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Caleb Reeves
Ms. Newman
English 1301
September 22, 2014
Exhilarating Sports The best sports for a cold, snowy winter day are the exhilarating sports of snow skiing and snowboarding. Racing down a gentle or steep slippery mountainside, preferably on a sunny day after a heavy snow, is exciting on skis or a board. Some of the best slopes are in the breath taking Colorado Mountains or California’s beautiful Sierra Nevada Mountains. Snowboarding and skiing are both fun and exciting hobbies to get involved with and it’s a great way to spend a weekend in the mountains. Regretfully, as with any challenging sport, there are also risk and dangers such as crashing into people or trees, or simply falling down and breaking a leg or an arm. Skiers and snowboarders need to be considerate of others while either speeding or falling their way down a mountainside. Lessons are strongly recommended, even if someone has already conquered them. With skiing, you have the basics that you need to learn. For example, staying upright is a good accomplishment to achieve. Keeping your balance is another step to include, but most importantly do not cross your skis when stopping, also known as snowplowing. In both sports professional instructors teach successful methods to put on the equipment, get of the ski lift, fall, get up, slow down and stop for both skiing and snowboarding. Refreshing while challenging and exhausting, snow skiing and snowboarding are
Reeves 2 popular winter sports. Snowboarding, however, takes less equipment with a single board that looks like a wake board and boots that tend to be more comfortable than ski boots. Unlike snowboarding, ski equipment consists of long poles, two narrow boards, and bulky boots which are challenging to walk in without the skies. To maneuver the snowboard rock back and forth. Going down a mountain, skiers shift weight one leg to another. Point the skies tips at a v shape to slow down. Injures are common, which include head injuries for snowboarders and twisted knees for skiers. Since skier’s legs can become tangled up like a ball of yarn, they can easily twist their knees. Unfortunately, snowboarder’s legs stay together on one board so they tend to get off balanced and hit their head. With snowboarding there are more options for tricks and freestyle. Skiers go faster than snowboards because the skies are longer but are limited in tricks and freestyle. Snowboarding is thought of a more up to date sport than skiing and tends to be preferred by the younger crowd. Depending on the age level, preference overall are both exhilarating sports and great exercise. While enjoying the magnificent mountains, on slopes everywhere both snow skiers and snowboarders can dare to successfully meet the challenge to master the mountains. Skiing and snowboarding have their differences and similarities to compare. There are few arguments with people on their own views towards which sport is better and worth your time. They are both exciting and popular winter sports. Each offers a different kind of snow experience, so whether you ride or ski down the slopes,

Reeves 3 snowboarding and skiing can provide the adrenaline rush and the adventure that you will surely look forward to every winter sport season.