Why does women's slopestyle snowboarding suck so much?

[lilac7]

I just finished watching the x games, where mark McMorris managed to take home the gold. Following that was the women's slopestyle. The first thing I noticed is that their tricks weren't NEAR as cool or difficult as men's. Why is this? Are they just too scared to try? or are they just not as athletic? is there any logical reason? I mean, why can't they just get the motivation to train and throw out a hard triple? somebody please explain this to me. I was completely embarrassed to be a female, especially hearing them say "we just want credit for riding the same slopes" and "we take a completely different approach" like. I don't know. I'm just so disappointed. somebody please explain this.

I will rate all answers, and pick a BA. Thanks in advance! :)

[Brando]

Just a guess using natural physical differences, but men's core strength is far beyond women's core strength. Women have their power in their legs and hips, while men have it basically from the waist to the shoulders.

So when you're barreling down a half-pipe, men can probably maneuver themselves better to get faster speeds and higher jumps than women. And on top of this- when you're in mid-air, there is nothing to help turn you other than your own body. So I imagine men can twist and turn better than women because our strength is right in the middle of our bodies, while it lies to the outside of a woman's body.

TL;DR

Core strength

[Lj237]

i know the guys generally weigh more so they build up more speed and that means they can get more air time so that could be part of it

[lilac7]

Yeah, one of the comentators were talking about that, I guess that could be it, I was just so frustrated with all females in the sport. :)

[Lj237]

i saw some of that and it isn't that fun to watch lol. The commentators do just seem to appreciate their effort and not their skill lol

[lilac7]

lol yeah I liked them. did you see elena hights jump? she made history in both mens and womens

[Lj237]

no I didn't. What did she do?

[lilac7]

She was the first snowboarder to ever land a double backside alley-oop rodeo in slopestlye for both mens and womens..and shaun white's run was flat out beast.

[Lj237]

I made a point to watch Shawn white. He is extremely good lol. He got really high on that one run he had

[lilac7]

ahhh I know! 24 freaking feet...a shame that he didn't get a perfect score though. I've made a goal to meet him someday lol

[Lj237]

At least he got a perfect score last year. He does seen like a cool person to talk to

[sketchy]

Who cares? It's lame. I get that if you're a skateboarder, you mess around doing tricks in a skatepark because that's all there is - but doing the same thing on a snowboard when you have a whole mountain to be riding (or ideally skiing), is just completely retarded.

[Anonymous]

It has nothing to do with weight or muscle. Markus Kleveland, a norvegian boy landed a triple cork 1440 at 13 years old, he was not even 5 feet tall. What you should look at is how much tork is applyed at the take off of a jump. Play on YouTube the first 1080 done by a women in competition, done by jamie Anderson, and pause the video on the tip of the jump, observe her take off, how much tork she apply to the spin. Then watch mark mc morris how much tork he puts into that trick. I believe its because women dont actually try to improve. They probably think if I can get a gold medal by doing a 540, why would I risk my life trying anything more dangerous

[Anonymous]

It's like the other guys said, weight and core strength. More of both means more air time and spin. Maybe they should shoot female snowboarders out of cannons into the snow to gain more speed. I would watch that for a change.

[Anonymous]

Same reason women's professional basketball will never be popular. Women just don't have the athleticism, strength or risk taking nature to compete with men in most sports. It's not that they are not committed or they don't train hard...they are simply just not capable of doing it at the level men do. I'm sure I'll get hate for that, but an honest question deserves an honest answer.

[Bradm01]

what he says is true, no offense. Not saying that All women are incapable of competing with men. But men are built more physical than women.

[lilac7]

For some women, yes this is true. But for others, it isn't. I know girls who are just as if not more athletic/muscular than men. I don't think it's fair though..when it comes to sports we're "not strong enough, not athletic enough" when we could be if we tried. But then for those who are super strong and fit, they get criticized for being "too manly". And the core thing is bs. girls can have strong cores too, some of us have abs. I do agree and am disappointed that they don't take the risks to tr

[lilac7]

y the tricks. But elena hight just landed a trick that has never been done before in both mens and womens. major props to her! Thanks for answering :) And I agree-even though I play it, men's basketball is much more entertaining (but also, society also says that girls dunking isn't cool, even though I'm sure there are wnba girls who can)

[Opinion Owner]

It's not just about being muscular. There is so much more to it than that.

In any sport like this you have the best of each gender competing against each other. The best of the men will ALWAYS be significantly better than the best of the women. Have we really not come far enough as a society to recognize that and be able to acknowledge it? Really?

[Opinion Owner]

Same thing with basketball. It's not about whether or not women can dunk or how tall they are. If you matched up the best 6'0" men form the NBA against the best 6'0" women from the WNBA and put them on a court and told them they were not allowed to dunk, the men would blow their doors off.

When will we be able to actually say these things out loud? All men and most women know it's true, but any man who says it is a hater. Why is that?

[lilac7]

I agree with that, and I understand what you're saying. However, there are some instances where the best girl is better than the best guy...ex. elena hight, shaun white admitted her trick was better than his. and those girls deserve serious credit.

[Opinion Owner]

Elena Hight is amazing, no doubt!