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<\/a><\/p>\nThese photos were taken from more or less the same place, on the same day, at almost the same time.<\/em><\/p>\n Much like when the My Alaska teaser dropped, the release of the full movie <\/a>last week got me thinking about this whole ski vs snowboard thing, again. Last time I pondered if we should all just get along<\/a> , but this time, a commenter brought up a very good point.<\/p>\n Yeah I know the general consensus is the snowboarding\/skiing war is over and we should love each other and probably start mating. Hear me out, though: If we keep mixing these two sports people will inevitably compare the two. And guess who looks like they go bigger, faster, AND have extra gear to let go when bailing? I thought so, too.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Now I don\u2019t know that we actually came to a consensus about the war being over, and even since the last time I beat this horse, plenty of other people <\/a> have too<\/a>, but I do think that the \u201cbigger, faster, AND have extra gear to let go when bailing\u201d has some merit. Add to that the fact that at a certain session, of a certain summer camp last summer, ski campers out numbered snowboarders nearly three to one, well, it\u2019s got me a little worried. Is snowboarding going to be the one to suffer because of this freeski\/shred unity movement? Will someday we all just start skiing again? Are we suffering from a sort of non-cold related shrinkage?<\/p>\n Well, since I asked, there are a few reasons I don\u2019t think free skiing will overtake snowboarding in the winter sports ranks, and since we\u2019re a damn snowboard site, here they are.<\/p>\n 1. A wise man once said<\/a> \u201cif I wanted to see someone spinning around holding onto poles: I\u2019d go to a strip club.\u201d<\/strong> No matter how much of your awkward looking body position that tall-t is covering, bouncing around on skis in the park is always going to look a lot more like rollerblading than skateboarding. Remember, we\u2019ve already established everyone wants to be a skateboarder<\/a>.<\/p>\n 2. Skiing still sucks to learn<\/strong>. You gotta figure out what do with with all that extra equipment and how to keep both those sticks pointing the same way. It can take years just to get semi okay at it. Snowboarding takes three days, tops, before you can make it down the hill without looking retarded. Then you can spend the rest of your life trying to learn tricks.<\/p>\n 3. You\u2019re in it for the love, man<\/strong>. So while yes, the bigger, faster thing might be more compelling footage for the average ESPN viewer, do you really give a shit when it comes to actually hitting the snow? Didn\u2019t think so.<\/p>\n 4. That said, skiers are in general way bigger jock-o-douchebags<\/strong>. Did you hear some of them are starting some sort of MMA training camp? Seriously<\/a>.\u00a0 So maybe if you fancy yourself a jock, then you should ski. But if you\u2019re actually cool (or at least think you are), then snowboarding is much more likely to keep you that way.<\/p>\n