Can Snowboarders and skiiers be friends?

"Bryan" wrote in message
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"Lisa Horton" wrote in message
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Bryan wrote:

How many of you ride with a friend who skis?

Occasionally I see a boarder and skiier together and with my son ready
to
switch to boarding (mostly at my suggestion) I wonder if he really needs
to;
I was thinking that he'd get bored on skis if he went with a boarding
friend
who spent most of their time at the terrain parks instead of on the
trails/runs.

Now and then I ride with a friend who boards (I'm a skier). Then again,
she doesn't make a habit of sitting down in the middle of runs

I tend to like boarders, they often have what I consider a good, and not
snotty, attitude.

Lisa

Interesting. I had a girlfriend when I was young who didn't care that her
dormmate was a smoker on the idea that smokers wouldn't be bothered by her
sloppy living. I guess smokers aren't snotty. And why do boarders sit
down in the middle of runs?


Because we can :-)

And why do skiers stand around in groups at the lift exit? I guess because
they can :-)

Back to the question though. I occasionally go boarding with skiers and in
my distant past I've been skiing with boarders. It generally works out. It's
true skiers generally don't want to go near the park but I once tempted a
novice skier friend of mine into the halfpipe and she actually did amazingly
well and it really boosted her confidence.

Jay.