Burton Love and Primo snowboards

[Seamus Fermanagh]

What's the moutain? I'm coming.

The pics aren't THAT graphic.....are they?

[Strike For The South]

The pics aren't THAT graphic.....are they?

You're nothing but a dirty dirty old man....and I love it

[Seamus Fermanagh]

You're nothing but a dirty dirty old man....and I love it

....eh? What was that? Speak up sonny, I can't hear you when you mumble like that.....

[Crazed Rabbit]

To elaborate;

Growing up, I was surrounded by snowboarders. It was the cool, new thing to do. My high school sent three busloads of kids up to the mountain every Saturday in winter, and there were less than a dozen skiers in total.

And all those boarders thought they were the coolest thing since sliced bread. They'd put on their outrageously oversized coats and pants and go down runs they couldn't handle. And being unable to carve down the black diamonds, they'd instead slide straight down, scraping off the precious powder. At the bottom, I suspect, they'd congratulate themselves for making it down such a steep run.

Or they'd go and hang around the terrain park, which wasn't nearly as bad since then they weren't in the way. But there'd be clumps of them scattered across the jumps like sheep. The stupider of them, and there were many, would sit down on the hill beneath a jump, oblivious to the danger of a person coming off the jump and hitting them. Or they'd sit around in clumps on the mountain side, clogging it up and making it more difficult for people who actually wanted to go down the run instead of paying $40 to sit snow and talk.

Though that craze has died down a bit, there remain those who snowboard because its cool, marveling at their own awesomeness as they scrape sideways down a mountain, robbing me of the precious powder.

That's why I bear a grudge. As for what mountain, google "Banked Slalom". It is the first result.

And the boards - I just don't want to see it while I'm on the mountain. It's crass and rips the majesty of the mountainous environment away. Are snowboarders so ruled by their...hormones...they can't go a half day without looking at scantily clad women?

CR

[drone]

To elaborate...

Pretty much my thoughts on snowboarders as well. Although some (more surfer type than skate rat type) are ok, they know what they are doing and can both carve and surf the backcountry powder really well.

The vibe I got at European resorts was a little different. There was definitely less of the skate rats, generally the snowboarders there were both competent and more considerate.

Regarding the board graphics, meh. I suppose it's something interesting for them to look at while they are riding the lift. And I think I still have that issue with the centerfold from the bendbulletin link.