Dear Snowboarding:

This is how core skiing is: Skiing is so core that, after years of skiers incessantly acting and talking in such a way as to indicate that deep down they really wish that they were surfers instead, somebody finally had the gumption to do something about it while also finding a common thread between the sport he loves and the sport that he wished skiing had been all along.

Gizmodo.com writes:

Invented by Vermonter Jason Starr, surf skiing was invented because of "Starr's belief that surfing and skiing share a bond as originals in the world of action sports, both rooted in rich cultures and ancient histories, and both fueled by timeless sources of peace and power-the ocean and the mountains. They co-exist harmoniously on the snow, and the relationship now extends to the surf." Sure. They kind of remind me of those street skis that old guys use to practice cross-country skiing in the summertime.

Now, snowboarding, this is how core you are: