(Sorry for the long post but I need to "vent" and get some advice)
Well I've now been skiboarding 3 days worth so yea I am a noob incase someone didn't read my posts before I've beena snowboarder all my life then just made a switch to skiboarding this year along with my boyfriend.
I started off with a ski swap woman's rossi boot which killed my feet, I guess it was too narrow. To make a long story short I bought new boots that seem to fit well then went to a boot fitter and had em stretched and a Superfeet footbed added. Wow what a difference, no more foot cramps!
I highly recommend anyone who skis and has any sort of pain to go see a good boot fitter!
Anyways so that problem is solved, but now the big one.
Oh my GOD it is killing my legs! I'm sorry if this sounds silly but I have never been on skiis since I was like 11 years old, and it's just pure leg torture.
When I ride it's like doing a 30 min wall sit.
I have little to no foot pain now, but instead my entire leg feels like its going to collapse at any minute.
I can't barely make turns because of the pain.
As an experiment I rented a snowboard and I had very little leg pain just normal soreness and I was whizzing down the mountain like nothing.
When I'm skiboarding I have to stop every like hill and roll on the ground in agony! God I had no freaking idea skiing was so hard on the leg muscles, at least I am not used to it.
However my boyfriend is doing AMAZING on his boards, last year he was pretty pathetic on his snowboard, but on his skiboards hes whizzing around and can even keep up to me on my snowboard.
Why the heck am I having so much trouble getting into skiboarding??? i want to like it but it seems everything is against me.
Flailing around on the hill in pain while 50 people on skis ans boards zoom past me is hardly a good way to represent the sport, I feel just ridiculous.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, or maybe my muscles aren't strong enough to hold me up in a skiing position. I work out and bike and hike but I never have skiied, maybe my muscles can't handle it! I don't know!
Help! Should I just go back to snowboarding for now?
Well I've now been skiboarding 3 days worth so yea I am a noob incase someone didn't read my posts before I've beena snowboarder all my life then just made a switch to skiboarding this year along with my boyfriend.
I started off with a ski swap woman's rossi boot which killed my feet, I guess it was too narrow. To make a long story short I bought new boots that seem to fit well then went to a boot fitter and had em stretched and a Superfeet footbed added. Wow what a difference, no more foot cramps!
I highly recommend anyone who skis and has any sort of pain to go see a good boot fitter!
Anyways so that problem is solved, but now the big one.
Oh my GOD it is killing my legs! I'm sorry if this sounds silly but I have never been on skiis since I was like 11 years old, and it's just pure leg torture.
When I ride it's like doing a 30 min wall sit.
I have little to no foot pain now, but instead my entire leg feels like its going to collapse at any minute.
I can't barely make turns because of the pain.
As an experiment I rented a snowboard and I had very little leg pain just normal soreness and I was whizzing down the mountain like nothing.
When I'm skiboarding I have to stop every like hill and roll on the ground in agony! God I had no freaking idea skiing was so hard on the leg muscles, at least I am not used to it.
However my boyfriend is doing AMAZING on his boards, last year he was pretty pathetic on his snowboard, but on his skiboards hes whizzing around and can even keep up to me on my snowboard.
Why the heck am I having so much trouble getting into skiboarding??? i want to like it but it seems everything is against me.
Flailing around on the hill in pain while 50 people on skis ans boards zoom past me is hardly a good way to represent the sport, I feel just ridiculous.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, or maybe my muscles aren't strong enough to hold me up in a skiing position. I work out and bike and hike but I never have skiied, maybe my muscles can't handle it! I don't know!
Help! Should I just go back to snowboarding for now?
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