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Why do so many aggressive inliners snowboard, and skiers skateboard

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FruitBootPro
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It doesn't make any sense. There are blading legends who would instantly be killers at park skiing but who choose to snowboard instead. A lot of bladers I know also snowboard. It pisses me off to an unhealthy degree. I don't really have a problem with skiers skateboarding tho.
One of my skier friends started blading a little while ago and in his first few days could already do 270 to frontside/backside both ways forwards and fakie. Whereas when a skier starts skateboarding or a blader starts snowboarding they have to start from scratch. Why would you do that? Skateboarding also takes so much dedication it's more worth it to cross train at a sport which has skills that transfer over a lot more.
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inb4 someone says "bc blading is gay" haha dude very funny and clever
Aug 7 2019 5:34PM
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Pigeon.
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for me its because i skateboarded before i skied or snowboarded. i got rollerblades to practice my rail game in the summer and as valuable as that cross training may have been to my skiing muscle memory i got very little enjoyment out of the activity.

skating has been, and most likely always will be more fun. maybe its because you have to work harder for skateboarding which makes it that much more fulfilling? maybe its the words of the older kids at park who bashed the other fruitbooters when i was growing up ?

idk. either way im not gonna quit skating bc it doesnt benefit my skiing
Aug 7 2019 6:08PM
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FruitBootPro
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Pigeon.skating has been, and most likely always will be more fun. maybe its because you have to work harder for skateboarding which makes it that much more fulfilling? maybe its the words of the older kids at park who bashed the other fruitbooters when i was growing up ?


For you at least. Last summer when I started longboarding I also thought I would start skateboarding at some point, before I discovered aggressive inline. The entry barrier to skateboarding just felt insurmountably high when I tried to learn to ollie. Then I started blading and in a little while I was really enjoying skating around the park and grinding. Blading is still already hard enough for me, maybe I'm just naturally crappy at it but skateboarding just seems too hard. Personally I also like how aggressive inline looks compared to skateboarding, but to each their own.
Aug 7 2019 6:44PM
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Pigeon.
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definitely ur skier brain identifies w rollerblade style. skating is one of those sports that really helps if you get into it at an early age
Aug 7 2019 6:45PM
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fredyferl
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I've been doing both since I was a kid, but stopped skating for like 10 years. When I first started skating again, I found it super hard, especially compared to skiing. I find that skating is not natural at all compared to skiing, but once you really get into it and skate a lot, it's super fun and not harder to get better than any other thing. But i wouldn't imagine starting skating as an adult and having to learn to ollie, it would be pretty frustrating and not very fun or enjoyable
Aug 7 2019 7:35PM
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