#1 Flatboarding vs. Skiing
發表於 : 週四 1月 08, 2015 2:07 am
Ever since its debuted some ten+ years ago, people are still perplexed about the name “Flatboarding” for a “skiing style,”a term appears to be more relate to the snowboarding than skiing. I was perplexed too, maybe I made a mistake when I named it? Maybe I should name it “Flatskiing” instead of “Flatboarding”? Nevertheless, I did go back to find out the facts and the answer.
“Flatboarding”is a term I borrowed from my way of riding the snowboard—“press the flat base, the board runs straight, and press on the edges, the board turns [to edging side]—hence developed the “Flatboarding Theory”. Nevertheless, why call it“Flatboarding”for skiing?
In the US/North America, sliding on skis is called “skiing,” but slide on snowboards is called “riding”not “skiing,”why is that? Given that English is a partitioned language, everything needs its unique/different definition, “skiing a snowboard” is no-no, they need another name for it, but why “riding”?
In skiing, skiers have two skis, so they move their feet to control, maneuver, and balance, so to ski and to balance they move their feet first, and that's the essence of “skiing.”However, snowboarders don't have such luxury for independence leg movements as their two feet are bounded to the snowboard, they can only move their butts to control, maneuver, and balance their snowboards; the way they do it/snowboarding is like sitting on an invisible seat, hence “riding.”
太極單板/Taichi Snowboarding - YouTube
Flatboarding on skis is to “ride” the skis; it moves the weight/butt first, instead of feet, so “Flatboarding” is more appropriate than “Flatskiing.”
Whitecrane Taichi Skiing: Olympicdownhill, Heavenly, TTB - YouTube
:)
IS
“Flatboarding”is a term I borrowed from my way of riding the snowboard—“press the flat base, the board runs straight, and press on the edges, the board turns [to edging side]—hence developed the “Flatboarding Theory”. Nevertheless, why call it“Flatboarding”for skiing?
In the US/North America, sliding on skis is called “skiing,” but slide on snowboards is called “riding”not “skiing,”why is that? Given that English is a partitioned language, everything needs its unique/different definition, “skiing a snowboard” is no-no, they need another name for it, but why “riding”?
In skiing, skiers have two skis, so they move their feet to control, maneuver, and balance, so to ski and to balance they move their feet first, and that's the essence of “skiing.”However, snowboarders don't have such luxury for independence leg movements as their two feet are bounded to the snowboard, they can only move their butts to control, maneuver, and balance their snowboards; the way they do it/snowboarding is like sitting on an invisible seat, hence “riding.”
太極單板/Taichi Snowboarding - YouTube
Flatboarding on skis is to “ride” the skis; it moves the weight/butt first, instead of feet, so “Flatboarding” is more appropriate than “Flatskiing.”
Whitecrane Taichi Skiing: Olympicdownhill, Heavenly, TTB - YouTube
:)
IS
