From what I've heard, Skiing is a lot easier to learn than Snowboarding. I have only ever gone Snowboarding (2 times) and my first trip was mostly me learning the basics, and the second trip me perfecting stopping/speed control. I had fun both times, and I had some nasty wipeouts (actually those were fun too, I didn't get hurt I just rolled like 20 feet)
The one thing I don't like about Snowboarding is if you lose speed on a flat area/uphill part, you have three choices. Hop/jump to the next rise, take 1 foot out of the boot and duck walk, or completely take off the board and walk to the next rise.
I'm actually in a car on my way home from a ski trip in Stratton Vermont right now (USB tethering my phone's 3G to my macbook).
I've been skiing my entire life (and snowboarding the last few years). It's among my favorite things to do, which is great because everyone in my family loves to ski, and about half of us (the older half) can pretty much cover any slope (yes, that includes me).
From what I've heard, Skiing is a lot easier to learn than Snowboarding.
In my experience, snowboarding came more easily (ignore the fact that i broke both arms during my second lessons, It was only because my instructor decided i was good enough to go on terrain park jumps and ramps). Snowboarding may just happen to come more easily to someone who has been skiing for a long time, and vica versa.
I have tried skiing and have found it quite fun, only problem I have is ice, ice is one of the most annoying things when sking and probably also when snowboarding, one minute your going perfectly, and the next you are trying to be as still as possible to not disrupt the little friction you have on the ice.
Snowboarding may just happen to come more easily to someone who has been skiing for a long time, and vica versa.
They're both similar. I would think that an experienced Ski-er would pick up snowboarding faster than someone just starting either. Same as the other way.
In my experience, snowboarding came more easily (ignore the fact that i broke both arms during my second lessons, It was only because my instructor decided i was good enough to go on terrain park jumps and ramps). Snowboarding may just happen to come more easily to someone who has been skiing for a long time, and vica versa.
For me it seems like Skiing is much easier at first than snowboarding is. I haven't tried skiing but I do snowboard and consider myself pretty good at it. I most likely can snowboard on any hill and go on the terrain park with rails and jumps but that's pretty much it. When I started snowboarding I had a somewhat nooby style of always switching sides whenever I needed to stop. Then I figured out the what I call up and back way of just continuously slowing myself down by leaning on toes and then heels. When I see someone skiing for the first time, they can already go down a slope without falling down, which was not me my first time. I did ski club last year and the year before that but i didn't do it this year because it cost too much. It was worth it though because it hasn't even snowed here much at all compared to other years.
i went skiing for the first time a few weeks ago. why legs and feet hurt like crap after words but i had a really fun time. it took me a while, but i finally found a way to stop myself without falling into the snow :P im so talented
I went skiing in Austria some times a few years back. I have never done snow-boarding. I like skiing because even though you go down pretty much the same slope every time (at least I did) it keeps being nice. You find out little slopes that are there every day. It is especially fun to go to the same place every time you go skiing because then you discover all the fun parts of the slopes there.
