By Angela Bussone and Joe Keisa<\/p>\n
Staff Writers<\/p>\n
It\u2019s always a beautiful sight for skiers and snowboarders to see snow falling to the ground, because then they can pack up their gear and hit the slopes. But why face the cold and flying flakes? Tal Frieden of Jamesville- DeWitt High School, a skier, does it because he says, \u201cI love to hang with friends and ski.\u201d<\/p>\n
Freshman Jack Austin is a snowboarder who loves the thrill of going downhill with all of his friends. \u201cNothing beats that feeling,\u201d he says. Frieden also enjoys skiing with friends along with sophomore Jordan Vanstry, who says he also likes to go with friends or, \u201cwherever there are girls.\u201d<\/p>\n
Unlike Vanstry, most people go to the three closest places instead of going \u201cwherever there are girls.\u201d The top three places to go are Labrador Mountain, Toggenburg Mountain, and Song Mountain. These places are the most popular because they are all within half an hour away.<\/p>\n
So, which is easier, skiing or snowboarding? Junior Michael Lee, who has been skiing for 5 years, says, \u201cSkiing is very hard.\u201d Others think skiing is very easy, like freshman Ryan Archer, who has been skiing for about 10 years. According to freshman Julia Vasquez, you shouldn\u2019t try snowboarding if you started skiing first, unless you\u2019re up for a challenge. She says this is \u201cbecause there are a lot of differences between the two.\u201d However, Adam Fontana, who started skiing first, then switched to snowboarding, says it\u2019s \u201cquite easy\u201d and has done it for 10 years.<\/p>\n
Even though many people love snowboarding and skiing, they don’t love everything about it. Butler doesn\u2019t \u201clike the ride up on the chair lift.\u201d Vasquez and junior Sarah Marron both don’t like falling. Austin doesn\u2019t \u201clike going with people that are slow because they slow the whole group down and it takes longer than it needs to take to get down the hill.\u201d Freshman Caroline Darcy plainly just doesn\u2019t like the cold.<\/p>\n
Several students over break took their days off as an opportunity to go skiing and snowboarding. Freshman Ryan Collins went to Toggenburg with his friends over break and described his experience as \u201camazing.\u201d Senior Brad Carr also hit the slopes at Toggenburg but he went with his family. \u201cIt was cold and fun at the same time,\u201d says Carr. Many others went and thought the skiing conditions over break were \u201cfantastic.\u201d Even though people went to different mountains, the conditions were all consistent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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