This is very interesting. Around here if boards weren't allowed ski hills would cease to exist. It's easily 50-50 on any given day I've been out. I knew Alta didn't allow boards but I thought they were the only one out there.
From the "I have lots of black/gay/hispanic friends argument:
I'd just as soon not be around those people - on the ski slopes. It's not that I don't like them off of the slopes
And this is priceless:
We are three generations of skiers and are horrified the mountain will be ruined by snowboarders who have no respect for the mountain and are usually out-of-control.
Screw you lady.
I skied when I was a kid because quite frankly that was it. There was no such thing as snowboards. I started snowboarding about 3-4 years ago when my daughter got a plastic "snowboard" from Target. She's never had ski's on her feet.
I think 'boarding is a blast and I've never really understood the backlash. I like doing both and agree that there are jerks on both skis and boards but mostly people do respect each other. Of course I haven't spent a lot of time out West so I'm not sure if it's more of a problem there. I didn't personally see it the couple of times I've been in Colorado. Around here the teenage "*bunghole*s" mainly stick to the terrain parks trying to out-do each other. I'm old enough to know better.
Brighton, ya say....may have to check that out.
