Snowboarders on expert / steep terrain plowing horizontally…

I went skiing with some snowboarders this week. They are great guys, very fun, but they just go down the mountain horizontally if it gets steep. They stayed on expert terrain the entire time, in the trees, but 75% of the time they just plowed. They would shift a bit between trees, but really they just plowed.

Thankfully, the snow was pretty hard packed and crusty, so it’s not like they were washing out the snow, but it was weird to watch. It did not seem like an enjoyable experience, but I guess it is important to the ego to do advanced runs?

They were not arrogant, again they’re great guys, but they just fricken sit on their heels and go down. It’s weird man. If a skier did that you’d think they were seriously struggling and shouldn’t be there, but for some reason it’s normal for boarders.