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The Skier and the Snowborder
This guy decides to take a snowborder chick to the mountains for a day.
It's VERY cold out and on the way up they see a baby skunk not moving on the side of the road. They stop and discover that it's still alive just almost frozen. They bring it into the car administer first aid and discover it needs to be warmed. "Put it between your legs, it's nice and warm there" he says. "What about the smell?" she replies. "Just hold it's nose". |
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pigo wrote: This guy decides to take a snowborder chick to the mountains for a day. It's VERY cold out and on the way up they see a baby skunk not moving on the side of the road. They stop and discover that it's still alive just almost frozen. They bring it into the car administer first aid and discover it needs to be warmed. "Put it between your legs, it's nice and warm there" he says. "What about the smell?" she replies. "Just hold it's nose". ROFLMAO!!!!!! What's the first thing a boarder says when he meets you? W A I T F O R I T "Oh, sorry dude." Martha |
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Black Metal Martha wrote:
"Oh, sorry dude." That's: "*Whoooh*, sorry dude." -- Mike Treseler |
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Mike Treseler wrote: Black Metal Martha wrote: "Oh, sorry dude." That's: "*Whoooh*, sorry dude." -- Mike Treseler OK, so how about this: Snowboarding is.... 50% attitude 40% fashion 10% talent Martha |
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Black Metal Martha wrote:
Mike Treseler wrote: Black Metal Martha wrote: "Oh, sorry dude." That's: "*Whoooh*, sorry dude." -- Mike Treseler OK, so how about this: Snowboarding is.... 50% attitude 40% fashion 10% talent Martha If they had that much talent, we might be able to get along. VtSkier |
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"VtSkier" wrote in message ... OK, so how about this: Snowboarding is.... 50% attitude 40% fashion 10% talent Martha If they had that much talent, we might be able to get along. VtSkier If it takes so little talent, you should be a natural. Give it a try and see how much fun it is. :-) Bob |
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Bob wrote:
"VtSkier" wrote in message ... OK, so how about this: Snowboarding is.... 50% attitude 40% fashion 10% talent Martha If they had that much talent, we might be able to get along. VtSkier If it takes so little talent, you should be a natural. Give it a try and see how much fun it is. :-) Bob Clearly you are snowboarder and just a clearly I was venting a bit about the snowboarders I encounter on my hill. What you don't know is how I really feel. I agree with others here that it really doesn't make any difference with what is on your feet. A punk is a punk and there are punks with skis on their feet as well as snow- boarders. The part about snowboarders that bothers me is that a certain level of skill can be reached rather quickly and so, without really learning how to use the tool and without "paying your dues" and learning the code and etiquette of downhill snowsports, a snowboarder can ride a lift and scrape down the hill looking dumb in survival mode and endangering a whole lot of other people on the hill. A skier at the same level of scraping as the snowboarder is laughed at by his peers and after one scrape down probably won't scrape down the same trail again. The snowboarder, OTOH, will scrape down again and again and since all of his peers are at the same level he is, don't see anything wrong with it. Then there is the blindside problem. On the other, other hand, there are lots of good competent snowboarders out there who use their tool with grace and expertise. I ski with a lot of them. VtSkier |
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"VtSkier" wrote in message ... Bob wrote: "VtSkier" wrote in message ... OK, so how about this: Snowboarding is.... 50% attitude 40% fashion 10% talent Martha If they had that much talent, we might be able to get along. VtSkier If it takes so little talent, you should be a natural. Give it a try and see how much fun it is. :-) Bob Clearly you are snowboarder and just a clearly I was venting a bit about the snowboarders I encounter on my hill. What you don't know is how I really feel. I agree with others here that it really doesn't make any difference with what is on your feet. A punk is a punk and there are punks with skis on their feet as well as snow- boarders. If you don't think that there's any difference you need to go to an are that doesn't allow them and get off of the groomed slopes. The difference is night and day. |
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"VtSkier" wrote in message ... Bob wrote: "VtSkier" wrote in message ... OK, so how about this: Snowboarding is.... 50% attitude 40% fashion 10% talent Martha If they had that much talent, we might be able to get along. VtSkier If it takes so little talent, you should be a natural. Give it a try and see how much fun it is. :-) Bob Clearly you are snowboarder and just a clearly I was venting a bit about the snowboarders I encounter on my hill. What you don't know is how I really feel. I agree with others here that it really doesn't make any difference with what is on your feet. A punk is a punk and there are punks with skis on their feet as well as snow- boarders. The part about snowboarders that bothers me is that a certain level of skill can be reached rather quickly and so, without really learning how to use the tool and without "paying your dues" and learning the code and etiquette of downhill snowsports, a snowboarder can ride a lift and scrape down the hill looking dumb in survival mode and endangering a whole lot of other people on the hill. A skier at the same level of scraping as the snowboarder is laughed at by his peers and after one scrape down probably won't scrape down the same trail again. The snowboarder, OTOH, will scrape down again and again and since all of his peers are at the same level he is, don't see anything wrong with it. Then there is the blindside problem. On the other, other hand, there are lots of good competent snowboarders out there who use their tool with grace and expertise. I ski with a lot of them. VtSkier I really see very little difference between skiers and snowboarders other than the age issue. Skiers sideslip when they get on too steep of a slope also. I see it all the time. Maybe I see boarders do it more, but I think that's just because more boarders are teens, who are more likely to get in over their head. I've never seen this magical laughing that makes skiers never sideslip. You may do it to your friends, but that doesn't mean everyone else does. The "blindside" problem is just that. A problem everyone has to deal with. If skiers are aware of the problem, thay can easily and effectively accomidate it. Skiers are blind behind themselves also - you've learned to deal with that. It is actually more of a problem for boarders. If one is regular, and one goofy, they can both be on each others blindside. Boarders are aware of the problem, and do their best to deal with it. We only ask the same from others sharing the slopes. I certainly have a lot less problems with boarders now than I did before I learned to understand their weaknesses and how they maneuver. The "bigotry" of some skiers about snowboarders is just as offensive to me as any other bigotry. I think everyone would be better off if they tried to understand the differences between the two sports. Then they can peacefully and safely coexist. I really think that the major issue is the age of riders vs. skiers. If it's "teens" that are causing the problem because they are teens, don't say that snowboarders are the problem. There are plenty of crazy teen skiers out there too. They've been bothering people way before snowboards were invented. Bob |
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Bob wrote: If it takes so little talent, you should be a natural. Give it a try and see how much fun it is. :-) Bob Clearly you are snowboarder and just a clearly I was venting a bit about the snowboarders I encounter on my hill. What you don't know is how I really feel. I agree with others here that it really doesn't make any difference with what is on your feet. A punk is a punk and there are punks with skis on their feet as well as snow- boarders. The part about snowboarders that bothers me is that a certain level of skill can be reached rather quickly and so, without really learning how to use the tool and without "paying your dues" and learning the code and etiquette of downhill snowsports, a snowboarder can ride a lift and scrape down the hill looking dumb in survival mode and endangering a whole lot of other people on the hill. A skier at the same level of scraping as the snowboarder is laughed at by his peers and after one scrape down probably won't scrape down the same trail again. The snowboarder, OTOH, will scrape down again and again and since all of his peers are at the same level he is, don't see anything wrong with it. Then there is the blindside problem. On the other, other hand, there are lots of good competent snowboarders out there who use their tool with grace and expertise. I ski with a lot of them. VtSkier I really see very little difference between skiers and snowboarders other than the age issue. Skiers sideslip when they get on too steep of a slope also. I see it all the time. Maybe I see boarders do it more, but I think that's just because more boarders are teens, who are more likely to get in over their head. I've never seen this magical laughing that makes skiers never sideslip. You may do it to your friends, but that doesn't mean everyone else does. The "blindside" problem is just that. A problem everyone has to deal with. If skiers are aware of the problem, thay can easily and effectively accomidate it. Skiers are blind behind themselves also - you've learned to deal with that. It is actually more of a problem for boarders. If one is regular, and one goofy, they can both be on each others blindside. Boarders are aware of the problem, and do their best to deal with it. We only ask the same from others sharing the slopes. I certainly have a lot less problems with boarders now than I did before I learned to understand their weaknesses and how they maneuver. The "bigotry" of some skiers about snowboarders is just as offensive to me as any other bigotry. I think everyone would be better off if they tried to understand the differences between the two sports. Then they can peacefully and safely coexist. I really think that the major issue is the age of riders vs. skiers. If it's "teens" that are causing the problem because they are teens, don't say that snowboarders are the problem. There are plenty of crazy teen skiers out there too. They've been bothering people way before snowboards were invented. Bob This is territory that's been covered with past boarders. I have no problem with boarders who call out when they're about to run into me. The problem is, it doesn't happen very often. It has nothing to do with age. There are young skiers and older boarders. SOme of my friends my age (early 40s) are boarders, and they know better than to cut into a lift line, as I've seen lots of boarders (never skiers, sorry) do. Maybe they're raised in households where etiquette isn't important. The problem is, on the slopes, it could mean the difference between having a great day and killing someone. Martha |
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