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To me, boarding means two things: supercarve (hand to the snow) and tricks (air time!).
Because our bodies bend forward and backward to a much larger extend than sideways, it's simply a lot easier to put the board up near verticle (than trying to bend your knees sideways to put skis verticle). So, the sensation of carve is just so much more pronounced on a board than on ski (for mere mortals, that is -- there're super good skiers that can really carve).
For air tricks, I just
think
it has to be
safer
to land on one board than landing on two.
But for simply going down some piste in control, it's the skill of the person, not the plank that makes the difference. There're skilled skiers and un-skilled skiers. Just as there're skilled and un-skilled boarders.
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A snowHead
isn't a real person
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er, abc, you don't try to "bend your knees sideways" to carve skis - most of the angulation comes at the hip with only a bit coming from the knee.
you may be right that it's safer to land on one board rather than two - that said, when I've seen boaders dig the tip or an edge in on landing, its never looked that safe.... BOOM as head/helmet smashes into the snow... Release bindings have their virtues!
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you don't try to "bend your knees sideways" to carve skis - most of the angulation comes at the hip with only a bit coming from the knee.
You're right about that. Still, there isn't all that much room for
sideway
bending on the hip or even at the waist.
About crashing, I have no personal experience one way or the other. So I'm only going with what I see and what I "think" is safer or not. Take it with a grain of salt.
Having two independent landing point, might it actually be
easier
to nail the landing with skis? However, if a crash is inevitable, I think being on a tray make it possible to "roll" the landing?
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abc wrote:
For air tricks, I just
think
it has to be
safer
to land on one board than landing on two.
.
As someone who does air tricks on both I can tell you you couldn't be more wrong.
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