Do mostly middle class kids snowboard, really wealthy do the more patrician skiing?

[Anonymous]

Last week I noticed teen groups were all very mixed (skiers and snowboarders) which I haven't seen much of beyond family groups in the past

[Anonymous]

Snowboarding is newer. Old people like skiing more than snowboarding. Rich people are older and have rich parents, so they ski more. First generation rich people don't have skiing history so are more likely to snowboard.

[Anonymous]

Anyone with money and parallel legs can ski. Snowboarding requires a.a modicum of athleticism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Umm, my rich as shit friends’ kids in Big Sky and Aspen all snowboard.

You have it wrong. It’s not a division of wealth and non-wealth—it’s youth vs old. Old people only ski.

You have to be joking, right?

I’m 45 (not young) and after 20 years on my skis, I almost exclusively snowboard - and I’m a woman. After multiple injuries to my knees and hips, I find snowboarding better for the active elderly, like me.

My kids exclusively ski and have done so since they were 3. I do give them the option to snowboard every year, but all 4 have said no because they don’t want to go back to square one. They get about 15 days on the mountain each year (Breck/Vail/Keystone), so it’s not like they lack an opportunity.

OP you’re nuts to think this is a class thing. Skiing (and snowboarding) is UMC/UC no matter how you slice it, unless you live near a resort - and even then it’s still very MC.

I was expecting somebody to mention this. 44 year old here. I'm a 40 minute drive from a ski resort. Most of my neighbors and friends snowboard due to previous injuries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Snowboarding is newer. Old people like skiing more than snowboarding. Rich people are older and have rich parents, so they ski more. First generation rich people don't have skiing history so are more likely to snowboard.

Snowboarding has been around for decades. You have no data to support your claims, and your intuition is weak.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Umm, my rich as shit friends’ kids in Big Sky and Aspen all snowboard.

You have it wrong. It’s not a division of wealth and non-wealth—it’s youth vs old. Old people only ski.

You have to be joking, right?

I’m 45 (not young) and after 20 years on my skis, I almost exclusively snowboard - and I’m a woman. After multiple injuries to my knees and hips, I find snowboarding better for the active elderly, like me.

My kids exclusively ski and have done so since they were 3. I do give them the option to snowboard every year, but all 4 have said no because they don’t want to go back to square one. They get about 15 days on the mountain each year (Breck/Vail/Keystone), so it’s not like they lack an opportunity.

OP you’re nuts to think this is a class thing. Skiing (and snowboarding) is UMC/UC no matter how you slice it, unless you live near a resort - and even then it’s still very MC.

45 isn't old, and it certainly isn't "active elderly".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Umm, my rich as shit friends’ kids in Big Sky and Aspen all snowboard.

You have it wrong. It’s not a division of wealth and non-wealth—it’s youth vs old. Old people only ski.

You have to be joking, right?

I’m 45 (not young) and after 20 years on my skis, I almost exclusively snowboard - and I’m a woman. After multiple injuries to my knees and hips, I find snowboarding better for the active elderly, like me.

My kids exclusively ski and have done so since they were 3. I do give them the option to snowboard every year, but all 4 have said no because they don’t want to go back to square one. They get about 15 days on the mountain each year (Breck/Vail/Keystone), so it’s not like they lack an opportunity.

OP you’re nuts to think this is a class thing. Skiing (and snowboarding) is UMC/UC no matter how you slice it, unless you live near a resort - and even then it’s still very MC.

45 isn't old, and it certainly isn't "active elderly".

DP. Pretty sure the pp was making a joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of people on here who probably haven't skied (or snowboarded) in decades.

There's no real noticeable difference between skiers and snowboarders in terms of income.

This. Both are wealthy person sports: lift tickets / ikon passes are expensive, lodging is expensive, and flights are expensive. High end skis and bindings cost about the same as high end snowboards and bindings. The only real cost savings for snowboards are the boots are much cheaper and require less boot fitter work.

Yeah, skiing/snowboarding is barely affordable for the middle class anymore. You're typically looking at $10,000, at least, for a family of 4 to go on a weeklong non-local ski trip. And you can buy skis and snowboards at plenty of different price points. No one is picking snowboarding versus skiing to save a few bucks.

Maybe there are still some uptight WASPs who think skiing is more "patrician", or whatever, than snowboarding. But, who cares what fuddy-duddies like that think? (I'm a skier, by the way. I tried snowboarding but gave up on it after breaking my wrist).

[Anonymous]

DD switch to snowboarding only because she hates ski boots and it is easier to carry snowboarding gear.
DS doesn’t want to switch because he doesn’t want to start off learning something new now that he can go on more challenging rounds.

[Anonymous]

Most rich people do neither, let’s be real.

[Anonymous]

If snowboarding is harder to learn but easier to master. And skiing is easier to learn but harder to master. Someone who only spends a few days on the slopes a year would probably snowboard because they would want to look good as quickly as possible. Also this has nothing to do with age because I’m 19 and there is absolutely a class disparity in most cases when it comes to skiing and snowboarding. I don’t necessarily agree that it is “right” for all intents and purposes. But it’s noticeable.

[Anonymous]

Interesting discussion. Living in Switzerland I noticed snowboards have almost disappeared. There is a community of very young people snowboarding as freestylers (jumping, doing tricks) but there are almost no snowboarders anymore who just want to sonwoboard easily down the mountain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Snowboarding is newer. Old people if like skiing more than snowboarding. Rich people are older and have rich parents, so they ski more. First generation rich people don't have skiing history so are more likely to snowboard.

Snowboarding has been around for decades. You have no data to support your claims, and your intuition is weak.

And skiiing has been around for just a bit longer than "decades"

[Anonymous]

No middle class people do either unless they live in a ski town. Both are too
Expensive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ski gear is far more expensive than snowboarding gear that’s why. The brokies can usually only afford to snowboard and so they do (nothing wrong with it). The only annoying part is that they pretend they do it because it’s cooler and not because they can’t afford to ski enough to get any good.😊

Stupidest comment amongst a lot of stupid comments. Always stereotyping and trying to feel superior in some way no matter how ridiculous.

Families goes skiing. Three of the members ski, two of the members snowboard. This is common. The biggest dbags on skis are the ones who take themselves way too seriously as if they are accomplishing something of great importance while wondering to themselves who they can write a letter to in order to banish the riff raff off the slopes.