Why Do Women Suck at Snowboarding?
As a woman who snowboards, I find myself frequently using being “a girl” as an excuse. It’s convenient and rarely questioned, so I’ve accepted it. (But honestly, there is a difference between being a girl and being a pussy, and I am the latter.) Also, I am by no means on the front lines of progression in women’s sport. Luckily for my gender, there are women who are.
In a story on ESPN, real journalist Alyssa Roenigk explores the glass ceiling the decades of nurture, marketing, availability and have placed on women in action sports. A gap she surmises has nothing to do with physical ability.
And, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, the men of snowboard slopestyle landed runs that included triple corks while Jamie Anderson won the women’s contest with two 720s, a trick Tina Basich won the winter X Games with in 1998.
But none of this is because women are incapable of doing the same tricks as men.
Let’s remember that 15 years ago, it was believed to be impossible for anyone to backflip a dirt bike or do many of the tricks being landed today. To pull off a triple cork, however, there is more at play than generating enough speed to have the airtime necessary to flip three times, spin four and land on your board. (Which is physically possible for a woman to do, and not too far down the road, one undoubtedly will).
If you’re into girl power, or any of that junk, this article is a great read, and if you can’t get enough of reminds me of this teenage rant I wrote in the 90s when I knew everything.
Tits off set their center of balance.
Frank April is the Canadian Jesus
PERHAPS IT’S ALL THE TALKING THAT EXASPERATES THEM IN ADVANCE OF DECIDING THEIR RUNS?
do you try to put a typo in every article you post, or is it a genuine mistake that you just repeat over and over and over again?
Yep, my favorite is a girl who says she is like good at shredding, then I’m stuck riding with someone who is doing a falling leaf all day.
…..OR PERHAPS IT COULD IN FACT BE THE SMALLER FEET THAT LIMITS POWERFUL BOARD CONTROL?
….MAYBE IT’S THE LIGHTER COLORS ON THEIR BOARD GRAPHICS AND OUTERWEAR?…..
It’s probably their sticker placement.
Genuine mistake. Wanna copy edit for me?
They just don’t have their stances wide enough… Trust me, I’m the real Shaun.
this article is written like a 5th grader holy shoot
Well, they just don’t have balls, which is a fact. And Troof, there is girls like Desiree who wear 11M. Like the egyptian proverb says ”Girls just wanna have fun”.
I would love to. My english degree is being wasted here. Also, I just want to appreciate that the guy who called you out capitalized nothing, dropped more than a few commas, and spelled “Jeez” as “jees”.
smh, internet.
my sister is better than a lot of guys i know….
LOLZ
well your first mistake was majoring in english.
your god damm right
THERE ARE CLEARLY PLENTY OF LARGE-FOOTED EXCEPTIONS OUT THERE.
speed wobbles.
if stan doesnt read “your godamn right” in reply to mdot dramatically in the next episode, ill be disappointed.
I am a girl snowboarder and I’ve hit bigger jumps than a lot of my friends I ride with, but being a pussy is a characteristic some girls don’t have. I admit that I am a pussy when it comes to a lot of things and I blame it on having one.
Maybe some mountain should make a kitchen themed terrain park and they’d do better