I have been skiing since I was 3 and started skiboarding 3 years ago ( I'm 17 ).
I didn't buy a new set of skis so for the past two years I have been only ski boarding and occasionally snowboarding. Skiboards are great, they can turn fast, they are great in glades, and you kind of get used to the lack of stability. I met up with some of my friends this season at Killington. They are very good skiers. On skiboards I was just a bit slower than they and I was pushing my boards (EMP's) close to the limit. My friend let me borrow an extra pair of skis for a day and oh man. I could rip. Skis are a lot more stable and I was skiing faster than my friends with out pushing the skis. So while skiboards are loads of fun, I like cruising at high speeds without having to worry about how fast I can stop and having to be centered at all times, or feeling like I am at the board's limit. So I think I will buy a set of skis.
Snowboarding is a blast and I can go down some blacks now. It hurt while you are falling but you catch on pretty quickly. Turning on a board is a unique and different feeling than skis or skiboards. For what ever reason the arches of my feet always start to hurt though?
I didn't buy a new set of skis so for the past two years I have been only ski boarding and occasionally snowboarding. Skiboards are great, they can turn fast, they are great in glades, and you kind of get used to the lack of stability. I met up with some of my friends this season at Killington. They are very good skiers. On skiboards I was just a bit slower than they and I was pushing my boards (EMP's) close to the limit. My friend let me borrow an extra pair of skis for a day and oh man. I could rip. Skis are a lot more stable and I was skiing faster than my friends with out pushing the skis. So while skiboards are loads of fun, I like cruising at high speeds without having to worry about how fast I can stop and having to be centered at all times, or feeling like I am at the board's limit. So I think I will buy a set of skis.
Snowboarding is a blast and I can go down some blacks now. It hurt while you are falling but you catch on pretty quickly. Turning on a board is a unique and different feeling than skis or skiboards. For what ever reason the arches of my feet always start to hurt though?
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