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Experience transfer

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cope+
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How long would it take for someone who has been boarding 10+ years to transfer that skill over to skiing? Another 10 years?
Oct 15 2013 7:56PM
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Wallisch_pl
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1 year to learn to ski. 2+ years to learn basic/intermediate tricks
Oct 15 2013 7:58PM
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JordanButtfart
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Easily 5 minutes.
Oct 15 2013 7:59PM
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ILLinoisance
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Skiing tends to be easier to pick up on initially. There's no set transfer rate, it's just about how big of balls you have, how willing you are to fall, how athletic you are, how often you ski, where you ski, and in what conditions.
Oct 15 2013 8:00PM
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cope+
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I mean more in terms of big mtn riding, how long until i can ski big pow lines?
Oct 15 2013 8:00PM
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Wallisch_pl
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I personally mostly ski park but powder skiing is a little trickier for me, so 1-2 years?
Oct 15 2013 8:02PM
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Pikachu.
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I snowboarded for 7 years until i switched to skiing 2 seasons ago. I'm dropping cliffs and skiing pretty decently.

The fact that you are a good snowboarder and know that "I could do this on a snowboard" makes you way less afraid to try stuff, and you progress super fast.
Oct 15 2013 8:04PM
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cope+
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Do you ever feel like you are missing out of good days because you don't charge as hard as you did on a board?
Oct 15 2013 8:06PM
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Chubbs.
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I snowboarded for 7 years amd switched two years ago. I ski'd when I was alot younger. I can now ski very good and will really focus on tricks this season as I have just about as much confidence as I had when I was boarding.
Oct 15 2013 8:27PM
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Pikachu.
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Towards the beginning of learning most definatley. I was learning to make good carving turns while my friends were out ripping. I gave in one day and just shredded with a snowboard haha.

The truth is I have way more fun skiing than snowboarding because now I am constantly learning new tricks from friends and progressing super fast.

Lets just say it might suck for a bit, but once you get the hang of it, it is soooo much fun and worth it to learn.
Oct 15 2013 10:41PM
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stupendous-man
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At the beginning of last season something just clicked and pow skiing became way more comfortable for me, this was after about 1.5 seasons of skiing. Assuming you ride 30+ times a year, you will have the ability to comfortably ride pow within a couple seasons.
Oct 15 2013 10:45PM
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JAHpow
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If you go hard and don't get hurt then 1
Oct 15 2013 11:09PM
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