Does anyone think that snowboarders are rude?

Question

I'm not calling all snowboarders rude. And I'm not saying that outside the slopes they would be rude. But my husband and I went skiing for the first time a while back, and we obviously weren't as capably of controlling where we were going as more experienced skiers. The problem I had is that most of the snowboarders were rude. They seemed to be intentionally swooping down very close to us (and fast), almost as if they were ticked that we were trying to enjoy learning a new sport and taking up room on "their slopes."

Has anyone else had this problem? Does anyone agree? And to the snowboarders, if this is so, why?

I was on the green the whole time. My husband was better and moved up and wasn't "in the way" but I stayed on the easy slopes.

Answer 1

The advantage snowboarders have while they are going down the mountain is that they have the ability to look where they are going. If they are going to cut across the run, they will look up the hill so they don't cut off someone going past them. I snowboard and I also occasionally ski, and i've actually been thinking about who is more rude a lot lately because of the stereotype. I've basically found that more often than not, i get cut off by skiers, i get rude looks from skiers if i'm close to cutting them off (because they don't know that i know where i'm going and i'm counting on you going in some sort of a pattern down the hill so i don't run into you.). Skiers have a bad habit of taking up the whole run and taking sudden, unexpected moves, and therefore it makes it more difficult to predict where they might be and i end up being close as i pass them. The only way of not zipping by a number of skiers and snowboarders is basically limiting your speed, which isn't really fair to people who enjoy going fast. If there were runs that certain people weren't allowed to go on, i'd be all for it, but people go down runs that they're not capable or ready for. period. end.

so yes, they can be rude, but it goes both ways. also, i've found that i spend a lot of my time reacting to other people so i don't crash into them, and they should attempt to be aware of those above and below them on the mountain.

Answer 2

I would agree with you maybe 10 or so years ago... when many of the resorts in PA started allowing snowboarders. Back then they used to intentionally get close to you... I've even had then go over my skis....
But now a days... the snowboarders aren't any different than the skiiers on the slopes. If you go to the half pipe or the terrain parks where the snowboarders typically spend most of their time... and are not an experienced skiier - you may experience some rudeness...
Sounds like you may have just had a bad day.... and if you went during peak hours, that could have also played into the sense that people were being rude. (to me, the more the people on the slopes, the more ignorant the skiiers and snowboarders are of others around them.

Answer 3

what slopes were you on? If you're on the easy hills, then you guys as beginners sort of have the right-of-way in terms of going slow, not being as controlled, etc., and most ski resorts do a pretty good job of making that the rule. But when you see beginners on the blue and black slopes, it's a little more understandable that the more experienced people (skiers or snowboarders, it doesn't matter) wouldn't want you "in the way."

Answer 4

As a new skier, I imagine that you were already nervous, and the added issue of boarders zinging by you may have upped your nerves even more.

I'm sure they were not trying to be rude...it's just that on crowded slopes, sometimes there isn't much room for anybody.

However, bottom line, the skier in front has the right of way, no matter what their speed or direction. Overtaking riders have the responsibility of at least not hitting you. I have had my skis run over by other skiers before, so I don't think that it is limited to one type of rider or another...it's just that there are plain rude people out there...and we have to watch out for them, unfortunately.

Answer 5

Many skiers think of that snowboarders are risky, degenerates and no-sturdy punks. This photograph is fading incredibly at once regardless of the undeniable fact that. the people who're rude to snowboarders are in all probability rude to all people that they see are below them. they might only be complete bung holes to boot. those skiers would additionally be jealous. Snowboarders are greater outgoing to different boarders. that is no longer proper how sturdy you're, you're a border is you have a snowboard strapped on your feet. Skiers tend to adhere to themselves or their small communities, and hardly connect with different skiers.

Answer 6

Sometimes I get annoyed with snowboarders as I am a skier. I don't like how they plop down right after getting off the ski lift to get their foot back on their board, but its what they have to do. And sometimes its annoying how while skiers are turning snowboarders swosh by quickly...but I understand its what they have to do.

Answer 7

they probably didn't even mean to. it's actually kind of funny, when i go skiing i get annoyed at the snowboarders because it always seems like they are swooping past you. but i find that when i am snowboardingm the skiers annoy me because they are always getting in your way and cutting in frontof you, so it's hard to hit them. i think that most of the time they don't mean to annoy you beacuse not all snowboarders are rude, likewise for skiers.

Answer 8

Snowboarders are not particularly rude. Punk kids are rude, and sometimes they ride snowboards

Answer 9

I dont know..me and my brothers/friends are usually just as considerate as any other people on the slopes.

I have been treated very rudely by many skiiers.