The “2D” comment was because I seem to see boarders even at a good level either carving or sliding on a snowboard where as on skis it seems there is more you can do, more variation in techniques and more terrain you can cover (although I accept that back-country / off piste boarding may be more fun) This belief might be because technically I’m far better on skis than I am on a Snowboard and don’t know the finer points.
Plus when the light was bad or the pistes were icy I found being on a snowboard scary as hell on a piste. But I loved it when the conditions were good. Luckily I didn’t fall over much except on a couple of icy steep slopes.
I think also some of the runs at St Anton were very ski orientated (long narrow flatish blue runs) and others got cut up very quickly. Snowboarding on them was a bit of a ball ache but I loved some of the wider blue and reds and even a black or two when the sun was shining.
However, when my 8yr old shot off down the slope and through an off piste mogul field towards a cliff edge I was damn glad to have skis on and be able to catch her up! 8O (although she managed to turn at the last moment thank god)
