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siversex
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Is there a larger ratio of freeskiers to boarders across the sea there? From what ive seen it looks like there are more or is it pretty much the same as the states with mostly boarders?
May 2 2010 4:38PM
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Eazy-S
Posts: 167 - Karma: 15
Nah.. Lots of skiiers.. 50/50 maybe.. sometimes 40/60.. both ways..
May 2 2010 4:43PM
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Matty_C
Posts: 2598 - Karma: 236
way way more skiers
May 2 2010 5:17PM
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JMEN
Posts: 123 - Karma: 907
Like 10% snowboarders most places in norway
May 2 2010 5:26PM
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SkiWest
Posts: 90 - Karma: 14
I've been to a few different Snow Centres in the UK and every time the majority have been boarders. Sucks.
May 2 2010 5:44PM
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dubaiski
Posts: 961 - Karma: 37
just FYI in the desert the ratio is about 90:10 in favour of bourders but i have been working on that and have got it down to about 60:40. We need some of you skiiers to come over and hit up the indoor slope with me. Eddie wall was here the other day (snowboarder) and they made an ice structure for him and built him new features and gave him free shit. So basically as long as you are decent you could try and claim to be pro as nobody here really has a clue about the skiing scence and you will get free shit
May 2 2010 5:50PM
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Blurst
Posts: 13577 - Karma: 10,169
Doesn't it cost an obscene amount of money for a day pass?
May 2 2010 5:54PM
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Fink
Posts: 113 - Karma: 19
This.
at least the places where i've been. (Trysil, Mayerhofen, Val T and Saas Fee)
May 2 2010 5:54PM
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dubaiski
Posts: 961 - Karma: 37
its around $45 for a day pass including rental ski and clothing but cheaper if you have your own stuff.
May 2 2010 5:56PM
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SkiWest
Posts: 90 - Karma: 14
FUCK that's cheap! It costs like 45 POUNDS to jib for 4 hours at snow centres in the UK. And the slopes here are like a quarter of the size of the Dubai snow centre.
May 2 2010 6:07PM
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dubaiski
Posts: 961 - Karma: 37
damn that suck, however there are more rails in the uk domes and ski dubai only has a couple big ones
May 2 2010 6:21PM
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Blurst
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ha ya i thought that it was way more than that.
May 2 2010 6:27PM
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ohpatti
Posts: 745 - Karma: 25
It's both, but there's only a lot of snowboarders just cuz that's the cool thing to do over there apparently.. But the skiers are definately more experienced and advanced compared to the boarders.. I havnt seen it first hand but I talked to my cousin who races all over Europe about this
May 3 2010 12:54PM
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Elg
Posts: 2998 - Karma: 3,880
where i ski the skiers outnumber the boarders, but the boarders are better than the skiers overall.
May 4 2010 11:16AM
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Ralf
Posts: 978 - Karma: 81
in germany and austria there are mainly boarders due to boarders being the first park-makers. but momentarily there are like 40% boarders and 60% skiers because all the youngsters ride skis and no boards.
May 4 2010 11:25AM
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SOLID7
Posts: 239 - Karma: 11
More skiers where I go,but then again, I bet there are more snowbladers hitting rails than skiers and boarders together where I go :D
May 4 2010 11:41AM
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SketchySwiss
Posts: 393 - Karma: 43
Like you guys we're back to skiing since the day we tried fat twins skis (and at this time fat was like 80 underfoot). Unfortunately (for them) some people still did not try yet.

More seriously the ratio should be 60 skiers / 40 snbs because of the old gapers. Depends of the resort and the conditions. But if you take only people between 10 and 25 there is def more snowboarders but but also def more people switching from snowboarding TO skiing than the opposite.
May 4 2010 12:02PM
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