weeks worth of extensive lessons from professionals before I even stepped foot onto a blue trail. It's the way it should be!

I wish everybody, skier and boarder alike, would do this. It is surprising how many folks have no manners on the hills nor do they know what they are doing.

Not picking on boarders here, but I know a lady who went skiing one time. It was her first and last. She went with her boyfriend who was a good skier. Somewhere along the way she was run over by a boarder. Sliced her calf muscle to the bone. When I ment her, she had a thick wide scar that basically went around her leg.

The boarder never stopped. He/She just kept on going while she lay there severly bleeding on the slope.

I would have like to have the opportunity to teach that boarder some lessons in slope manners.

BTW, skiers can be just as bad.

One time I was at a lift line area. The down slope side was a 10-15 foot cliff onto a parking lot. A stupid skier who was skiing out of control shot through the line area just stopping short of the fense at the cliff. He and his friends where having a good ole time laughing about his escapade.

The problem was, he just missed some little kids (both girls and boys) who were definitely scared -- Plus other adults in the line. This particular skier didn't give a rats ass about them.

I had enough. I kicked off my skis and proceded to inform him of his errors in the best broken Japanese that I could. I was ready to level the guy and would have done so had he and his friends not changed their demeanour. He and his friends appologized to everyone in the line.

What is sad, is that these incidents happened in the first place.

Sushi

 

[orkle]

Any of you snowboarder types should check out the snowboard movies that my girlfriend has made!

DropStitch [2004]
http://dropstitch.chunkyknit.com/

Transfer [2005]
http://transfer.chunkyknit.com/

Her name's Josie Clyde.

Oh and for the record, I'm a big snowboard nut - planning a couple of months in France for this season...

 

[Kirbdog]

Its Snowing

I have got to throw my two cents into this thread. I am a snowboarder and have made my living from it for nearly 10 years. I get a kick out of skiers and boarders talkin' smack. I go out and ride with my friends and no one cares if you are skiing or boarding its all about being out and putting down some solid lines. We go out on sunny days to do some shooting and edit that video on our Macs. The ski and snowboard community are huge Mac users thanks to the great photo and video editing software. So come to Whistler, have some fun and support the local economy cause my rent is expensive.

 

[killuminati]

I have got to throw my two cents into this thread. I am a snowboarder and have made my living from it for nearly 10 years. I get a kick out of skiers and boarders talkin' smack. I go out and ride with my friends and no one cares if you are skiing or boarding its all about being out and putting down some solid lines. We go out on sunny days to do some shooting and edit that video on our Macs. The ski and snowboard community are huge Mac users thanks to the great photo and video editing software. So come to Whistler, have some fun and support the local economy cause my rent is expensive.

I saw the picture before reading your post and I thought that looked like Whistler. I just bought my EDGE card for this season. I will probably go up next weekend.

 

[javabear90]

Skiing...
I have some problems with snowboarders. One of the big ones is... all the n00bs snowplow all of the good powder to the bottom. This makes it hard to ski and annoying. I understand that some skiers do it also, however not nearly as badly. Ug... snowboarders.

 

[killuminati]

Skiing...
I have some problems with snowboarders. One of the big ones is... all the n00bs snowplow all of the good powder to the bottom. This makes it hard to ski and annoying. I understand that some skiers do it also, however not nearly as badly. Ug... snowboarders.

Well if you became a better skier you could ski harder runs and you wouldn't have that problem.

I'm a skier, and I find that new skiers are just as bad as boarders with regards to mountain etiquette.

 

[sushi]

I'm a skier, and I find that new skiers are just as bad as boarders with regards to mountain etiquette.

Good point!

What I don't like about beginner snowboarders is their instant turning/cutting to their backside without clearing. I've seen many an accident as the result of this.

...and yes, beginner skiers do the same to both sides. While the down hill skier has the right of way, they still need to clear themselves when making an abrupt turn.

 

[floriflee]

I am an intermediate skier. Although, I haven't been skiing in about three years since I tore my ACL mid-turn going down a slope at faster speeds than I should really have been going (I was feeling adventurous and tired--bad combo). I may try going again sometime. I mainly haven't because of
a) location (sorry to say it, but the east coast just doesn't have the Rockies)
b) cost - it's an expensive sport and even more so when you don't own your own equipment
c) health insurance - until I started this new job in January, my benefits have been such that if I were to get into another accident I would be paying mucho out of pocket. I saw how expensive the last surgery was, and even with 90% coverage the 10% would've been a beast!
d) knee strength - even after physical therapy and regular exercise the knee just has never really been the same. It's definitely weaker than the left one and I don't have enough lateral strength to make me feel comfortable (will definitely need to take the knee brace).

In any case, my advice for anyone that wants to learn to ski is to take lessons. I tried learning originally on my own (I rollerbladed and was told the movements for turning were similar). However, I just ended up with bumps and bruises all over by the end of the day with very little progress. I don't think I made a single time down the green run where I didn't fall down. A couple of years later a friend and I signed up for five ski classes at a local resort, and I was skiing down the green slopes with relative ease after a couple of hours. By the end of the five classes I felt pretty comfortable on the more moderate blue runs and I could get some pretty decent speeds. I've even done an easier black run (after about 7 or 8 times skiing). My sister, who had never skied, tried teaching herself, too, with little success. She took an hour long class and had made significant progress (was actually staying up all the way down the green runs) by the end. All in all, it's so much easier to learn if you have formal lessons!

 

[SamIchi]

Ski/Board season over here has been terrible. It's been like almost 2 months since there was good condiditons. Last week I just went (eventhough I knew the conditions were crap) cause I really wanted to go. Bad idea, it's was so icy, and really windy, extremely windy. This one part, right after you get off the ski lift, there a ways you gotta go before you hit the slope, and I was goin like a snail cause of the wind. It was horrible. I hope some spring boarding will be nice.

 

[killuminati]

Whistler has had a great season so far. It's really making up for last year. In January they had 469 cm (15.6 feet) of snow!!! It was amazing. There was so much powder everytime I went up.

 

[SamIchi]

Whistler had had a great season so far. It's really making up for last year. In January they had 469 cm (15.6 feet) of snow!!! It was amazing. There was so much powder everytime I went up.

Ahh I wish I lived closer to bigger mountains.

 

[sushi]

Ski/Board season over here has been terrible. It's been like almost 2 months since there was good condiditons. Last week I just went (eventhough I knew the conditions were crap) cause I really wanted to go. Bad idea, it's was so icy, and really windy, extremely windy. This one part, right after you get off the ski lift, there a ways you gotta go before you hit the slope, and I was goin like a snail cause of the wind. It was horrible. I hope some spring boarding will be nice.

Where are you at/Where are you talking about?

 

[yippy]

Skier, but have only been twice so I don't own any gear. If I had the time and money I would spend half my life on the slopes.

 

[floriflee]

Ahh I wish I lived closer to bigger mountains.

I have to say I miss the big mountains, too. The Appalachians are beautiful, but they aren't majestic.

 

[Chundles]

I have to say I miss the big mountains, too. The Appalachians are beautiful, but they aren't majestic.

Heh, ours make the Appalachians look majestic. We may have one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world but the fact that our entire continent is nigh on geologically dead they only top out at about 7500 feet.

Mind you, in 2004 we had more snow that western canada did in 2005 - by a big margin too.

Not long till our very short winter rolls around again - four months of official ski season, about three months that are actually skiable. Can't wait to get down there again, with La Nina building we should be in for a bumper season - cold and wet is the forecast, bodes well for the drought too, that El Nino makes it awfully dry over here....

 

[floriflee]

Heh, ours make the Appalachians look majestic. We may have one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world but the fact that our entire continent is nigh on geologically dead they only top out at about 7500 feet.

Mind you, in 2004 we had more snow that western canada did in 2005 - by a big margin too.

Not long till our very short winter rolls around again - four months of official ski season, about three months that are actually skiable. Can't wait to get down there again, with La Nina building we should be in for a bumper season - cold and wet is the forecast, bodes well for the drought too, that El Nino makes it awfully dry over here....

Wait?? There's snow Down Under??!

Edit: How come the snow wasn't featured in the "Come to Australia" campaign?

 

[Whiteapple]

ski

Yeah yeah yeah, another which are you thread, but thought it would be cool to see (if you ride) who snow skied or snowboards?
*If you want to post specs on your gear....go ahead*

I am a skier for over 10 years now. My pieces of lumber I strap on- K2 Public Enemies 179 (04/05) & Line Mike Nicks 178 (04/05)

I think you have no control over the snowboard, even if the snowboard has control over you. On a more serious tone, I think skiing is beautiful, and a lot more free. Nevertheless, you american people have a big/bad influence over the boarders over here in France (I live in the Alps, 45min to ski). Kidding
By the way, do you people over there have french skis? I am interested to see if the biggest french brands : Rossignol, Salomon, Atomic are used over there. Why am I saying this? The factories are located in my area and I wanted to know if the skis take the boat/plane to land in shops overseas.
Thanks

 

[robbieduncan]

By the way, do you people over there have french skis? I am interested to see if the biggest french brands : Rossignol, Salomon, Atomic are used over there. Why am I saying this? The factories are located in my area and I wanted to know if the skis take the boat/plane to land in shops overseas.
Thanks

I thought Atomic were Austrian? Wikipedia agree with me.

 

[applefan]

By the way, do you people over there have french skis? I am interested to see if the biggest french brands : Rossignol, Salomon, Atomic are used over there. Why am I saying this? The factories are located in my area and I wanted to know if the skis take the boat/plane to land in shops overseas.
Thanks

My snowboard is a Rossignol Strato.

 

[Whiteapple]

I thought Atomic were Austrian? Wikipedia agree with me.

Yes, I was about to edit. I got confused with Dynamic, the french version of Atomic. I personnaly thought Atomic was finnish, but that's just me

 

[adk]

First off, I am and always have been on skis. But as far as the skiers are snobs/snowboarders are punks debate, I feel that I can shed some light on it.

A good skier and a good snowboarder can get along fine. I grew up on small hills in the midwest and I was on a race team for a few years. The problem with some snowboarders is that a lot of them are 13 year old kids who think they own the place. They'll do things like drop snow on us racers from the lift, or make fun of the helmets that the race league requires us to wear. These are the kind of kid's that have never even heard of the skier/snowboarder's code, let alone read it. I've been standing at the bottom of a run and had snowboarders run into me and start bitching about how I'm in their way. (rule 2 of the skier's responsibility code: People ahead of you have the right of way. It is your responsibility to avoid them.) Skiers have been around for a much longer time than snowboarders, and we have no problem sharing the slopes with people who respect them the same way we do. But most of these kids think that since mommy bought them their lift ticket they can do whatever they want.

That being said, whenever I go out west to a real ski resort I have never run into a boarder with this type of attitude (except maybe on the bunny slope). People out there on the advanced slopes actually know the rules and know how to cooperate respectfully.

 

[dornoforpyros]

Snowboarder...living in Banff...with a free Tri-Area Pass...it's ok to hate me