SKIING VS. SNOWBOARDING - Which is better?!

#skiing #snowboarding #backcountryskiing

[@twinki3toes351]

I’d say they’re both equally cool and fun and nobody actually gives a shit

[@AJS406skate]

Honestly

[@koenfownes7179]

Ya tbh most ppl have a big opinion, but I think it’s just for fun. Snowboarder here, respect bith

[@Tom-zs2tw]

True

[@edwardstimes]

People do care@@Tom-zs2tw

[@benhammer6150]

I give a shit buddy. Snowboarding 🔛🔝

[@danbaric6300]

Snowboarding hasn't been counterculture for at least 20 years.

[@zeejoo]

Other than the literal ski only resorts and pretentious ass skiers

[@ChaseDaPlaya]

Snowboards are certainly still counter culture given all the old heads still hate snowboarding and there’s ski only resorts still around

[@richardtickler8555]

​@@zeejoowhere are they? Havent seen one. But maybe its a murica thing, those guys are weird

[@adeadlyfart13]

@@ChaseDaPlaya This is the same damn thing with skateboarding, it was counter culture in the 90's, but skateboarding and snowboarding are about main stream as Taylor Swift nowadays.

[@RyderKuhlmanMTB]

​@@richardtickler8555as a citizen of murica, im not weird

[@grand_master_b1316]

It’s all based on personal preference but do what ever you want.

[@owenbrauen5646]

Fr

[@Vaporay]

For slopes its skiing for pow its snowboard i park both is fun and skiing can also be used for those hike and ski or im not english speekinh

[@Henry54310]

@@Vaporay❌

[@Limitlessskiing]

Both are good but everyone is biased, so it's impossible to tell which is actually better

[@GamerSlope]

let him cook

[@sheldon7376]

As a lifetime skier just have a good time at the hill, both will give you some of the best times you’ll have 🤙

[@mickeywakefield]

The average age of snowboarders is rapidly approaching 45. Every year there are 2% fewer snowboarders, and you can easily see that it’s dying out. (Except in Japan)

[@chasegimbel1904]

Idk where your at but the average age of snowboarders where I’m at is early to mid 20s… and a lot of old skiers

[@andycameron-daniels8321]

I'm 44 and have been riding for 30 years. In NZ it's still super popular and gaining riders all the time. I still go to the mountains with my friends, skiers and riders.

[@wogna96]

Personally I prefer skiing, because you're mutch faster and have more control. Also I've never heard of ski only resorts as a Austrian, but I agree that some skiers look down on snowboarders.

[@LeoAndVinnyAdventures]

Skiing is way to easy

[@4oedy]

@@LeoAndVinnyAdventuressnowboarding is even easier whats your point?

[@wogna96]

@@LeoAndVinnyAdventures I don't see how that's a negative. If it's too easy just take harder slopes, ski faster, challenge yourself. That's exactly why I prefer skiing. Furthermore I think skiing is easier to learn, but harder to master.

[@SilasGebbesen]

Yoo bro im in nassfeld austria right now skiing im here for 5 days :) austria is pretty cool !😊​@@wogna96

[@victorriverieulx2297]

@LeoAndVinnyAdventures skiing is easy to learn and hard to master.

[@robbielay6233]

Both love sliding down mountains at speed. Both appreciate each other. everyone’s a winner in my eyes

[@wildepalms345776]

Which is better skiing or snowboarding? Who gives a shit? Do whatever you want. Not everything has to be this vs that. You can just simply enjoy something without comparing it to something else.

[@unstoppableJG]

Bro it’s not that deep

[@johantwt]

no skiing is objectively better. i reject your subjective worldview.

[@ryancolpitts7248]

Why not do both? Ive been skiing 33 years and snowboarding for 25 years, just do what you love and you will be happy

[@Justnsideswipe]

I feel that the fact skiing is more fun to accually do should be more important then how old people do it….

[@CheesyintheHead]

skiing is easier to learn, but also harder to master

[@crewsheppard]

Bro Let’s be honest this guy is bias I’m not saying I’m not but He is leaving out a complete group of skiers at by are super cool people and super chill also skiing looks so much cooler like the grabs mmmmm

[@Maxton1508]

Sounds like something a skier would say

[@rorygadhia]

How is he bias towards snowboarders if he’s a skier.

[@Maxton1508]

@@rorygadhia exactly

[@tosha9994]

Only the skiers that can do tricks are cool, which is maybe 1% of them

[@Alex-ph3ed]

@@tosha9994that would a not true there are a ton of skiers that can do cool tricks

[@ChristOnAMotobike]

I love how he just chose the 3 factors in which snowboarding is better. There is no REAL better one, lets just do what we like

[@ytpov688]

Each one has its pros and cons but I grew up skiing and have come to love it

[@slide4180]

As a skier, my favorite part is when snowboarders sit themselves down in the middle of a trail and I can use them as jumps.

[@mr.beat677]

Honestly I've only ever skied and I completely agree

[@cosmiclemon]

If you’re a true fan of either, you’d respect both. One isn’t better than the other.

[@maxpilling7796]

Alta is like 90% traverses to get to good runs anyway, snowboarders wouldn’t have much of a good time there

[@Blinkski2]

yes

[@bluesank1071]

I’m on team snowboard simply because it took me one run down the hill to learn and it feels more natural for me to

[@tainicon4639]

Nothing like saying, those derby goofballs with their snow pants below their ankles have swag… if you’re ripping, some really good carved turns on Skis you can put so much more power into it than you can on the snowboard… there’s nothing quite like the feeling of riding hip on the ice edges perpendicular to the hill while carving at 60 miles an hour…

[@Square_One]

master class on baiting engagement

[@layers3392]

The greatest thing about skiing is that you can do it for your entire life. That's why so many old people ski since snowboarding is really hard on the knees.

[@jacksondevnew-does-stuff]

Thank you someone that shows truth being honest here no offense but skiing is for the bougie and petty (not everyone but a lot) sport while snowboarding is also harder and has way more of a risk that why it is better

[@PAXS0N]

So your saying skiing is better since it's safer? Cool jk snow boarding and skiing are literally the exact same thing whatever you start off with will be easiest or hardest it's all the same

[@user-bo7jn9jf8t]

Personally I've found the snowboarding culture to be quite sick which made me change both friends and to skis

[@trelala789]

How is snowboarding culture sick?

[@user-bo7jn9jf8t]

@@trelala789 I was in a group of people where it was complete normal to take others gear ranging from some chips to a whole snowboard. This sort of thing was normalized and I got out before I ended up too deep. I don't think that many snowboarding communities are like this though, but this was my experience. I'm in NZ and almost all the guys/girls I used to hang out with are now banned from skiing here

[@trelala789]

@@user-bo7jn9jf8t That's not snowboarding culture, it was just some weird group of people culture. But what do I know, I'm basically skier on board 😄. I grow up skiing, started snowboarding as teeneger, my whole family are skiiers also most of my friends. I enjoy riding on groomed slopes, don't go into park, because jumping is scary. I have too much self-preservation and scared of breaking my neck. Also back-country, which I see a lot on KZbin, seem like so much trouble. I like speed and doing nice carved turns. I am in Europe and that's what I see most people doing, even snowboards. Everybody just ride on groomed pistes and noone goes "off road". Over here I don't really see much difference between skiers and snowboarders, but maybe it's because I hangout mostly with skiers or mixed groups. I don't actually remember ever being in exclusivelly boarder group.

[@CookiesGYT]

Certified snowbard & ski instrictor chiming in here. Snowboarding is hard to learn but easy to get good at, skiing is easy to learn but hard to get good at 😊

[@Cj-zp2bx]

I’ve grown up on skiing for seven years

[@Ninja-ru5nm]

I don’t care how many things people tell me about snowboarding that’s better than skiing skiing will always be the best

[@DresedDuck]

i have bean skiing for 11 years and just started snowboard so i like them both

[@dannybrodin8318]

Skiing just because I have been doing it since I was 3 years old and I just think it’s so much more enjoyable to do.

[@nejcblatnik3618]

we found a snowborder guys ....hes him 🙂🙃🙂

[@jakehuish-1498]

So because snowboarding stole baggy clothes from skiing, they get a point

[@PapaAiden]

Here’s what I say, if your on the mountain, your good with me

[@benjaminlewis5057]

Amen

[@danmcdonald726]

How to tell people you've never been to the ice coast. No snowboard is going to be better on an ice day, a crud day, a sugar over ice day.

[@thedarkfroggy]

personally, i tried skiing for 7 years and always hated it, never improved, and it made me hate going on vacation to the mountains. trued snowboarding a month ago and im already a better snowboarder than i was skier. its so fun and im pissed my parents didnt let me do it sooner 😂

[@TheDuckVicky]

Im a Snowboarder who went from skiing and I thought skiing was fun until i try snowboarding you can do so many tricks on small lumps and skiing only resorts are good beacuse often the pists are wery steep and that is hard to go on with snowboard but both are really cool the only thing that is bad with skiing is the rich people with thigth clothes

[@christinehodges852]

Carving on skis looks so cool

[@johnwgibson24]

Snowboarding is for people who dont know how to ski. FACT: Skiing is way more technical. Takes longer to master skis Snowboarding is slower

[@GreysonWinkler]

I personally would choose skiing over snowboarding because of the fact that snow boarders tend to have less control than skis and are much less versatile.

[@Vesper01]

completely unbiased here ~ Skiing is easier to learn basics and do a lot of simple skills but the more you do it the longer it takes to progress ~ snowboard is much harder to start off but there’s a little bump where if you manage to get over it, if because much easier. Also tricks are easier because you only have to manage one thing on your feet.

[@MV_Aspen]

I love bombing it down the hills on skiis! I love both skiing and snowboarding though

[@Realate2024]

One hundred percent agree coming from a skier and snowboarder

[@bissengaming437]

What i believe is that skiing is easier for beginners because when i started skiing i got inte to it fast but snowboarding took a while for me to get in to and get good at

[@giovanniratti3663]

Idk I think the opposite, I feel like skiing takes a bit to get the hang of, but I was able to go down a double black on my first day snowboarding.

[@thatoneguy1407]

My dad summed it up well: Skiing is easy to learn but hard to master Snowboarding is hard to learn but easy(er) to master That's probably why schools take kids on ski trips and not snowboard trips lol

[@AsherTheSkior]

Skiing in pow is WAY better than snowboarding

[@random12593]

Personally I prefer skiing, because you go much faster and have more control

[@keithahlstrom176]

Snowboarding was the best thing to happen to skiing. Forced them to change the way they looked at the mountain. Forced them to try new tricks. (I mean, I watched year after year of skiers do daffies and spread eagles…over and over and over.) most importantly, it forced them to modernize the ski…they are all basically riding with two snowboards on their feet.

[@boosterrooster8938]

In my humble opinion (i have never done either in my life), Skiing is cooler and is easier, because of this I would choose skiing.

[@boosterrooster8938]

fax

[@wmeuse2375]

The first 4 step of skiing are easier the last 6 steps of snowboarding are easier

[@timseytiger9280]

​@@wmeuse2375 Not true all steps of snowboarding are harder. I've done both for over 20 years, but most of my time boarding. The only thing boarding is easier to master is powder.

[@wmeuse2375]

@@timseytiger9280 you literally need to change your entire stoping method from when you learn to when you master skiing snowboarding has none of that

[@Greenme123]

Well you also have to consider that snowboarding isn’t originally and just steals from surfing and skiing

[@DrLeanMean]

The thing is people don’t like how both of your feet are tied together on a board/snowboard and then with skiing you have more freedom with your legs and so if you fall on skis the skis will come off unlike a snowboard

[@basdevries27]

What’s cool is having fun. No matter what level you’re on or what sport. Just have fun. Having said that.. Snowboarding is way cooler 😜

[@NeverSkiedBefore]

You should give a point to skiing for ski only resorts

[@CrobinHood8BitGuy]

It’s annoying as fuck when skiers go right in front of me, cause then I can’t stop. I crashed into a pole yesterday because a skier flew right in front of me and I didn’t have space to slow down.

[@thatoneguy1407]

As a skier I apologise on their behalf. Most of us are responsible and respect the other people on the hills, there's just a few stuck up elitists who don't give a shit about snowboarders. Hope you're doing okay now, that sounds like a nasty crash.

[@tainicon4639]

This is a major complaint that skiers have about snowboarders. The lack of maneuverability that snowboards have means that you need to have much higher situational awareness. It’s not fair… But it is the reality. Skiers can ski much closer to each other and direction much more easily so the likelihood of crashing is lower. If you’re on a snowboard, you need to stay further away from people to avoid hitting them.

[@Triston1125]

Snowboard lovers👇🏼

[@user-dv2nr7np2u]

Yes

[@viroxa3496]

Snowboarding -500 points for sitting around on the piste in the most inconvenient places. Skiing +500 points for Hansi Hinterseer

[@TheDuckVicky]

Is that really a so big problem we have to strap in and strap out and you don’t it’s not the same sport

[@viroxa3496]

It becomes a problem when them boarders be sitting in spots they've got no business sitting in, I.e. below crests and such. That's dangerous and just outright stupid. Though I've been told by one of them folks that they do it because it's more convenient to get up again.

[@TheDuckVicky]

@@viroxa3496yea that’s true but most of the snowboarders including me are sitting at the beginning of the run

[@viroxa3496]

​@@TheDuckVicky That depends on the run, I'd say. In the end, skiers and snowboarders should simply be decent human beings respecting each other. We're all out there for the fun of it, after all.

[@TheDuckVicky]

@@viroxa3496 yes evrybody is out to have fun if you out on the snow im happy

[@tobiasschuh-pg8ze]

I have been skiing since I was three and then I learned how to skateboard, so I switched to snowboarding, it is definitely harder to learn than skiing, but so much fun and so rewarding, but I am also very bias because of my skateboarding experience, both are cool but I prefer snowboarding

[@radius04]

Snowboarding in snowpark looks way cooler but I have to go with skiing cause I'm skiing the most in the backcountry and it's way more fun on skis

[@camsweeney1228]

You can't argue with science

[@Snowflake-g1]

I think that snowboarding has it for me but it depends on the person

[@alexmurphy4697]

Had a day of almost full ice no pow today!! I faceplanted on my board like 20 times

[@WKNDHRS]

As a skier the ski only resorts are a joke and I couldn’t believe to find out they still exist.

[@MrMist3r]

Personally I like downhill skiing better cuz u never have to clip in when u get if the lift and if ur a snowboarder, and there is a flat part u have to jump to the hill but w skiing u have poles so u can move and one last thing, skiing is better cause when u snowboard ur neck is facing the side in a unnatural way but w skiing your body is natural

[@mileselson2234]

You forgot a lot of factors, for example on a snowboard you have to unbuckle your bindings every time you get to the bottom and re strap every time you get to the top. I think overall snowboards are cooler but skis are more practical.

[@katereusch1833]

I do both but I think skiing is more fun on jumps and rails but when you fall on a bored IT HURTS!!!

[@ConnorCross-ll9bu]

Snowboarding is harder to learn but easier to master but skiing is easier to learn harder to master so I would choose skiing since I ski

[@laney_22_goalkeeper]

Yes fr ❤

[@voltage12345]

Snowboarding is cool but requires you to be ok with having limited vision on your non-dominant side as you’re going downhill. having to strap in every 20 minutes is ok, but you can really shave off transition time coming off the lift if you just ski

[@Tylerski-outdoors]

I totally agree because I’ve never been to a ski slope that bands skiing but I have been to a ski slope that bands snowboarding which is not cool.

[@t-townTrouble]

Skiing has back country easier, more tricks, bigger community, more technical for techy runs, easier on flats, easier to carry around, but “looking cool” is subjective.

[@Jamalshamster]

Alta is so calm with no snowboarders, and it’s the only resort with a lot of old people. And not all skiers are old, I’m young, most racers like me are young, most park guys are young

[@henrythebeast7277]

You forgot about carving ice and mogles

[@tcbrothers6077]

Let’s brake it into 4 cool, culture, experience, and last being a fucking pot head

[@playlistonlyhdiv]

Both is nice and together even better 😏

[@Tiger_fb]

I skied for a while and I just got into snowboarding and it’s way better harder to learn but just more fun. Especially I. The park

[@sk8nchill52]

“Better”….. Speed: skiing Control: skiing Traversing: skiing Being able to walk: skiing Pushing with poles: skiing Surfy feel in powder: snowboarding Yeah so snowboarding is better for sure because powder is life.

[@Unknown2k10]

Personally, i would love to snowboard, but i can't. The lifts are way better for skies than snowboards

[@atomicbee5382]

What ever is cooler is what you like because you’ll be more comfortable being good at something than trying to look cool doing something you’re not good at so if you want to get into skiing or snowboarding try them both on rentals and get some entry lessons it’ll make the experience better

[@senzanome5602]

I d like to do snowboarding, but i live far from the mountains and i started with skiing. I learned it really fast, instead of snowboarding that it's much difficult to learn. So i think that for someone that do it 1 o 2 times a year and never learned skiing or snowboarding, it's Better start with ski

[@mcwizard5009]

Skiing is easier to learn so it’s better

[@GHOSTRIDEKINGG]

I snowboard but I understand why skiers have ski only resorts. Some snowboards are super rude and really hate skiers so I feel like it’s justified

[@Lam-ql4hf]

Finally a good one lol their all just teenagers who have no respect for anything

[@ChristopherEisenhard-qj5fb]

I like snowboarding better but skiing is good too

[@planespottingpro]

Skiing is easier to learn and it definitely isn't for old people and ski only resorts aren't necessarily a bad thing

[@Wyatt_Ragan]

First of all skiing is better because there are also snowboard only resorts also it feels so nice going down the steeps on skis also the felling or powder on skis is amazing also u can’t even go that fast on a snow board but u can go up to 90+ mph on skis.

[@S0losRandom]

I like both equally because of the fact that you can do different tricks so if you were to compare them in the park you just can’t and I’m 13 and I ski so I’m biased anyways so it’s not just for old people

[@OrlovIV]

Snowboarders most the time have to magnet their asos to the snow, best spot is somewhere in mid traffic

[@hairlinev2]

I prefer skiing bc you can go faster without worrying about eating shit because you slightly moved wrong.

[@MLbassen]

Skiing looks better but both are fun

[@Redoctober81]

Would you rather have nice comfy boots but you have to undo and redo them every time you get to the top and bottom of a slope. Or would you rather have slightly uncomfortable boots but once their on your good. (Im a skier)

[@RyanLynch1]

personally I like both for different reasons. snowboarding is way better in powder but i much prefer doing trees and moguls on skis. i personally don't like the snowboarder culture though because there's a lot of people who i don't vibe with or who do a little too much weed or alcohol for my taste. but skiiers don't have much of a group personality tbf

[@Javiererer-BqBt]

As a person who has been skiing since I was four years old and who switched to snowboarding a month ago, I can say that skiing is a finer, more elegant and popular sport, better for beginners and for people who prefer the classic. On the other hand, snowboarding is a sport for more modern people, people who are looking for a simpler sport and who don't care if other people practice something more popular, they simply prefer snowboarding because it is more fun, easier to master and for more people. cool. Personally, I prefer snowboarding, I don't care about having to fasten and unfasten my bindings all the time, falling several times when leaving the chairlift or having problems on flat sections

[@GrantFerman-bc2bh]

💯agreed snowboarding 🔛🔝

[@premoved2794]

While skiing, I’m not required to strap in every run.

[@tc09r1]

honestly they both have there own vibe snowboarding is more custom tho

[@Kieranlikesgtag]

Their is SO much more to consider here

[@user-hs4pf1wr9z]

I’d say that it’s not about who does it and how it looks, it’s about which one YOU think is more fun

[@tobyszakacs6617]

I went to a mountain with my youth group, I snowboard and all my friends ski. Most of them are beginners but I can go on blacks. All the do is pizza down the mountain which takes zero skill, but most of the time, I was swerving around doing heel-toe. Which is significantly slower

[@adeadlyfart13]

Don't break your arm trying to pat yourself on your back.

[@HoopaSealKing]

They’re both good it just depends which you do

[@MasiLaitine]

Your point of view IS good. But both Are kinda good

[@NoitalumisSimulated]

can't helicopter with a snowboard, skiing is supreme!

[@TheRat1899]

IMO skiing is better, I’ve done both, I tried both when I first started and decided I enjoyed skiing more, I just don’t like the idea of not being able to move my legs around

[@benperkins9647]

Done both and skiing is better as it is practical and you don’t hit people who are next to you.