Replying to Why did you chose skiing?

Been wondering this for a while. Why did you chose to be a skier, when your age group is dominated by snowboarders? Did you grow up a skier and then discovered twin tips? Did you just feel like going against the grain? Personally, I started snowboarding when I was 10, but eventually I realized that all of the tricks are the same, just with different twists on them. So I decided to be a skier, I love how there are sooooo many more tricks that you can do, and unlike snowboarding, their actually a challenge to learn. I know there has probably been threads like this before, but I wanna know your story, why are you a skier?