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1985 CBC Anti-snowboarding News clip - Mt Seymour, BC

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#1 · (Edited)
If you haven't seen this video in its entirety, its worth a watch for a good laugh. It's especially funny if you ride Seymour in this era, where they are now considered the more board-friendly mountain on the north shore.

**Link updated 01/31/2013 - The clip used to specify 1985 as the date, now it just says "1990's" so who really knows. But it sure looks like 1985.**
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categori...re-outrageous/skiers-versus-snowboarders.html

Also look at 1:25 the neon skiers in the background loading the lifts by side-stepping up that hill - priceless!

Hope you enjoy it as much as I just did.

edit: at 3:48 of this youtube clip from the Forum movie - That there is a clip of this original. Thanks to nitroboarder for reminding me what movie it was in.
 
#37 ·
If you haven't seen this video in its entirety, its worth a watch for a good laugh. It's especially funny if you ride Seymour in this era, where they are now considered the more board-friendly mountain on the north shore.

CBC News | Program | Television | CBC Archives

Also look at 1:25 the neon skiers in the background loading the lifts by side-stepping up that hill - priceless!

Hope you enjoy it as much as I just did.

edit: at 3:48 of this youtube clip from the Forum movie - That there is a clip of this original. Thanks to nitroboarder for reminding me what movie it was in.
This is soooo awesome to see........because in 1985 I along with a group of friends not only were not aloud to get on the lifts at Seymour with our snowboards but the ski patrol also stopped us from hiking up the runs and basically escorted us off the mountain.
I went to a high school 5 mins from Seymour and in grade 10 woodwork we built our own press and laminated 1/8" birch into home made snowboards....and even mounted a centre fin!!!:laugh: Maybe Seymour just didn't like our product????!!!??:laugh:

In a sense Seymour hasn't changed their attitude.....last year they wouldn't let my spon up the lift with a snowskate yet this is totally acceptable at Whistler.....:confused:
 
#38 ·
I've ridden a snow skate at Heavenly - liftees let me on, no problem. They are harder to ride than a snowboard, but you wear a leash with them, so it's not any more dangerous than a snowboard in the wrong hands. Bottom line, for most people, snow skates really don't take advantage of intermediate to advanced terrain, so it's kind of a waste of a day/ticket riding them at a decent mtn resort...but maybe your son is one of the few that can really rip on one.
 
#39 ·
HAHA, if they hit somebody's legs it will break them, because they are like a missile because they have no brakes.

Awesome video! So awesome to see just how much it has progressed and become part of the industry. I would love to talk to some of those people in the video and ask them what their opinions are now. I bet they are all at Alta though.
 
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