 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
I was wondering is snowboarding would give my knees less stress than skiing?
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not sure....but snowboarding will definitely give your knees more knocks.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Lots of variables including type of knee injury/condition you are trying to protect/prevent & whether it will be your lead/back leg on a board but in my experience yes for someone of equal ability at both sports. ((Completely torn ACL back leg & torn calf lead leg)
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Have done both for a number of years - I'd say snowboarding gives more stress, simply due to the fact you're always standing sideways to the way you're going! Hence more rotation - skiing tends to be flexing as designed.
Completely simplistic view and sure there is more to it than that - just my view.
Of course a lot depends on factors such as your ability, age and fitness. The stress due to rotation is likely to be when you're learning as you turn by twisting rather than proper balance transfer - young and fit you'll get away with it.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I think whilst ur moving then it would be boarding, but when you fall i think skiing! if that helps
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With boarding all the major stress events (braking/landing) share the weight across both legs, otherwise there isn't much occasion to strongly weight one leg or the other (may weight back leg for powder say). Depends whether you're into acrobatics or simply cruising the pistes - although if you're concerned about your knees I doubt you'd do acrobatics whether skis or board.
With skiing there's more occasion (rightly or wrongly) to place one's weight entirely on a single ski.
If you're a heavy person or have iffy knees, then I'd say boarding (once proficient), had much less risk of stressing a knee - in terms of being able to get down a piste at a similar rate of progress as on skis.
Given the triangle of crotch to anchored feet, there's also far less risk of knee torsion injury on a board (during riding, but not on chair or drag - a matter of proficiency).
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