Alta is for Nazis

[Greenstateofmind]

It's funny that people differentiate negatively between skis and snowboards...Fucking hilarious, really. I don't know whether to take you serious or assume you're joking. Mind fucked...

I just don't want my kids taken out by hipster 30 year olds sliding out of control.

And not have all the snow side slipped out of steep entrances.

Go somewhere else and sit around

If you're serious, the only sitting around being done is your wife on my face. If you're not, you should give up comedy

[MagnificentUnicorn]

It's funny that people differentiate negatively between skis and snowboards...Fucking hilarious, really. I don't know whether to take you serious or assume you're joking. Mind fucked...



If you're serious, the only sitting around being done is your wife on my face. If you're not, you should give up comedy

You have to admit that a lot of, not all, snowboarders spend the vast majority of their time sitting on their asses in the middle of ski runs.

[GPP33]

Looks like this thing just won't die.

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/11/1...appeals-court/

[Greenstateofmind]

You have to admit that a lot of, not all, snowboarders spend the vast majority of their time sitting on their asses in the middle of ski runs.

Yea, no. I'm there to have fun, not to be hypercritical of where someone sits down, except for whoseywhat's up there's wife. I got a seat for her anytime. Rosa Parks got a lot of heat for where she chose to sit, too. Doesn't mean the honkies were right.

[digitaldeath]

Snowboarders wouldn't exist without skiers

Get in line

[Greenstateofmind]

What's the point you're making?

[boarddad]

This judge must be one of those Alta kooks;
"One of the three judges hearing the case interrupted the snowboarders’ lawyer to ask about Alta customer surveys showing that the skiers don’t want snowboarders around. The lawyer bristled."

Talk about a biased survey! When considering the Alta customer base without a ban, you would have to include the people being banned, and the guests accompanying those people, all of which would speak against the ban...except that they are banned and thus excluded from the survey results.

Frankly the snowboarders' lawyer should have been able to beat back the safety argument a lot easier than he has thus far. He needs only point to all of the other resorts that have dropped similar bans without any negative impacts.

Frankly I think this is all a moot point though. It only a matter of time until All 7 of the resorts are truly interconnected. That interconnect has to go through Breighton. Any ban on snowboards is a deal-breaker that being the case. DV and Alta may be stubborn but they are not dumb. They'll drop the silly snowboard bans on their own to make the interconnect happen. It has always been about money, and the interconnect is far more lucrative than a (literally) dying niche market.

[GPP33]

That whole blind spot safety argument is such a load of shit. If I were the snowboard lawyer I'd simply ask the Alta lawyer to stand sideways to the judge, then ask him if by turning his head over his shoulder if he could see the judge. If that didn't work then surly Alta can produce the data that shows the number of snowboard related collisions that were deemed to be the result of said blind spot.

I support Alta in this but their argument is lame. I would just stick to the point that they are limiting a device, not a certain class of people, and that it's a business decision.

[daver]

for every snowboarder sitting down on the run there's a skier thwapping around their poles in the base area.

we're all ridiculous people for doing what we do. we're even more ridiculous if we think we're better than someone else that's basically doing the exact same thing.

[doughboyshredder]

for every snowboarder sitting down on the run there's a skier standing on the side of a run right in front of a fun feature or in the landing of said feature.

FIFY....

[skifishbum]

the butthurt is strong in this thread
and it sure seems that being willing and able to ski
is the primary cause of the assache

[MagnificentUnicorn]

FIFY....

Hitting "features" at the side of a run is a violation of the safety code for snow sliders. You are supposed to stop and look uphill when entering a run. Trying to say that someone following the code is wrong is stupid. I'm not saying I follow the code every time but basing your argument on that is stupid, but I guess we should expect that from you.

I don't have a problem with snowboarders, I have a problem with reckless and inconsiderate people regardless of what they slide on.

[mall walker]

Rosa Parks got a lot of heat for where she chose to sit, too. Doesn't mean the honkies were right.

I'm sure she'd be proud to be named in this thread. Thanks for carrying on her legacy in this important social issue.

[doughboyshredder]

Hitting "features" at the side of a run is a violation of the safety code for snow sliders. You are supposed to stop and look uphill when entering a run. Trying to say that someone following the code is wrong is stupid. I'm not saying I follow the code every time but basing your argument on that is stupid, but I guess we should expect that from you.

I don't have a problem with snowboarders, I have a problem with reckless and inconsiderate people regardless of what they slide on.

I have to assume you are not even a "decent" skier if you can't understand that you can shred side hits, slashes, mini gaps, and all other features while following the code and not being reckless.

[digitaldeath]

What's the point you're making?

u talking to me! sounds like you talking to me!

the point is that you would have no sport if it wasnt for my father and other skiers in north america

also, ive skied both alta and snowbird. snowbird better so shut the fuck up and go slide around liike a goon



also when i skied alta some lady wouldnt shutup about snowboarders on the lift, kinda disgusting

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I have to assume you are not even a "decent" skier if you can't understand that you can shred side hits, slashes, mini gaps, and all other features while following the code and not being reckless.

I'm going to assume that you're a retard if you can't read the part where I stated I don't always follow the code. Judging from the actions of most snowboarders and skiers I don't believe most of them can do it safely. Just because you CAN do it safely doesn't mean you are following the code.

[BerettaRacer]

You have to admit that a lot of, not all, snowboarders spend the vast majority of their time sitting on their asses in the middle of ski runs.

I've gotten to the point now that I just run right over the boards.

Rule 6: Stopping on the piste
Unless absolutely necessary, a skier or snowboarder must
avoid stopping on the piste, in narrow places or where visibility is restricted.
After a fall in such a place, a skier or snow-boarder must move clear of the piste as soon as possible

You sit in middle of trail, I run over your boards. End of story.

And how many hundreds of times do you see a boarder coming out of the trees, breaking onto a trail without ever looking uphill??

Well thats why they make pointy ski poles.

[digitaldeath]

i feel like boarders shouldnt be allowed in the trees

[BerettaRacer]

Oh, and I've forgotten the other classic.
I'm a snowboarder, but I can't board on this hill in powder so I'll just slide along with my board across the fall line dredging a five foot swath of snow to ruin the snow & trail for everybody else.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

I've gotten to the point now that I just run right over the boards.


And how many hundreds of times do you see a boarder coming out of the trees, breaking onto a trail without ever looking uphill??

Well thats why they make pointy ski poles.

Well, to be fair I've sprayed snow on skiers and snowboarders stopped in the middle of the piste and blind spots and skiers are just as guilt are shooting out of the trees as snowboarders.

[mall walker]

JONGness does not discriminate based on equipment. But discriminating based on equipment is not a constitutional issue.

[splitinbend]

Snowboarders wouldn't exist without skiers

Get in line

Surfing came before skiing. Any skier that surfs but hates snowboarders is a hypocrite.

[MagnificentUnicorn]

Surfing came before skiing

And that was in the mountains on snow using ski lifts?

[splitinbend]

And that was in the mountains on snow using ski lifts?

It was Aaron

[MagnificentUnicorn]

It was Aaron

It wasn't me.