Snowboarding Troubles Come in Small Packages

I’ve taken some time to compare snowboarding with golf, and concluded that snowboarding is better.

Here’s one reason: snowboarding is an easier mental game.

True, a very good golfer can have a “blow-up” on one hole, and then proceed to have many good shots after that. But if your a mediocre or worse golfer–and to say that I am a “hack” would be to overstate my skills on the course–one bad hole can lead to many others. After all, scorekeeping is cumulative.

With riding, on the other hand, each trip down the mountain, each entry to the halfpipe, each unloading from the lift presents a new opportunity. Sure, you may have skidded out of some turns and barely kept your board under control, but that was last time; with each new buckling of the binding, you’re free to start with a clean slate.

In short, trouble on the snowboard comes in small packages, and hope springs anew. That’s a large advantage to riding.