What is easier to learn - skiing or snowboarding?
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I can do both and I think initially snowboarding is more difficult, but once you get the hang of riding it's much easier than skiing (at least for me). If you skateboard or wakeboard or surf then snowboarding will probably be easier for you. If you know how to waterski then try skiing. I like snowboarding better because you only have to worry about one thing - the board! Having 2 poles and 2 skis that can go flying all over the place when you fall is too much trouble for me =) If you are interested in moguls then learn to ski, but if you are interested in being in the park and halfpipe then snowboarding is your best bet.
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Both are absolutely awesome!\n\nI've been snowboarding for twenty years but I love to ski every now and then (I get about 100 days a year on the mountain and I spend 10 or 12 on skis). \n\nOn hard snow, skis are much better than a snowboard. A snowboard isn't exactly bad on hard snow but I can rail my turns so much better on my skis than on my board when it's icy. \n\nIn powder there is no contest, snowboard all the way. Much more fluid and graceful and most skiers can't keep up with me if I really want to run in deep snow.\n\nAnd I have to say when it all comes down to it, if you are a speed freak then you need to ditch the snowboard because skis are much, much faster than boards. On my board I can hang with all my skier friends, especially in deep snow, but if they want to go it's all I can do to just keep up and I ride really, really fast.\n\nThe Olympics is definately not the venue for Snowboarding and it's a bad place to compare Skiing and Snowboarding. You should see how big the skiers go in the Halfpipe or how much faster they are on the Snowcross course. It's really amazing to watch.\n\nDon't get me wrong, snowboarding is in my blood and I'm a snowboarder till I die but skiing is pretty cool too.\n\nEDIT: In reply to Golfguy. Snowboarders can and do ride moguls, in fact I charge moguls hard and I love them. They are a bit more challenging on a board but still totally fun and doable.\n\nAs for snowboarders pushing off the powder and making it icy, that is just ridiculous. It's ignorant statements like that that have given snowboarders such a bad rap. I NEVER "push" off the powder. I carve the powder as well as the best skiers and better than most. Yes, occasionally you see idiots, in over their head, sliding sideways down the hill because they don't know what they are doing. It's just as likely to happen with a guy on skis as it is with a guy on a board. You need to try snowboarding and see what it's all about before making misinformed comments like that.
995233
umm thats a hard one but which is the hardest one is soccer. soccer is more competative then dance. yeah dance is more fun and stuff u have a great time. But soccer you run out a breath and its more active. so i'd say that soccer is more harder.
8990
The best place would be "near where you are".\nThe reason being: you'd want to take several sessions over a period of time (a season, or once a week for 6 or 8 or 10 weeks), therefore having "easy access" to a hill would be my first criteria.\n\nSecond consideration: what level are you at now, and therefore, which determines what level of instruction you need.\n\nE.g. most hills/resorts offer begginer skier training, and do a reasonable job at it.  When it comes to expert level skiing, one would be more scrupulous in selecting coaches.\n\nMost ski resorts also offer packages (rent+learn) that are reasonably priced, that also gives one a chance to try out different equipment.\n\nBottom line:\nfor complete beginner, start at the nearest place, possibly with the "best package deal" available, and get comfortable with the basics of skiing. Then you're ready to explore the pleasures of skiing further afield.  That's when you'd really want to start driving/flying to other really neat skiing places!
680500
depends on the mountain, the trail (or lack thereof), and your level of physical fitness. Everest will be pretty hard; Thunderhead in the smokies requires good fitness; a broad trailed family mountain is usually very doable.  snow boarding in the summer is possible, especially at places where there's still snow and/or the pellet stuff; otherwise, it's a bit more dificult and you place yourself at a greater risk.
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Snowboarding is a boardsport on snow similar to skiing, but came about as an idea for a combination of surfing and skateboarding. The snowboard was invented by Jake Burton. Snowboarding is an increasingly common winter sport throughout the world where participants strap a composite board to their feet and slide down a snow-covered mountain. A snowboarder's equipment consists of: snowboard, boots, bindings and winter clothing
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If you skateboard, wakeboard, or surf that would help you learn. I would recommend taking lessons your first several times til the get the hang of it. I started skiing when I was 9 and then started snowboarding when I went to college.
614586
Immersion is the best because learning happens faster in an environment where feedback is more instantaneous.  For example, you need to find a toilet and you are either in your home country or Finland.  Which location would be more conducive to learning the proper way of saying -IN FINNISH- "Help!  Where is the toilet?"\nThe same is true of ordering food in Finnish, buying clothes in Finnish, etc.  The fact is, you're not going to practice much Finnish outside of Finland - even if you have a Finnish friend because you won't be using it much outside of that limited situation.
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I recommend Aspen, CO.  There are 4 mountains included.  Buttermilk Mountain is great for beginners, while there is Aspen Highlands and Aspen Mountain for the better skiers.  Snowmass is a huge mountain with great ski schools.  Great night life also!
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The only time snowboarding is more difficult than skiing is the first few days. The first day on skiis you can at least stand up and shuffle your feet around like you're walking, whereas the first few times on a snowboard can be a little rough. After the initial shock, snowboarding is much easier than skiing. It takes a few dedicated years of skiing to get to a point where beginning snowboarders are after half a season.
726394
Hmmm... Might be tricky to get to, but you can try Hemel ski centre ( http://www.hemel-ski.co.uk/home.htm ).  To be honest though, learning to snowboard on a dry slope will be a painful experience, which leaves you the choice of going to Xscape in Milton Keynes http://www.xscape.co.uk/ (which is a bit expensive) or just waiting until December when you can use a real slope with real snow!
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If you're hiking, get the GPS locater thingy. Snow can come on fast and change a landscape completely. Always have something dry you can change into, hypothermia isn't your friend. Don't keep going in a storm ever ever ever, get shelter and wait or you're most likely to get lost. Know the terrain ahead of time and stay out of avalanche country especially as a novice. Layers are your friend, sweat isn't take it easy. Don't drink alcohol, you can't feel the cold and you get hypothermia faster. Take in everything, snow camping is beautiful and sparkly and fresh. It takes what you know and makes it alien, so have a camera or no one will believe you!
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The best thing to do is work the beginning snowboard muscles. You pick your self up a lot so work your triceps, chest, back, butt (cause you'll fall on it) and thigh muscles as much as you can. Skiing and snowboarding aren't the same thing at all and it's important that you know that. Snowboarding is harder to learn but easier to maintain the skill of than skiing. So keep at it, take lessons from a person you like, friends are best, especially patient ones that have been snowboarding a long time. You'll fall alot and you will be in serious pain the next day. Don't try to go up on big hills until you're completely comfortable with the bunny hill. And lastly, just go out and have fun. Snowboarding is all about fun.
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It depends.. What kind of snowboarding do you plan on doing?
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The biggest trick to the landing is lining your board parallel with ground. This is tricky at first because when you leave the lip, your at a different angle then the one you're going to have to land at. Now, naturally gravity will adjust your board a bit, but ultimately the control is up to you. You do have some leeway with this however, because your board can "slap" a little bit when you land. This is the benifit of snowboarding as opposed to skiboarding (short skis). Also, keep your knees flexed and slightly bent when you land and make sure your direction of travel doesn't change until you're confident enough.
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Ride a lot, compete and win, get in with some photographers and get published...there are lots of ways but those are the most straight forward. Where do you ride? The best way to get better and get noticed is to ride at a bigger mountain that has a large base of high-talent riders. And it isn't necessarily what you know but who you know. If you get in with the right people and make a name for yourself then you'll be one step closer.\n\nMy advice, just ride and have fun. Don't worry about being pro or getting sponsored. That isn't what snowboarding is all about.
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Longboard Vs. Shortboard.\n\nIt's like downhill skiing Vs. Snowboarding.\n\nYou gotta try them both to see which one you like.