CNN article

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/01/21...ing/index.html

seems like the ratio is now 46/54 (snowboarders/skiers) at lest in US.
Getting closer every year...

"Sharkie" wrote in message
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/01/21...ing/index.html

seems like the ratio is now 46/54 (snowboarders/skiers) at lest in US.
Getting closer every year...

What I found most surprising was the following: "Participation in alpine, or
downhill, skiing in the United States has dropped about 47 percent, to just
over 7 million, from a high of more than 12 million in 1988 ...." That's a
pretty steep decline! It can't all be due to snowboarding's rising
popularity, can it? For much of that period, wasn't snowboarding
participation heavily skewed toward younger age groups? What are the other
reasons for skiing's dramatic loss of fans?

Joe Ramirez

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"Sharkie" wrote in message
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http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/01/21...ing/index.html

seems like the ratio is now 46/54 (snowboarders/skiers) at
lest in US.
Getting closer every year...

What I found most surprising was the following: "Participation
in alpine, or
downhill, skiing in the United States has dropped about 47
percent, to just
over 7 million, from a high of more than 12 million in 1988
....." That's a
pretty steep decline! It can't all be due to snowboarding's
rising
popularity, can it? For much of that period, wasn't
snowboarding
participation heavily skewed toward younger age groups? What
are the other
reasons for skiing's dramatic loss of fans?

Skiiers have decreased 5 million, and boarders increased 5.5
million according to the article. That makes it pretty clear to
me that snowboarding has had the most effect. I'm sure the
economy has had an effect also. At $45-60+ per day, neither is
cheap. Lift lines here seem significantly shorter this year than
last year, which was shorter than the previous year.

Bob

Joe Ramirez wrote:

What I found most surprising was the following: "Participation in alpine, or
downhill, skiing in the United States has dropped about 47 percent, to just
over 7 million, from a high of more than 12 million in 1988 ...." That's a
pretty steep decline! It can't all be due to snowboarding's rising
popularity, can it? For much of that period, wasn't snowboarding
participation heavily skewed toward younger age groups? What are the other
reasons for skiing's dramatic loss of fans?

i'm not suggesting that this has any real statistical weight, but i know that
for all the people that i've taken snowboarding *all* of them that used to ski
switched over except for one, and he's a tele, so he doesn't count.

it seems to me as tho most people in utah that i ride with, used to ski. so,
draw from that what you will, but it seems as tho the trend might explain part
of this, eh? if you convert say 40+% of the skiers to boarders, it would
explain the numbers above.

good turns,
paul