The problem with snowboarding is that it's a quaint, nice little game. To get big in Blitzball, you have to dedicate time, energy and resources to recruit players... hope to hell the award you want shows up in the league prize list... play that smurfing game against the Luca Goers...

The key here is that Snowboarding doesn't have much to it. It's just go down the mountain. Blitzball is like half a game within itself.