As annoying as that can be, its nothing compared to getting up and finding they've closed the lifts due to high wind, or to your luggage not getting loaded onto the flight at Gatwick. Actually.paulschlote wrote:I think we would all agree that there is nothing more annoying than a group of hoody boarders sitting in the middle of the piste just below a flat section of piste just chillin out oblivious to what might be approaching rather quicly from behind
Snowboarding - Should it be banned from some resorts . and is it just for the youth.
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Started by Paulschlote in Ski Chatter 22-Nov-2010 - 65 Replies
Tony_H
reply to 'Snowboarding - Should it be banned from some resorts . and is it just for the youth.' posted Nov-2010
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Trencher
reply to 'Snowboarding - Should it be banned from some resorts . and is it just for the youth.' posted Nov-2010
paulschlote wrote:I think we would all agree that there is nothing more annoying than a group of hoody boarders sitting in the middle of the piste just below a flat section of piste just chillin out oblivious to what might be approaching rather quicly from behind
Not on the neighbourhood watch committee by any chance?
because I'm so inclined .....
Freehandjunkie
reply to 'Snowboarding - Should it be banned from some resorts . and is it just for the youth.' posted Nov-2010
boarding gave skiing the kick up the arse it needed, stepping away from this posh toff elitist scene it was (and in some resorts still is), skiing knew it had to catch up when boarding took over, massive improvements in ski technology, and even fashion has probably brought skiing back to the same level as boarding is currently, as regards to the condition of the piste's being worse, i would put that down to them being a lot more busy these days, some resorts are not boarder friendly, especially resorts in andorra, with endless flat sections between pistes, i think the opinion of the poster is outdated and frankly shows their age!
im a skier by the way...
im a skier by the way...
EmmaEvs
reply to 'Snowboarding - Should it be banned from some resorts . and is it just for the youth.' posted Nov-2010
some resorts are not boarder friendly... with endless flat sections between pistes
Aha! Item one on the boarder wishlist :D 1) No flat bits
Good one. I've often seen boarders struggling and offered my pole to pull them along. Sometimes they understand and grab on, sometimes they look at me like a crazy person who's trying to stab them. :)
I wish I could meet the person who first decided to strap 2 planks to their feet and throw themselves down a mountain
Tony_H
reply to 'Snowboarding - Should it be banned from some resorts . and is it just for the youth.' posted Nov-2010
GPWMfreehandjunkie wrote:boarding gave skiing the kick up the arse it needed, stepping away from this posh toff elitist scene it was
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Savodump
reply to 'Snowboarding - Should it be banned from some resorts . and is it just for the youth.' posted Nov-2010
As a skier of twenty years, I decided to give snowboarding a try (perhaps don't knock it until you've tried it would be an appropriate motto here) and loved it.
It has its limitations, only being able to have one binding fastened on lifts and having to sit in some afore mentioned less than favourable spots to get going again. Though these can be kept to a minimum very easily and the rate of learning is considerably faster than skiing.
Lets face it, skiing has its own drawbacks too, I don't recall watching any snowboarder slip on a wet mountain restaurant floor and end up covered in soup last year.... lucky skier!!
It has its limitations, only being able to have one binding fastened on lifts and having to sit in some afore mentioned less than favourable spots to get going again. Though these can be kept to a minimum very easily and the rate of learning is considerably faster than skiing.
Lets face it, skiing has its own drawbacks too, I don't recall watching any snowboarder slip on a wet mountain restaurant floor and end up covered in soup last year.... lucky skier!!
Savodump
reply to 'Snowboarding - Should it be banned from some resorts . and is it just for the youth.' posted Nov-2010
Oh and the youth point... my partner is 46 and having tried skiing first aged 42, she decided that a board was the way forward!
Youth!!
Youth!!
Snowb4ndit
reply to 'Snowboarding - Should it be banned from some resorts . and is it just for the youth.' posted Nov-2010
Trencher wrote:
Are you trolling to wind people up? This is the kind of ill informed misconception that used abound years ago.
You forget that until recently 99% of skiers could not carve turns, and were able to totally ruin any soft nicely groomed piste into moguls in no time at all, by skidding their skis from side to side, instead of making real turns.. It's not so bad now that skis are shaped like snowboards, and skiers are able to make real turns. For every beginner snowboarder carefully using their edges to control their descent, there is an out of control skier, who has no idea how to use their edges, other than snow plough. If you are really concerned about snow being scrapped off, ban beginner skiers, and all those skiers with their legs stuck together.
Beginner snowboarders don't use long boards. It's really is sad, that after all those years "on the piste", you know so little about snow sports. The piste bashers were pushing snow back up the hill at the end of the day, long before snowboarding took off
And over 30 :roll: I'm over 50 in this photo
Crikey...It's not only their boards scraping the snow off the mountain it's their hands as well!!!
Perhaps there should be 'boarder arm length' limitations in force too! :roll: :wink:
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