i like snowboarding.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Snowboarding is a recreational activity and Olympic and Paralympic sport that involves descending a snow-covered slope while standing on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the United States in the 1960s, became a Winter Olympic Sport at Nagano in 1998 and first featured in the Winter Paralympics at Sochi in 2014. Its popularity (as measured by equipment sales) in the United States peaked in 2007 and has been in a decline since. Modern snowboarding began in 1965 when Sherman Poppen, an engineer in Muskegon, Michigan, invented a toy for his daughters by fastening two skis together and attaching a rope to one end so he would have some control as they stood on the board and glided downhill. Dubbed the \"snurfer\" (combining snow and surfer) by his wife Nancy, the toy proved so popular among his daughters' friends that Poppen licensed the idea to a manufacturer, Brunswick Corporation, that sold about a million snurfers over the next decade. And, in 1966 alone over half a million snurfers were sold. In February 1968, Poppen organized the first snurfing competition at a Michigan ski resort that attracted enthusiasts from all over the country.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I like snowboarding but it has been a long time since I have gone.  I do live in a place where it snows so I should go more often."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I have never been snowboarding.  Is it similar to snow skiing?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is similar to skiing.  You have the board attached to your feet but there is only one board for both feet instead of one long board for each foot."}, {"role": "user", "content": "So do you snap boots in?  I pictured it more like surfing, with feet freely on the board."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Snowboarding actually came from surfing but yes, you do snap your boots into the board.  My guess is it is harder to keep control with all the gear on compared to surfing."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Which gives you the best speed?  Skiing or snowboarding?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I would think skiing would give the best speed.  I think snowboarding is more for tricks."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What kinds of tricks can you do snowboarding?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I cant do a whole lot.  However, I have friends that can do a lot of tricks.  There was a game called 1080 snowboarding for the N64 that reminds me of things my friends can do."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I'm afraid of breaking a leg, so maybe I should try my first run on \"bunny\" trail.  Those available for snowboarding too?"}]