Skiing or snowboarding

[swiss miss]

so, skiing or snowboarding.....

[herojuana]

definitely snowboarding! i mean it actually takes skill :bleh:

[Infidel]

none of the above. snow is for crashing cars!

[newportbadboy]

Snowboarding...:) but i suck at both....If u see a dude rolling down the hills,RUN its me

:haha:

[curlybogtrotter]

I've never tried either one myself so can't really judge

[newportbadboy]

It is fun when u go with a large group of friends..I live an hour away from Big bear mountains..its nothing crazy but great for newbies like us :)

[herojuana]

engin you lucky bastard! they have a wicked park there! they dont have real mountains in the uk! lol

glad to see you made the right choice though ;)

[newportbadboy]

engin you lucky bastard! they have a wicked park there! they dont have real mountains in the uk! lol

glad to see you made the right choice though ;)


hells yeah..last time i went there next day i slept 18 hours :haha:

[Cheeky]

It doesn't ever snow here...does waterskiing or wakeboarding count?? :P

[newportbadboy]

where are u from cheeky?

I live in OC and snow would be the last thing pouring down from the sky here..I just go to the mountains in an hour away if i want snowboarding :D

[$treet pharmaci$t]

Neither for me they are both fun I live in MinneSNOWta but I hate the snow and winter :snob:

[Cheeky]

where are u from cheeky?

I live in OC and snow would be the last thing pouring down from the sky here..I just go to the mountains in an hour away if i want snowboarding :D

Australia, it does snow here for a month or so, but that's over 4 hrs away from me, inland. We're mostly coast dwellers, so its watersports, in the ocean and on lakes and rivers. I went wakeboarding/ski-tubing last month...don't know if I would be keen to try it on snow...although it still hurts when you come off on water if you're going fast enough ;)

[curlybogtrotter]

Yeah bailing on water can hurt like a bitch

[Uganja]

Skiing for speed, but for general coolness and enjoyability, it has to be boarding, plus with the invention of mp3 players and the addition of a joint or two at the top of the mountain, there really is nothing better.

Cant afford one of those hols this year unfortunately :( am gutted

[swiss miss]

Skiing for speed, but for general coolness and enjoyability, it has to be boarding, plus with the invention of mp3 players and the addition of a joint or two at the top of the mountain, there really is nothing better.

Cant afford one of those hols this year unfortunately :( am gutted

snowboarding ceased to be "cool" at some point in the 90s, stop kidding yourselves............ everything you mentioned jay can be done on skis and you dont have to unclip at every lift or whenever the terrain gets even slightly flat......... i concede that your boots are more comfy and you can get through powder more easily but thats it!

all that being, i would like to learn to snowboard in the summer (at the indoor snowdome)....... so maybe i'll come back here after that!

[herojuana]

which snowdome swissy? :)

[swiss miss]

castleford. ive been before skiing but its largely pointless as you can only get enough speed to put about 3 turns in before youre at the bottom.... but i figure its fine to learn on and they do "snow-board in a day" sessions..... im hoping they will be quieter (and cheaper??) in the summer..... plus it will be funny to go from summer weather (which im convinced we're going to get this summer) into snow :)
i think building (unless the credit crunch has hit it) a new snowdome near london somewhere that will be the biggest in europe, which might be worth a look.... also havent checked out the one in manchester or glasgow yet, ive done tamworth, castleford and milton keynes though....

[herojuana]

ahh ha

i live in sheffield these days, and have been considering buying a 2nd cheap board off ebay to go to castleford for the freestyle evenings every now and then.

as for the big snowdome that is gonna be built near ipswich :)

[Uganja]

snowboarding ceased to be "cool" at some point in the 90s, stop kidding yourselves............ everything you mentioned jay can be done on skis and you dont have to unclip at every lift or whenever the terrain gets even slightly flat......... i concede that your boots are more comfy and you can get through powder more easily but thats it!

all that being, i would like to learn to snowboard in the summer (at the indoor snowdome)....... so maybe i'll come back here after that!

thats what all geeky skiers say :bleh:

[swiss miss]

ahh ha

i live in sheffield these days, and have been considering buying a 2nd cheap board off ebay to go to castleford for the freestyle evenings every now and then.

as for the big snowdome that is gonna be built near ipswich :)

aaaah over there, bit of a trek from here but im sure i'll pop in and check it out if im passing!
is the artificial snow slope in sheffield still going?? i had a few lessons there when i was at school - skiing on pan scourers really doesnt mimic the real thing at all!!

thats what all geeky skiers say :bleh:

lol, you know me too well - i am a complete science geek afterall!!

[Sir Brian]

Skiing, purely because of the bollox it takes to be a down hill racer

[herojuana]

Yeah the ski village is open, once i get my boots back up here i will be going every fortnight or so i reckon. its a bit expensive, and nothing like the real thing, but its better than nothing! i can just hit the big jump repeatedly :)