Bri: Better get your ski friend to try the boards. He/she might enjoy
a no-poles ride on a groomed run.

Since 1960 I have taught hundreds to board from their ski backgrounds.
All have thanked me many times. The boards open a terrain the skier may
NEVER see or appreciate. Skiing, as we know it, continues to phase out
each year. Watch the boarders take over each ski area, one by one, each
year.

Friends......of course ! Do ski area mgts, NSAA, like it....absolutely
not ! Why ? Older skiers spend money $. Younger more athletic
boarders do not ! They don't have it to blow.

The ski mfgrs got the msg several years ago. Mfg retail inventory
orders continue to decline each year while board orders soar. Ask your
favorite local retailer.......last yr vs 2004-5. They better get their
choice 2005-6 orders in soon.

Off to the West Side runs at Hunter Mtn NY for weekend of teaching
several "70+ skier neighbors" to board. Get 'em padddded where it
hurts, check bindings, push 'em off......smile and pick em up !

Friends...buddies...always ! LH 3/24/05