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DaveA


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19th Jan 2015
Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 13.28hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
snowblading, with your pants down
roscoeh


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 13.42hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
Why do boarders always ask this question?
CrispySte


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 13.53hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
DonaldM Wrote:
I mean the whole travel part, not the down hill only. Imagine using a board, even a split board (skis) to get to Tailor's Burn. Nightmare!

I remember skiing down the side of the Mess of Potage from CairnGorm's summit. There were some boarders who had to walk the flat bit to the coire lip and the flat bit on the way out. It looked a really pain as well as very slow.

Horses for courses I guess.


Yep now I agree with that, it's a pain constantly unclipping. When skiing you only unclip when stopping for a pint and bite to eat.

I a nutshell:

Skiing is faster, easier to go uphill (both on your steam and surface lifts), faster.

Boarding is cooler (it feels cooler I'm sorry but it just does), looks better in the park and is easier to have more fun in deep powder.

And that's just the obvious ones.



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dave-fisher


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 13.56hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
Exactly. I don't give a shit, and it really doesn't matter, we do wintersports to have fun, not to 'be cool'. I can do both, prefer to ski (better at it) but what i find with boarders (most of my mates) is that they think they are so much cooler for boarding, which in my opinion makes it so much more UNcool. It's like when your dad doesn't understand the meaning of cool and says "son, i'm a cool dad eh"

cratermaker


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 14.02hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11

The answer is surely Telemarking is the coolist. You can rip the piste (notice I said 'you' winking smiley do everything the boarders and skiers do plus an extra turn, and tour to get properly off piste.

Don't know about the chicks though..............the demographics seem to favour boarders........


(I think it doesn't matter, it's all good..............)

The more I see of people, the more I like my dog.
jurassic


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 15.45hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
There are tw*ts who snowboard and there are tw*ts who ski. It's the people who are either cool or not (not the discipline). Tbh if you're concerned about whether you're cool or not then you're probably not.

mr_big_ad


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 16.27hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
cammyammy Wrote:
What strikes me as being cool is freeriding as demonstrated in these videos:
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I thought that was going to bee a snuff movie at one point!
scotty


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 16.39hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
What I find cool is people who are technically really, really good. That's cool to watch, whether they are decent people or not is a totally different matter.

There's only two reasons to ask the question - 1) trolling for arguments, 2) needing to big up some self-image problems smiling smiley
daveski


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 16.58hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
scotty Wrote:
What I find cool is people who are technically really, really good. That's cool to watch, whether they are decent people or not is a totally different matter.

There's only two reasons to ask the question - 1) trolling for arguments, 2) needing to big up some self-image problems

spot on
Andy


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 17.06hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
cratermaker Wrote:

The answer is surely Telemarking is the coolist. You can rip the piste (notice I said 'you' do everything the boarders and skiers do plus an extra turn, and tour to get properly off piste.





Have to agree with that!...can't get less mainstream than tele sking.....free the heel man!



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flugeryl


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 18.25hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
I have seen videos of people going down slopes in a canoe

that seems way cooler than the controlled methods adopted by skiers/boarders/bladers...etc


Blind skiers get my vote.....cool to be so brave and trusting

behaviour on the hill makes you cool not what your feet are attached to

Be Nice to Skiers, they have it hard enough already
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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 19.00hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
While we're on the subject.....

What is it with people in shabby or cheap clothing on the slopes?

They disgust me to be honest, have they no shame? When I'm up the cairngorm and find myself standing next to some cheaply dressed oik on the train, I can feel their shame. I try not to look at them because they must already be feeling inferior when they look at my new expensive gear

These people need to try harder
YJ


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 20.14hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
Grumpy you sound like a little douchey snowboarder.
daveski


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 20.16hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
YJ Wrote:
Grumpy you sound like a little douchey snowboarder.

even better

JanA


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Re: What is cooler? Boarding or skiing?
Date Posted: 21.22hrs on Fri 9 Dec 11
Grumpy Wrote:
....... When I'm up the cairngorm and find myself standing next to some cheaply dressed oik on the train....


Ah...that will be me then...It's always my luck to stand next to b*ll ends on the train.



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