What are some similarities of skateboarding and snowboarding?

Answer 1

Carving on a skateboard is similar to leaning to turn on a snow board. Also the balance of riding is about the same as a skateboard. A snow board includes more movements in the ankles than Skateboarding does. Id say the two are very similar over all. If you are snow boarding for the first time after having been a skater, you will find that you don't turn as easy, therefore you must move your ankles into the lean of your body. If you are skating for the first time after having been a snowboarder, balance on a skateboard and turning and what not, will be fairly easy for you. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I would say that Snowboarding and Surfing are the most similar. I have tried all of these sports and I found that the steering is mostly the same technique for all of them. (you shift your weight to the side that you want to turn towards) Yet each of the boards have their own challenges. Snowboarding is probably the easiest and the hardest part is probably learning to switch directions. Surfing is hard when you first learn to paddle into the wave and still stay with it. Skating is tough because sometimes the deck goes one way and you go the other and you just look like a fool. I think if you try one you should try them all. I just like the feeling of riding a board of any kind. Its just feels right.

Answer 3

I think by your question you're asking whether or not the physical skill and movements that apply to snowboarding apply to skiing as well.

Snowboarding, although similar in concept to skiing, requires quite different stance and physical movements to master. If you can do both you'll also notice that you can do different things on a board as you can on skis and vice-versa.

Both skis and snowboards use edges to carve a turn and (when mastered) are usually always on an edge when in motion. This is especially the case for a snowboarder. Skiers can 'get away with' not being on an edge on a flat run (depending on the skis), but snowboarders must always be on an edge unless they want to catch a section of their board and wipe-lash themselves at great speed. (I did that when I was learning - it made me learn to edge a lot quicker!)

I would also say that when learning how to ski it's a little easier and less painful. Skiing learners can control their speed and movement a lot easier than snowboarders when learning, by employing the ever-loved 'snow-plough' position, whereby the skier points the tips of their skis towards each other and uses a 'V' shape to create resistance against the piste. Learner boarders sadly don't have this luxury and, as a result, spend most of their time getting up from falling down. However, I will say the learning curve is quicker for snowboarding. Skiing is easier to learn but more difficult to master.

A big difference is also that skiers have obviously more movement to move their legs and feet, whereas a boarder is stuck to his/her board.

Skiers also have poles (usually) and they can traverse by using skating movements - therefore skiers can generally travel a bit more easily than boarders, who are constantly burdened with having to take a foot in and out of one binding and pretend to be a skateboarder for any flat ground. This also applies to getting on and off lifts.

Hope this helps!

Answer 4

skateboarding is 1/4 like skateboarding