Is skating a good substitue for snowboarding when theres no snow?

Question

cause snow just dosnt last long enough

Answer 1

wakeboarding is the way to go in the summer.  You can work on riding switch, jumps, grabs, 180's, 360's, all without seriously killing yourself.  It isnt exactly the same, but it is pretty close.  If you remove the fins from the wakeboard, it is even closer to snowboarding.  Grab a wetsuit and you can ski or wakeboard almost all year long!

Answer 2

Yeah I guess it could be, but I'm a very good snowboarder and I can't skateboard at all. So it doesn't really work for me.

Answer 3

Yah they're both they same you just need to get used to it .

Answer 4

I've skated for almost 20 years, it's pretty close but are you talking about skating on a long-board or short-board (normal skateboard)?

Long boarding is going to be really close depending on what kind of board you get. I just picked up this Sector 9 board and love it - http://www.specialtysports.com/Sector-9-...

Seems like that is about the closet your going to get to carving. If you want to practice jumping, skating is not so much the same. Then you'd need to wakeboard or bounce on a trampoline. You can practice rails on a skateboard however, and you should definitely ride half-pipe (mini or full size) that will help you work on 'pumping' and it is the same motion as on the snow.

Answer 5

I don't think there is much that is the "same" as snowboarding. If you are really looking for something that is a summer equivalent, I would suggest skateboarding, wakeboarding, windsurfing, or mountain boarding

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_bo...

Or you could do something completely different - I like to rock climb in the summer.

Good Luck

Answer 6

Well in a way its good. But there are other things you can do instead of just skating. You can ride a wave board too. They are almost similar to snowboarding. Somthing really good is somthing called a Freeboard. Now thats really fun the only thing is you need a hill.  

Answer 7

WHom ever said there the same is an absolute idiot there have some common traits.  And many uncommon such as a little thing called wheels and another called bindings but to answer your queting ya its not a bad way

Answer 8

YES!! Skating is a great way to get some turns in the summer time. Best part is, after you buy your board it's free!!! Unlike snowboarding :(