I hate hate the stereotypes that come along with being a snowboarder. It feels like nobody takes the sport seriously. "Oh you're a snowboarder? you're going nowhere in life".
LOL, awesome clip. I loved that guy towards the end who claimed to "have graduate work" to come to Alta, yet he's rollin' out in a POS 86 accord lmfao. Dickbags, some stereotypes exist for a reason. You know who's bankin' though, Taos! Oh and besides the fact MY tax dollars pay for that shit, Alta skiers = Eliteist politicians on 2 sticks
Since when did snowboarders really care what a bunch of douchebag skiers think? Fuck Alta. Probably shouldn't spend your money at Snowbird either, they keep Alta's ban by having a shared lift ticket with them.
If I got a free lift ticket maybe. They might stop you with snowboard boots. If you went full kook with a hardboot setup it might go on for longer. Pretty sure you would be targeted after one run though. It is legal to snowboard at Alta as long as you follow the rules. You just can't use the lifts.
Really though, and I keep harping on it, if you want to ride Alta quit going to Snowbird. Alta was going to allow snowboarding or close. Last minute deal with Snowbird allowed them to keep the ban. That is how much they hate us. If a large number of riders quit spending money at the 'bird and made it known why, they would quit that joint pass thing. It wouldn't be two seasons before Alta allowed snowboarding or would close. If they closed some other operator would snatch them up and allow snowboarding.
Of course you have to target Snowbird to get it done. It is a great mountain but there are other great mountains in Utah. A 10-20% drop in rider visits at Snowbird would probably do the trick.
Yeah I regret going to Snowbird considering that I enjoyed Brighton/Solitude much more and they actually like their boarders. I won't be back to Snowbird until they stop supporting Alta.
I guess I'm just wondering why you guys all want to go to an overpriced resort infested with upper middle class old people. Sure, the ban is rude, and it should be lifted, but I wouldn't spend 1400 dollars on a season pass even if we did succeed here.
Because I hate not being able to ride with friends wherever I want. It's not that I might necessarily go there, but someone telling me I can't pisses me off. Speaking of private resorts, I DO want to board Deer Valley. That mountain is dope, too bad they are dickheads too.
I don't know if it's because anyone wants to go there that bad. It's on public land, they shouldn't be limiting access to a large part of population. Plus I think its about "sticking it to the man " attitude to all those skiers that think they're too good to share the slopes with snowboarders. It's an antiquated idea that needs to go.
Keystone was the last resort over here that started allowing snowboarding and there os still a bit of negative sentiment from the snowboarding community. I suspect history will not be kind to Alta's discriminatory practices.
I don't know if it's because anyone wants to go there that bad. It's on public land, they shouldn't be limiting access to a large part of population. Plus I think its about "sticking it to the man " attitude to all those skiers that think they're too good to share the slopes with snowboarders. It's an antiquated idea that needs to go.
Keystone was the last resort over here that started allowing snowboarding and there os still a bit of negative sentiment from the snowboarding community. I suspect history will not be kind to Alta's discriminatory practices.
I agree that Alta is an anachronism and full of reactionary old farts. Not going to discuss whether their policies are smart business or not.
But one correction: Alta is not restricting access to public lands. Anybody is allowed to ski/ride Alta, including snowboarders. They just do not let boarders use the lifts (which are not public...).
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