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Atman

(31,464 posts)
8. LOL! You should hear us snowboarders talk about how skiers "move."
Fri Apr 4, 2014, 11:51 AM
Apr 2014

And I'm a cranky old man, too. I turn 55 tomorrow, but I've been snowboarding for about 15 years. Skiers are the biggest irritant on the mountain...at least for the way I ride. You will NEVER find me sitting in one of those groups in the middle of the slope. I'm old so I can afford better equipment -- step in bindings. I'm strapped in before even most of the skiers are ready. I like to point it down the mountain and go, but SKIERS like to go back and forth and back and forth and back and forth, taking up every inch of the trail and bumping up the snow. There is definitely a different riding style. But just as skiers have different styles, snowboarders do, too. It's part of the sport. You learn to deal, you don't shut down public land because you don't want to be inconvenienced.

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