What is more fun surfing or snowboarding? Why? Don't answer unless you have actually done both!!!?

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What is more fun surfing or snowboarding? Why? Don't answer unless you have actually done both!!!?

Answer 1

Surfing.

Unless you get REALLLLLL good at snowboarding.

If you go surfing all the time, you'll get good, obviously, but you'll have a load of fun. Just paddling out becomes a pleasure, duck-diving a joy, and dropping in deeper and deeper is a pleasure and a joy......like my writing style? Thought you would.

Snowboarding's hard at first , can hurt a lot......

......gets fun for a while but then things get technical.

You need good predictible equips, and a lot of discipline and precision.

When you start pulling 70ft long jumps, 720's, and your first vertical spins, you need to focus and work hard.

Surfing's fun regardless. You've gotta be fit, sure, but that comes with time.....

Answer 2

surfing

Answer 3

yeah Ive done both, snowboarding is great fun, surfing is my thing though. Dont like the snow much or the cold.

Answer 4

I enjoy both, but without reiterating too much as the previous poster, here is my take:

Snowboarding's initial cost can be more as you have to buy pants, jacket, gloves, goggles, board, bindings, stomp-pad, lift ticket, wax etc.

Surfing's initial cost can be less as you need only a pair of boardshorts/ swimsuit, wetsuit when it's cold, leash, board, wax etc.

If it's warm enough in either, you won't need to use a jacket/ wetsuit.

In the long run, it depends on where you go, but lift passes for snowboarding and parking passes for surfing vary in cost.  Snowboarding at resorts will always need a lift pass.  Surfing usually needs parking passes, but you can find lots of places that are free.

In both, many dedicated people end up having different boards for different situations/ conditions, more so in surfing than in snowboarding.  And with each board starting around $300 going up to over a thousand, it can be costly in both sports.

Unless you live near mountains, snowboarding is much more seasonal than surfing is.  No snow, no ride. Surfing has more waves year round.  Mountains have set areas of experience level, as do beaches/ reefs/ etc for surfing.

Now to the actual doing of the sports.  Surfing has a much steeper learning curve.  Patience is key as there are only so many waves in a set amount of time.  Each wave is different, as is the wildlife that can hurt you.  Within the span of 24 hours, you can have different sizes and shapes of waves thanks to changes in swell and tides.  Snowboarding has a somewhat consistent shape, but changes in weather eventually affect the type of snow/ if there is any snow on the mountains.  

Because of this, snowboarding is easier to start learning since the lift takes everyone to the top.  Getting off the lift is probably the hardest thing for any beginner.  Surfing, you can have someone push you into waves, and help you get out to the waves.  Just staying on the board is probably the hardest thing for a beginner.

Both sports borrow from each other in techniques, as both sports use the edges of the boards to for control.

There are no surf parks, except for the few man-made waves in the world, but they're usually lame.  Snowboarding has parks that are awesome once you get a good grasp of the sport.

I personally enjoy surfing more as I can do it year round, 7 days a week.  They're both fun though... different, but still fun.

Answer 5

SURFING!!!

The feeling of the "glide" of riding a wave cannot be duplicated or explained.  No two waves are the same.  The many different types of boards.  You can surf in Alaska or Zimbabwe.  Besides girls in bikinis look better than girls in parkas....

Answer 6

Personally I enjoy surfing more but both have positives and negatives.

Surfing; Pro = your in the ocean in nice weather, when you fall it doesn't really hurt.

con = you have to do a lot of waiting for waves, your going to get hit by waves... its unavoidable, and sharks.

Snowboarding; Pro = much longer lasting runs.

con = hurts when you fall, your in the cold weather, you are sitting on your *** in the snow unclipping and reclipping your binding over and over again, higher chance of getting injured (your snapped into your board which is not the case in surfing), and bears.

Both are pretty expensive... you def need to buy less snowboards because surfboards are less durable. However surfboards have a variety of shapes and sizes depending on your height, weight, and your desired surf style. Snowboards are all pretty similar. In closing.... I would pick surfing because I live closer to the ocean than a mountain,

Answer 7

Really depends on the surf doesn't it.  I love both, but if it's between the best day surfing vs. best day snowboarding?  Surfing wins by a huge landslide. Snowboarding is fun as siht but surfing great waves is like magic.  Like getting a horsey ride from god.