I came in here on my annual voyage for X Games links and as a Snowboarder of 20 years, I couldn't help but get sucked into this thread and subsequently make an account.
cannonballerAll the snowboarders I know watch as much (if not more) skiing than snowboarding.
It's impossible not to, there is just so much more skiing out there. Big Mtn stuff especially. You've basically got Jeremey Jones and ten thousand skiers. And it's all equally good.
As for the original question...I guess almost everything. I mean skiing has like a few thousand year head start on snowboarding.
Bullshit. Either you have an incredibly small circle of friends who haven't been riding very long, or for whom it isn't their #1.
It's entirely possible to miss Skiing content completely, no matter how much of it there is.
It's called Social algorithms.
YouTube/Facebook/Insta, etc. are as likely to serve me up videos of Skiing as they are videos of Jamie Oliver fishing with Barack Obama in the Bahama's.
Between Insta, web edits, and full parts, there is an insane amount of creative content to keep us satisfied in our own little box.
Candide's viral shit gets a total pass. We dig it, he's the GOAT.
skiitsbetterwith the increasing number of splitboarders, the backcountry
Truth. Skinning on Ski's is infinitely better than any other method of uphill pedal powered transport. And we thank you for your service.
SegsxiThe question is what have both industries taken from Skateboarding and Surfing?
I can't speak for you lot, but don't forget the fact that Snowboarders were always Skaters to begin with, which is why almost trick is named exactly the same in both disciplines. Notable exceptions include our terrible use of the term Indy for frontside spins & Cabellerial for anything Switch Frontside.
Mort.McflyStyleturns
Havin a giggle m8.
All older Snowboarders want to carve like Tom Curren, and the younger lot want to rip into turns like Dane Reynolds or John John. Don't even try....
BaconSteezburgerSean Pettit :(
It's 2018. He's allowed to be Bi. I want to see a Sean vs Jossi edit.
TiMmYyi mainly snowboard but watch much more skiing videos than snowboarding ones
You're lying to reap Karma and everyone knows it. Stahp.
a_burgerplenty of shit that skiers have done was before snowboarders, the whole idea of flatground tricks, some grabs and a good chunk of jump tricks aside from off axis stuff were done in the 70s.
Wtf. What grabs and flatland tricks specifically did you have in mind? Everything in those categories came from Skating.
Jesse.WhiteSaga. But they can keep it.
No thanks, you can have it back.
Culturally, Snowboarders look to Skating for inspiration long before we look across the hill at you guys.
I don't know what's been going on with you lot but the last 5 years have been all about trendy adidas & dad cap fits that scream Magenta/Polar/Palace, etc. etc. as well as wallride to rail variations, tech nose & tailpress variations on big rails, and a general rewind away from quad corks and back to simple turns and sidehits at the local. Relatable shit that the wider populous can appreciate.
