The entire point of the article is to make them more comparable. Learning the basics of snowboarding is the equivalent of learning how to count or do basic ari

The entire point of the article is to make them more comparable. Learning the basics of snowboarding is the equivalent of learning how to count or do basic arithmetic. Most everyone is capable of counting and finds it immediately useful, as soon as they have money and see prices of things. You're comparing snowboarding 101 to advanced math, of course they're different. Most people will not be able to do advanced snowboarding either, nor will they be motivated to do it.