The Culture of Skiing vs the Culture of Snowboarding
On the mountains we all know there are both skiers and snowboarders. Each day on the mountain I have observed the ongoing battle between the younger, less experienced generation of snowboarders and the many generations of graceful skiers. They swear and curse each other so frequently! Surely one of these sports should be eliminated leaving the other free of the menace. Well, I am here to tell you today that snowboarding is a short-lived dying culture and that all of the snow on our mountains should be used by the skiers!
My first reason as to why snowboarding is a dying culture and skiing is far superior is that snowboarding is far more dangerous than skiing for many reasons. Firstly snowboarders have a much harder time stopping than skiers do. All a skier has to do to stop is a graceful hockey stop, or a snowplough for the less experienced. Conversely, a snowboarder has to practically fall down to stop and this is not only a danger to the rider as when they fall back they are in the prefect position to break their wrist but also to everyone else on the run. Imagine if you were skiing down a run, minding your own business, just as a snowboarder plonks down right in front of you and you topple! If that was me I would not be too impressed with the snowboarder. Snowboarding is definitely more dangerous as they cannot even stop without causing a hazard.
Secondly, a good skier would acknowledge that it takes years to master the art of skiing; I have been skiing since the age of 2 and there is still room for improvement, whereas snowboarding only takes a few weeks to be almost prefect. Last year throughout the season after a full day of ski training I would put on a snowboard a have a snowboard lesson. After about 8 lessons I could go down all of the black runs on a snowboard. Many people have told of this happening and if a sport only takes a few weeks to master then everyone can agree that the culture of snowboarding is far less refined than the culture of skiing.
My first reason as to why snowboarding is a dying culture and skiing is far superior is that snowboarding is far more dangerous than skiing for many reasons. Firstly snowboarders have a much harder time stopping than skiers do. All a skier has to do to stop is a graceful hockey stop, or a snowplough for the less experienced. Conversely, a snowboarder has to practically fall down to stop and this is not only a danger to the rider as when they fall back they are in the prefect position to break their wrist but also to everyone else on the run. Imagine if you were skiing down a run, minding your own business, just as a snowboarder plonks down right in front of you and you topple! If that was me I would not be too impressed with the snowboarder. Snowboarding is definitely more dangerous as they cannot even stop without causing a hazard.
Secondly, a good skier would acknowledge that it takes years to master the art of skiing; I have been skiing since the age of 2 and there is still room for improvement, whereas snowboarding only takes a few weeks to be almost prefect. Last year throughout the season after a full day of ski training I would put on a snowboard a have a snowboard lesson. After about 8 lessons I could go down all of the black runs on a snowboard. Many people have told of this happening and if a sport only takes a few weeks to master then everyone can agree that the culture of snowboarding is far less refined than the culture of skiing.