I hate snow boarders - vent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh!!! And as a boarder - and an older one - I hate skiers. I understand how skiers work so I try to be cognizant of them. However, most skiers do not try to be careful of boarders. In general you need more room to turn than skiers so we are not trying to "hog" the slopes but we need more space. My reaction time to an errant skier - and that would include lots and lots of children - is slower. Narrow runs are especially hard for us - I do try to avoid them but sometimes... So, my rule would be the same for everyone - ski in a consistent pattern when the slopes are croweded.

Finally, it is much, much, much harder to exit a lift on a board. Only one boot is strapped in and you do not have as much control - particularly if if the lift has a tricky/uneven exit pattern.

And why do we sit? Because you can't ever rest on a board in a standing position like you can in skis. You have to always be up a little so that you don't catch an edge and fall over - even when standing still. Which is a constant day of calf workout. So, if we are waiting - we sit - much more comfortable and it is very easy to get up from a seating position on a board unlike with skis. Oh yeah - and your skis don't ever fall off either

If you are venting about boarders...you are most likely a bad skier

Get yourself some Flow bindings and you won't need to sit down so often

LOVE LOVE LOVE my Flow bindings!!! 10+ years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh!!! And as a boarder - and an older one - I hate skiers. I understand how skiers work so I try to be cognizant of them. However, most skiers do not try to be careful of boarders. In general you need more room to turn than skiers so we are not trying to "hog" the slopes but we need more space. My reaction time to an errant skier - and that would include lots and lots of children - is slower. Narrow runs are especially hard for us - I do try to avoid them but sometimes... So, my rule would be the same for everyone - ski in a consistent pattern when the slopes are croweded.

Finally, it is much, much, much harder to exit a lift on a board. Only one boot is strapped in and you do not have as much control - particularly if if the lift has a tricky/uneven exit pattern.

And why do we sit? Because you can't ever rest on a board in a standing position like you can in skis. You have to always be up a little so that you don't catch an edge and fall over - even when standing still. Which is a constant day of calf workout. So, if we are waiting - we sit - much more comfortable and it is very easy to get up from a seating position on a board unlike with skis. Oh yeah - and your skis don't ever fall off either

If you are venting about boarders...you are most likely a bad skier

Get yourself some Flow bindings and you won't need to sit down so often

LOVE LOVE LOVE my Flow bindings!!! 10+ years

Thanks for the tip! I've always rented as I did most of my boarding when I was young and broke - I thought I was going to give it up but my kids have started so I'm going to buy myself a board. Any other tips?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh!!! And as a boarder - and an older one - I hate skiers. I understand how skiers work so I try to be cognizant of them. However, most skiers do not try to be careful of boarders. In general you need more room to turn than skiers so we are not trying to "hog" the slopes but we need more space. My reaction time to an errant skier - and that would include lots and lots of children - is slower. Narrow runs are especially hard for us - I do try to avoid them but sometimes... So, my rule would be the same for everyone - ski in a consistent pattern when the slopes are croweded.

Finally, it is much, much, much harder to exit a lift on a board. Only one boot is strapped in and you do not have as much control - particularly if if the lift has a tricky/uneven exit pattern.

And why do we sit? Because you can't ever rest on a board in a standing position like you can in skis. You have to always be up a little so that you don't catch an edge and fall over - even when standing still. Which is a constant day of calf workout. So, if we are waiting - we sit - much more comfortable and it is very easy to get up from a seating position on a board unlike with skis. Oh yeah - and your skis don't ever fall off either

If you are venting about boarders...you are most likely a bad skier

Or you are old enough to remember what it was like to ski without boarders!!! That is why I love deer valley and Alta!

[Anonymous]

Skiers with those poles look lame. Like crutches. Run em all over . . .