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rob_vet69 
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 Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 09:08 AM
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AdamA9 wrote:
rob_vet69 wrote:
Of course some will always debate though about whether increasing the appeal of snowboarding is a good thing, arguing that snowboarding should stay true to its roots......
If this were the case I'd have never got into snowboarding.
And probably the case for others as well. I probably wouldn't have tried boarding if I hadn't watched the 2002 Olympics, would have ended up skiing when I went away for the first time 
Increasing the appeal only a good thing IMO |
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manicpb
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Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 09:27 AM
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I cant stop the masses taking up riding but I do miss the times when you'd walk through a resort and give respect to every boarder you'd walk past because you were in the minority. I liked the exclusive little club feeling that went with holding a board under your arm.
But hell...it aint goin back, so happy lines to you all! |
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cantridepete
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Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 09:41 AM
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First post: Oct 28, 2008
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manicpb wrote:
I cant stop the masses taking up riding but I do miss the times when you'd walk through a resort and give respect to every boarder you'd walk past because you were in the minority. I liked the exclusive little club feeling that went with holding a board under your arm.
But hell...it aint goin back, so happy lines to you all!
yeah...it is....the amount of riders is decreasing IMO. Some of the smaller resorts around here will probably have around 90-95% of people carrying poles.
as for the exclusive little club, you must have been riding for around 25years!! 
On the dialogue issue...I'd agree with chaski... |
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manicpb
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Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 10:18 AM
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'99 was my first season, learnt about 3 years before that....so perhaps I am looking back through rose tinted glasses!
A big memory though was shopping in Chamonix and bumping into Steve Bailey who stopped to talk and then found myself riding with him a few weeks later, that would be 2001! |
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cantridepete
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Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 10:24 AM
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First post: Oct 28, 2008
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| about the time he broke his back.....you didnt push him did you? |
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manicpb
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Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 10:31 AM
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cantridepete wrote:
about the time he broke his back.....you didnt push him did you?
Ha ha, no...but I did collide with another of our group (not accepting responsability there), knee to the face and blood everywhere and he helped them off the mountain. It defo was different back then!
Anyway, enough of me reminising...back on topic! |
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