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Skiers and snowboarders?

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DoteMoney
Posts: 270 - Karma: 54
Are there any people on here that switch off between skiing and snowboarding? I've been snowboarding for a while now, and now i want to ski too.
Jan 19 2012 10:57PM
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james6345789
Posts: 4763 - Karma: 467
frenchy, but I think he got banned
Jan 19 2012 10:59PM
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LivingColour
Posts: 1134 - Karma: 21
I can do both, but I can't snowboard nearly as good as I can ski. Because I learned both though, it actually helped me improve my downhill skiing
Jan 19 2012 10:59PM
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J.M
Posts: 2854 - Karma: 254
started skiing at four, switched around 12 for a year, then switched back cuz i mastered boarding (really easy) and got bored of it.  I realized skiing was a trillion times better and i don't know what i was thinking 6 years ago...
Jan 19 2012 11:00PM
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Wheaty214
Posts: 1687 - Karma: 841
I snowboarded for 6 years, then switched to skiing this year. Best decision ever, just try out a friends ski's, if you like it switch next year. Don't spend a lot of money(under $150 for everything) and keep your snowboarding stuff just in case. Skiing is the tits.
Jan 19 2012 11:00PM
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DoteMoney
Posts: 270 - Karma: 54
that's how it was for me too, i switched over around like 11 or 12 and now i'm 16.
Jan 19 2012 11:03PM
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northeast
Posts: 2119 - Karma: 254
he'll be back
Jan 19 2012 11:04PM
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roddy116
Posts: 10634 - Karma: 7,490
ill snowboard once or twice a year, im pretty good at it to.
Jan 19 2012 11:07PM
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KravtZ
Posts: 6637 - Karma: 2,629
hitting rails on a snowboard is 10000000000x better than skis. So many more options and looks way better. Plus on skis for me just dancing around switching up i think looks pretty bad and isn't really that fun
Jan 19 2012 11:08PM
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erica
Posts: 3450 - Karma: 24,088
I do, I snowboarded for 8 years and just picked up skiing again at the end of last season. If I'm having an off day with one or just get bored I just run out to the car and switch out. And I get to say I go both ways. 
Jan 19 2012 11:10PM
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DoteMoney
Posts: 270 - Karma: 54
thanks guys, and yeah I've borrowed my friends skis a few times and it was a lot of fun. now its just that moment where i actually have to buy a pair haha
Jan 19 2012 11:11PM
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YoungYonk
Posts: 98 - Karma: 15
I was skiing since 5 and started snowboarding at 10 because I found skiing very boring I still occasionally switch with a friend. Not saying that skiing is boring I find it fun to do 2ce a year but I find no point to switch because I find snowboarding just as fun
Jan 19 2012 11:14PM
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.AR6rider.
Posts: 15976 - Karma: 8,799
Learned how to ski when I was two, picked up snowboarding when I was about 7. Rode until I was about 18, then bought a pair of twins for the hell of it, skied a few times, loved it instantly, and I haven't been back on my board since. Well, I take it back, I guess I've boarded like 3-4 times over the last 5 seasons, but still...
Jan 19 2012 11:15PM
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PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 895
ah snap.
Jan 19 2012 11:17PM
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DoteMoney
Posts: 270 - Karma: 54
if i do buy a pair though i'm going to switch back and forth between the two
Jan 19 2012 11:22PM
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PJS.
Posts: 11943 - Karma: 895
I boarded and skied for two years, got to the point where I could do rails, boxes, double blacks, etc. Just wasn't the same though, so I stopped boarding and ski exclusively now.
Jan 19 2012 11:24PM
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DoteMoney
Posts: 270 - Karma: 54
definitely a tough choice...
Jan 19 2012 11:43PM
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WestWoods
Posts: 960 - Karma: 414
FREE FRENCHY!!!!!!!!!!!!


haha or not, I don't mess with TWA!

I just wanna be a hipster and like frenchy when others don't.
Jan 19 2012 11:46PM
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midwestpowhunter
Posts: 2198 - Karma: 189
i used to snowboard.....then my dad got a job!
rly no hate i ride with mostly boarders :)
Jan 19 2012 11:48PM
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northeast
Posts: 2119 - Karma: 254
he told me his ban was only like thirty days doe ):
Jan 19 2012 11:58PM
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mscinto
Posts: 603 - Karma: 68
just ski, trust me... u wont go back
Jan 20 2012 12:03AM
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DoteMoney
Posts: 270 - Karma: 54
i'm gonna buy me some skis
Jan 20 2012 12:21AM
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hank_hill
Posts: 1273 - Karma: 218
i like to switch off every season
Jan 20 2012 1:10AM
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.AR6rider.
Posts: 15976 - Karma: 8,799
I don't get it.

Here's a better one:

Q: How many NS park rats does it take to wash a tall tee?

A: Moooooommmmmmmmm
Jan 20 2012 1:23AM
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