Snowboarding - Should it be banned from some resorts . and is it just for the youth.

I thought the boarder issues had faded away as the sport (and a lot boarders) matured. Certainly you see fewer boarders sitting mid piste than you used too.

As has already been said there will always be both skiiers & boarders who get themselves onto a piste that stretches their comfort limits and they perhaps have to revert to basics. I think that's good - pushing your limits but recognising that sometimes safety is better than style!

Certainly pistes take a fair degree of wear but isn't that why we pay big fees for ski passes? (snow making & piste bashers)

Pick your resort carefully & holiday times & you can have the pistes to yourself (almost).

Do you think that it is possible that the pistes are getting trashed more due to the increased numbers of snow users in recent years?

surfarthur wrote:Do you think that it is possible that the pistes are getting trashed more due to the increased numbers of snow users in recent years?

I wondered that too.

What a load of tripe the alps are big enough for all of us, boarding came on to the scene when popularity of skiing was beginning to dwindle and boarding brought in a new influx of young people to appreciate the snow and mountains.
Should it be banned No and for it being just for the youth, I think trencher answers that question :lol:

Paulschlote, I apologize for the "back at you" rant above. There are still a few ski only resorts in the US. I actually love going to Deer Valley occasionally. One of it's atractions for me is not that there are no snowboarders, but there are fewer adolescents period. Nothing against youth, just nice now, and again to enjoy a more sedate atmosphere.

You may not know this, but there are as many kids in the terrain park, and half pipe on skis now, as on boards. So Deer Valley is not attractive to youth "period", not just because they don't allow snowboards, but because they don't have the terrain kids want. The three remaining ski only resorts are all close to other resorts that allow snowboarding. This means that the children of their guest can be bussed to a snowboard resort nearby. Taos resort recently stopped being ski only, but it did not have a nearby resort for members of families that snowboard, or like to ski in the park. Economically, ski only resorts are only viable if there is an adjacent snowboarding resort.

As others have said, if it weren't for snowboards, you would be paying a lot more, to ski fewer resorts, on long skinny skis :wink:

Why are people bothering to respond? Its obvious this is a troll looking to get a reaction.

The funny thing is, he has actually has a point.

Thanks for your response to my Question posted last night. As some of you have gathered it was to create a debate and not have a pop at boarders. I agree that boarders have given the mountains a fresh/new lease of life and i do enjoy checking out the "Good Boarders" who can ride the half pipes and do the kind of tricks you normaly only see on the Extreme sport channel. 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 (and i don't mean Graham Norton)

i think this thread needs closing