Burton Promotes Poaching @ DV, MRG, Taos, Alta

**Mani_UT** · 12-02-2007, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by ski3 P O

Let's give them one!
My vote is Northstar. It's all yours guys.
Anyone think of a better one?

Snowbird? That would only be fair right?

**ski3 P O** · 12-02-2007, 07:19 PM

Originally Posted by Mani_UT

Snowbird? That would only be fair right?

Ok, you're obviously a snowboarder........................

**snowswine** · 12-02-2007, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by Mani_UT

Snowbird? That would only be fair right?

No. I don't feel that sorry for snowboarders.

**downarmy** · 12-02-2007, 09:15 PM

i am the only who think its awesome power to jake. poaching rails and getting chase down by ski patroll is a hella fun!

**Fear Of A Flat Planet** · 12-02-2007, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by downarmy

i am the only who think its awesome power to jake. poaching rails and getting chase down by ski patroll is a hella fun!

nope. jakes just trying to re-create the late 80s early 90's attitude. sorry kids if you missed out. we're past that, and this little video contest shit is beyond stale.

**downarmy** · 12-02-2007, 09:53 PM

Originally Posted by Fear Of A Flat Planet

nope. jakes just trying to re-create the late 80s early 90's attitude. sorry kids if you missed out. we're past that, and this little video contest shit is beyond stale.

yeah i get it and thats why its awsome!

**Cliff Huckable** · 12-02-2007, 09:57 PM

Originally Posted by dookey67

in terms of the promo "Poachers" video they currently have up on the site Taos looks to be the most hardcore with gestapo Patrollers who actually chased the boarders down, tackled them, collared them, and then detained them. It's unclear if they kept their gear (there are a couple of shots where the patrollers look to be confiscating the rider's boards), but the closing shot shows the 3 boarders returning to the parking lot sans gear.

Holy crap! Can that be legal? How can they detain someone, or take their gear (or take anything)? They're not police.

**JTrue** · 12-02-2007, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by Cliff Huckable

Holy crap! Can that be legal? How can they detain someone, or take their gear (or take anything)? They're not police.

Duh, they live in new MEXICO

**Rideski** · 12-02-2007, 10:11 PM

Badges, we don't need no stinking badges!

**Dobish** · 12-03-2007, 11:01 AM

The funny thing is, back in the late 80's, when snowboarding just came about, MRG was actually one of the few resorts to ALLOW snowboarders. Unfortunately the swing that they created while getting off the single chair would send the lift out of line and trigger the shutoff. So, Betsy (who owned MRG before the CO-OP) decided to only let them on the doubles.

In the supermarket one day, two young snowboarders saw her and decided to tell her that she was a stupid bitch and took away all the good terrain for the snowboarders. She decided that she wasn't going to deal with that and decided to keep snowboards off the mountain for good. The co-op decided to keep it a skier-only mountain.

**finsy** · 12-03-2007, 02:55 PM

[QUOTE=Dobish;1562498]The funny thing is, back in the late 80's, when snowboarding just came about, MRG was actually one of the few resorts to ALLOW snowboarders. Unfortunately the swing that they created while getting off the single chair would send the lift out of line and trigger the shutoff. So, Betsy (who owned MRG before the CO-OP) decided to only let them on the doubles.

interesting!! on a related note i think it was 88 or 89 that alta actually let snowboarders ride the mountain. it was cool at the time but anyone who skis there regularly or hits it pre and post season on their snowboard knows that their is an aweful lot of traversing. really shitty on a board.

as far as Jake Burton trying to relive the glory of past anomosity between boarders and skiers the DUDE DOES NOT abide!

**finsy** · 12-03-2007, 02:58 PM

one more thing! hitting the Patsy Marley and then rolling out on the alta service road is not Poaching. ive done it more than a few times and the only response i've ever heard was "how was the ride?"?

**emetic** · 12-03-2007, 04:28 PM

i reckon it's pretty funny. "are you missing a ski there?" "i thought there was no snowboards allowed"

**skiski** · 12-03-2007, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by finsy

interesting!! on a related note i think it was 88 or 89 that alta actually let snowboarders ride the mountain. it was cool at the time but anyone who skis there regularly or hits it pre and post season on their snowboard knows that their is an aweful lot of traversing. really shitty on a board.

That's something I don't understand about snowboarders wanting to hit alta - do they really want to traverse that much? Think of Honeycomb canyon - the snowboarders usually drop out 1/10 of the way out that traverse. 75% of the fun lines at Alta take a traverse as bad or worse than Honeycomb. A few boarders can handle it, but it really is a very small minority. And I'm not insulting the skills of snowboarders saying "they can't handle it". It's just very difficult to traverse on a snowboard. They're impractical and that's why people skied for a couple of hundred years before someone thought to snowboard.

And on the selfish side, I don't really want snowboarders on those traverses. You have to have people keep moving at similar speeds for the traverses to work. It can be annoying to be traversing, trying to maintain momentum for the next uphill stretch, and have to stop or run off the side of the traverse to avoid some guy who is postholing the traverse (which also kind of sucks). That's happened to me in Honeycomb a few times when I come across the random boarder who tries to go more than 50 yards out. I really don't care about boarders one way or the other besides that. I've had lots of friends who are boarders over the years. I wish they'd learn to ski so they could come to Alta with me.

I've seen a boarder come down the mountain at Alta and really never thought anything of it. What I like about this Burton thing is that they have in their minds "Ooooh this will really piss of those ski nazis. We'll show them and their establishment." Then they do it with visions of rich white men with perfect hair getting all red in the face because of those crazy kids. I think that, in fact, if the boarders are not acting like dicks, most of the skiers just think "huh, that's funny" and go on their way. Keep fighting the power Burton.

**todug27** · 12-06-2007, 12:56 AM

(And when called that, he "shoots" you with his finger, then blows the "smoke" off... )

"Shooooterrr"....McGavin. anyone, anyone? i eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast.

**Squirrel99** · 12-06-2007, 02:16 AM

perfect road trip opportunity for Snoslut and his splitboard!

**skieurmalade** · 12-06-2007, 03:40 AM

some taosenito patroller named Day or something like that freaked hard on me and some friends last year... after they told us the hill was fully open...

Skieurmalade (at a normal volume): "I thought that was a caution rope. It was a different color, like at snowbird, where we're from."

Day (hysterically loud): "if you dont shut up right now I'll ban you from this mountain!!! ARGHHHHH!!!!!! I'm insecure and miserable in this low snow year!!!!! ARGHHHH!!!!" etc. etc...

and we never even got that far again in presenting our very valid case before finding ourselves in the parking lot leaving the resort at 11 AM. TAOS' PATROL NEEDS TO GET THE STICK OUT OF THEIR ASS BECAUSE EVERYONE ELSE THERE IS COOL AND THEY FUCK UP THE GOOD VIBES.

godspeed to any snowboarder who stirs the pot (and hopefully gets the stems out)

**philippeR** · 12-06-2007, 04:01 AM

Wow. I agree with jer.
Fueling MegaCorp viral marketing campaign for free = way to stick it to the man. So core, so punk.
Retards.

(and retards resorts that do not allow snowbaorders. Coming from someone who has to deal with out of control british boarders all the time...)

**freezorburn** · 12-06-2007, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by ANON-505

CORE!
Cutting off beginners at Deer Valley is sick!!!!!!!!
YOU
ARE
GAY

Agrea,

Fine, Poach all you want but WTF?

Cut beginners off, spray snow on them and smack them on the ass?? FUNCK"IN LAME!

if that was my little girl That fuck'in squid snowboarder would have this 220lb Daddy squash him like a bug.

Endangering people children is a FUCK'in JONG LAME ASS MOVE.

**milton** · 12-06-2007, 10:42 AM

Jake: "This our way of sticking it to tha man".
Intern: "But....you ARE the man"
Jake: "I know."
Intern: "So you're sticking it to yourself?"
Jake: "Maybe...."

**Long duc dong** · 12-06-2007, 01:30 PM

Cutting off beginners in an effort to aid Wal mart is in no way punk. I don't blame boarders for wanting to hit those mountains, but if you are going to poach, don't endanger others. Burton is about as punk as McDonald's.

**ColMan** · 12-06-2007, 02:14 PM

That vid was LAME. Looks like Burton is going after the gaper market.

**Xavier** · 12-06-2007, 02:15 PM

When i first learned that there are resorts in the US that doesnt allow snowboards my first thought was that that gotta be the freedom american troops defend when they are overseas. Funny thing I havent heard of any slopes in Iran that doesnt allow snowboarders...

**stayalert** · 12-06-2007, 02:46 PM

A couple of years ago at the MRG telefest the tower line under the single had a sweet track in a deep layer of fresh snow obviously made by a snowboard. Word had it that a woman had hiked up very early that morning and laid down the tracks. It was actually really cool. The mystique was part of the whole thing and increased how cool it was. Not in your face - Not some teenage jakeass worshipping a-holes cutting off paying first time skiers on some groomed green.

**SILENCER** · 12-06-2007, 03:53 PM

Originally Posted by f2f

one of the unmentionable here ski magazines had an article about taos few months back. according to them skier visits have halved since the early nineties (down to 150000 from 300000). to be frank, they didn't blame snowboarding, but the constant popping up of new "destination resorts".

i wonder how long it would take (if ever) for them to convert if this trend continues...

I read that Taos was considering opening a terrain park just down the valley/near the base to make some $$$. Dunno if that's still on the books or not.