Thursday, June 19, 2025
The New Sport of Snowboarding
In 1985, snowboarding was still fairly new at ski slopes in the U.S. Slope operators hated it, and they hated the people who did it. Watch a 1985 CBS news report on the phenomenon. We can assume that eventually, the slope operators saw which way the wind was blowing -or more accurately, where the money was coming from. And the snowboarders grew up a little. (via Digg)
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As a skier, I'll comment that this feud remains ongoing.
I was just coming. to say that the skateboarders didn't care to learn the rules of the road, or if they did know, comply. Sorry to see it hasn't changed.
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