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Switch from snowboarding to skiing?

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Micah-W
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I've been snowboarding for four years now and am thinking of switching to skiing. I'm 15 and can do back flips and up to 540s regular. I'm not to good at switch tricks or rails on a board but skis feel way more natural to me. I like the style of skiing more than snowboarding and I enjoy it (tried it twice). I hope to get sponsored some day, so should I switch to skiing or stay with boarding? How fast would I have to progress to get sponsored skiing?
Mar 20 2014 8:49PM
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cope+
Posts: 763 - Karma: 870
If you get a sex change you'd already be good enough for a snowboard sponsor.
Mar 20 2014 8:58PM
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Micah-W
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Yeah, I'll pass on that haha
Mar 20 2014 9:00PM
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owen.greene_
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hey man, great to see there are more people out there in the same position as me. I'm looking for the same stuff as you and I'm pretty sure I'm gonna make the switch. if you wanna get a sponsor you're gonna have to work hard for either sport but personally I think you should switch. then you can do both later in life and you'll be really good.
Mar 20 2014 9:05PM
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theabortionator
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Don't switch just to try and get sponsored. Do whatever you want though.


I've been skiing a bunch the last 5 or 6 days. Something I wanted to do for a while. Bought some public enemies for 30 bucks and found some free boots. I can't really get any better at snowboarding on the mountain I'm at other than the park and I've slowed down a bunch there. With skiing it was kind of fun to be bad at something. Started getting a nice bounce in my turns and shreddin the groomers well but I broke my boots gettin too much air.


I guess free 1980 rear entry nordicas last like free 1980 rear entry nordicas.

I have no idea what I'm saying. But seriously just do whatever you want. A lot of people have switched one way or another when they just got tired of what they were doing. Just do whatever is fun.
Mar 20 2014 9:08PM
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Micah-W
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Yeah, I might just do the switch. Just to clarify when I said sponsor I meant by my local shop nothing big.
Mar 20 2014 9:09PM
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Jro.
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ya make the switch but remember to buy full tilts if you wanna get sponsored
Mar 20 2014 9:09PM
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ABalls
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Go for it dude. Having both the sports down is great and can be really fun when you get bored of one or the other. As for sponsorship, it will come when you are good enough but don't hurt yourself trying to get there too fast. Good luck and have fun because skiing is the kitties titties.
Mar 20 2014 9:16PM
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Micah-W
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Haha yah I broke my leg doing a back rodeo 5 off a cliff last year.
Mar 20 2014 9:19PM
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Lambsizza
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These threads are so pointless and they pop up all the time. If YOU want to switch and ski then go ahead. Do you honestly expect a skiing forum to give you an unbiased answer btw?
Mar 20 2014 9:41PM
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Micah-W
Posts: 83 - Karma: 76
No, I figured a lot of people would say switch but I was just seeing if someone could give some advice from first hand experience.
Mar 20 2014 9:44PM
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skier58284
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Switch to skiing. You'll have to get very good to get sponsored but it's not too late to start, just work hard. And decide what you want to do, big mountain freeskiing or park. Or both.
Mar 20 2014 11:39PM
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plyswthsqrrls
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in the exact same boat as you OP.

been snowboarding forever and decided to pick up skiing a couple weeks back. got some el rey's for cheap off a member here and some old SPK's with Squire bindings (I know, I know) and been out twice so far, absolutely love it.

I don't even really see it as switching as much as just adding another option. Whatever I'm feeling on the day, I grab... or you could bring both to the mountain and switch halfway through the day. I find it's great because I'm up at the mountain (if you can call what Ontario has mountains...) by myself a lot because my buds are lazy and didn't get passes, so it's good to switch it up and keep things interesting

But definitely go for it man, it's a good time. Feels great to be learning new things every run and getting more and more comfortable out there
Mar 20 2014 11:53PM
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ANDR01D
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If you did a Dub 1260 mute tomorrow...you'd still be two years behind.
Mar 21 2014 10:40AM
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APunx176
Posts: 1189 - Karma: 2,628
Woah woah woah. You just started skiing. What makes you think you can just all of a sudden do THE SWITCH?

Just kidding, but really, you should switch if it's what you feel is right.
Mar 21 2014 12:22PM
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nutz.
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Don't ski/board for the sake of being sponsored...

That being said, I actually just recently made the switch myself, just for fun I guess. I'll always still love snowboarding just for the messing around factor with buttering and stuff, and just having whats under my feet be way lighter and easier to spin, but skiings fun too. They're both great in their own right and I don't regret switching over
Mar 22 2014 1:44AM
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