What Is Harder Skiing or Snowboarding? Asking Snowboarders 

It’s so good to see David again. His positivity has been sorely missed this year

The old adage; skiing is easier to learn but harder to master, snowboarding is harder to learn but easier to master…

Tried skiing once when I was like 10 years old and was horrible at it, but I also didn’t give it enough of a chance. Started snowboarding because of my time on a skateboard and it came more naturally to me. Haven’t been on skis since.

Started snowboarding and found it easy because of my skateboard background. I tried skiing later on because at the time most people that I went with skied. Fell in love with skiing because it was more of a challenge on rails, but easier to get around on flats and control speed in trees. I fell back in love with snowboarding because more people began snowboarding. I do both now, but noticed that snowboarders hate when I am on my skis, and skiers do not mind whether I am on skis or a snowboard. My 7 year old daughter told me that I am only allowed to snowboard when I go with her and she snowboards. There are clear differences between the two sports.

I skied for about 6years before trying snowboarding. I'm an expert at both at this point, splitting my seasons between both styles. I'd say snowboarding is definitely harder to learn as its less forgiving when starting out. You can push yourself further on skis since you have two edges, but I wouldn't say either is harder to master than the other.

They are both challenging but in very different ways. Snowboarding is probably harder to learn at first while with skiing you can push yourself to perfection and shape your technique endlessly. In the end it's both fun!

I think skiing is harder on the knees, ankles and feet….but snowboarding is def harder to learn. So I switched to snowboarding and my knees aren’t hurting anymore.

I started skiing as a teenager, because I was able to borrow a pair of skis from a family friend (which gave my parents one less excuse to hold against me xD). Little over 2 years later I had to stop skiing because of a skiing injury which twisted my left knee sideways 90°, which after recovering resulted in my knee no longer being able to handle the torsional stresses. Even now 20 years later I can only ski for a couple hours before the pain comes back. But 5 years after I got injured, a friend offered to show me how to snowboard and give it a try. Turns out that when snowboarding, the old knee injury is not an issue. I picked up both skiing and snowboarding to a point where I could comfortably do turns within the first day, so i can't really say which was the most difficult to pick up. Possibly skiing is easier to pick up but harder to master like many say, but I haven't had the opportunity to improve my skiing skills so I can't really say :).

No one warns you about falling on your arse and the dread of it as a beginner snowboarder..learnt to ski on a school trip to Austria aged 13..never went again...learnt to snowboard at 39..now I'm an old relic but still crave it !! Tony C

I don't snowboard but i already skied once and it Was so hard to learn because there are two skiers and that was the Thing which overwhelmed me

Snowboarding is harder to learn but easier to become really good at

Bro you should totally do a video of you and tj riding skis for a day

I would say skiing and snowboarding each have different challenges. I skied first for quite a while but always wanted to try snowboarding. After I finally tried snowboarding I decided to buy my own gear and have really enjoyed it! Snowboarding is a lot more fun to me so I've just stuck with that!

I just think people who ski are in one of these situations: 1- Never tried snowboarding 2- Tried but didn’t learn to get to that “fun” level of riding so to be good on snow stayed on skis 3- don’t see snow so much during the year 4- “too old to learn” Because I guarantee that snowboarding is much more fun and comfortable than skiing so if (for ex) someone spends a lot of time on the snow during the year, he’ll eventually switch to snowboarding Btw I love skiers and they got so more style than us snowboarders 😢😂❤❤❤

Can you make a video of getting back into snowboarding after taking a few years off. What to like start off with and tips there’s like no videos out there about this.

whit moderm gear ski is so easy, back in the 80s all was race stuff, long stiff sticks so hard to learn, take me years learn to ski but in 1997 i grab a snowboard and in one day i was riding

Seems the answer is subjective to what one defines as "mastered." Never skied, but from a mechanics point of view it seems harder to maintain your balance in all terrain conditions when you are not facing forward and don't have to move your body as one, anyone have that perspective please share.

wait why cut off at the end? what is david's favorite type of riding???

I started on a snowboard, I tried skiing because I heard it would be easier. Within 30 minutes I went back and swapped the skis for a snowboard and had a much better time

Wait... what happened?! What happened when he tore his ACL?!

i learned how to ski in 2 days when i was 11. ever since i’ve been skiing and it’s very fun! i’m now 15 and ready to try snowboarding, if anyone snowboards and has some tips, i’d love to read them!

Having tried both (and done more advanced runs on snowboard than ski here in Switzerland).. and having gone with more advanced friends on both, all I can say is it's really just personal. For me, I really tried getting into snowboarding, but I felt instantly more comfortable on skis than after several weekends on various boards. So that made my decision easy. Of course, I also had started doing skating-style cross country and love ice skating, so... 😀

There both super hard lol

Guys I dont wanna miss this out do we

Skied from ages 8-12 .... then a long gap and at age 25 tried both again... sking was way harder than I remembered it as a child and it took me a whole week on the bunny hill to be in any kind of comfort or control on a Snowboard... both were rough for me at the beginning haha

It took me a very long time to learn to snowboard by myself and just when I thought I was good enough, I decided to hit some steep powder and realized that I am actually very bad and I honestly kinda feel like just stopping because I dont want to just stay on groomers it was very demoralizing. You're never as good as you think you are I guess.

They both have their challenges in terms of learning, but once you are good at both, i’d say skiing is a bit easier to manage on technical terrain like mandatory chutes, etc. love em both, but when there is powder, I grab my board.

Why doesn’t David jones make videos anymore

I ski but I want to try snowboarding, I feel like it would come somewhat naturally or easier because I already skateboard and surf a lot.

Where’s David been hiding ?

Chairlifts are designed for skiers not snowboarders. Stopping on a snowboard for very long and you have to sit down. Most snowboarders do not progress beyond an intermediate level. Just a few thoughts.

I really don’t understand all the attitude from skiers towards snowboarders sometimes lol (not everyone of course, but some). Everyone’s different and has different ideas of fun. I have runners knee on both my knees so the thought of strapping into skis and having them potentially twist my leg around like it’s laffy taffy just takes all the fun out of it for me. I just could never fully relax when I tried it bc it was always in the back of my mind. It’s definitely easier to scoot around the mountain but I actually don’t mind the walk in snowboard boots. No reason to rush and it’s good exercise. Ski boots are also horrendous compared to snowboard boots, but getting off the lift with skis will always be 100x easier. I also wasn’t lucky enough to have parents that taught me any of these sports when I was a kid! I’m 26 now and just want to progress as fast as possible and keep up with my friends. Alas, I simply have more fun snowboarding so I’ll take a couple extra falls to achieve that. Pick whatever’s more fun for you!

To ski gracefuly takes more patience than once you learn the basics of snowboard

I learned skiing first. Everything about snowboarding is harder. Literally everything. Going flat, turning, stopping, sliding, getting on and off lifts, terrain park: all way harder on a snowboard

started snowboarding and still have only done that.

I never learned how to skii! I was 8 years old in 2006 and my parents asked me whether I wanted to snowboard or skii! The rest is history. That said, at 26 I really should learn how.

It's easier to be competent at skiing. It's easier to become an expert at snowboarding.

Black diamond first run?!

agree with tim

I learned snowboarding in one day its way more fun than skiing

generally i think skieing is easier to get to a level where you are actually able to go down a mountain decently and have fun. i do think there is a higher level of technique achievable in skieeing and further limits to go to (higher, faster etc) compared to snowboarding. so easy to learn hard to master while snowboarding is hard to learn but easier to master compared to skieing.

“Skiing is learnin to stop, and snowboarding is learnin’ to go. Now get outta my way planker!!”My grandpa said this to me when I was 10.😂

There both equally challenging to say the least, takes practice to do either. Both breathtaking!

I do both, and absolutely think snowboarding is harder --- at first. Snowboarding is so go with the flow and you don't need to constantly be managing your feet in the same way because they're strapped together. It's great, but I definitely don't think it's harder once you're over that intermediate hump. To be fair, for a while they're probaly equally as hard - weight distribution and all.. I don't even think you'd start seeing skiing as much harder until you're in heavy powder, in the park, or are at the expert areas.

I have never worn a helmet I like to live dangerous. Not really but I would crash more and worse the helmet making me feel safer. I used to wear gloves with metal and sheet metal but I handle it with my bare hands any more. If I wear gloves I cut the shit out of myself.

If skiing is better why have I never seen lift maintaince with skiis? They either drive the snowmobile or have a snowboard if they ride the lift. Any time I have seen them ride the lift they have either a symmetrical lib tech or neversummer snowboard. And these are not kids these are middle age and 70 year old guys.

I’m second comment let’s go also can’t wait for this vid

If you can ride a skateboard and know how to ski...snowboarding will come natural.

If it was easy...they would call it snowboarding

Skiing is boring. I tried. This is for pensioners or all fearful Europeans

Windsurfing is better

It’s easier to say snowboarding is harder to learn but easier to master, but honestly snowboarding is harder to master