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Thread: Knuckledraggers sue Alta
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01-18-2014, 06:39 PM #101
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01-18-2014, 09:43 PM #102
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01-18-2014, 09:53 PM #103trenchman
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01-18-2014, 11:15 PM #104
Abraham Linclon's doppleganger threw a boarder off the high t
“I have a responsibility to not be intimidated and bullied by low life losers who abuse what little power is granted to them as ski patrollers.”
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01-18-2014, 11:45 PM #105Registered User
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01-18-2014, 11:51 PM #106spook Guest
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01-19-2014, 04:36 AM #107
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01-19-2014, 06:58 AM #108Banned
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I will say this. Lots of areas at alta , as mentioned, require uphill or long traverses. There are still many areas a snowboard simply could not access without serious postholing. Gunsight? No go. Thirds? No go. Catherine's? Sure even skiers boot that but once top is reached we push and sidestep to access the terrain. What about baldy shoulder? The place would be a posthole slow moving mess with snowboards allowed.
Take a gander at the high t this year. Not one clean line through the entire section past sunspot. Alta would have hundreds of boarders walking across that. Snowboarers would literally have to walk from sunspot to piss pass. Probably take them a good 15 min to make that walk. Skiers passing them the entire time. Wouldn't be a fun walk to board what's already been skied by people who can actually access the terrain in a more natural manner.
I don't know whether alta does it to be "cool" or whatever I just don't think alta would be all the enjoyable on a board its just not set up for it. The bird on the other hand is. The only place I can think of that a boarder can't access is anything past Hilary step.
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01-19-2014, 08:21 AM #109
^^^ THIS.
And charging through the narrow trees or approaching the top of a chute, it's always nice to see that a side-slipping boarder got there first and "groomed" the powder for you. It's lame. Pre-snowboarding you never used to see this. If a skier is/was up in challenging terrain of this type they will at least try to make a few turns, preserving the pow. Maybe not out of conscientious demeanor, but because it's just easier to turn skis in pow than slip 'em. The board must be easier to slip, resulting in the overall and consistent trashing and thrashing of some great lines.
Boarders are here to stay, so I don't have any problem nor heartburn sharing the home hill with them. Ain't got time for the Stay Off My Lawn! mentality. On the flip side, if an area is boardless I can see why it would want to remain so.
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01-19-2014, 08:26 AM #110Banned
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Not to mention I don't really think its the terrain on forest service land that's the problem. Alta lifts is the entity that operates the lifts. Not governed in any way by forest service. Like any business they have the right to refuse services to whomever the fuck they wish.
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01-19-2014, 09:27 AM #111
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01-19-2014, 12:21 PM #112
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01-19-2014, 01:40 PM #113Registered User
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01-19-2014, 01:44 PM #114trenchman
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01-19-2014, 01:52 PM #115
Who the hell designed the top of the lift placement for that place, anyway? ;-)
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01-19-2014, 01:54 PM #116
Alta can go F themselves if they continue to be such lame dickheads. But, as a privately operated resort (although upon federal land, I believe) they have the right to refuse types of equipment. They obviously don't allow patrons to bring snowmobiles on the hill. That equipment refusal right can be extended to snowboards too, I presume.
The management at Alta has the the right to be the ingloriously panty-twisted, drycunts they obviously love to be. Let 'em."The reason death sticks so closely to life isn't biological necessity - it's envy. Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it; a jealous, possesive love that grabs at what it can." by Yann Martel from Life of Pi
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"Squirrels are rats with good PR."
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01-19-2014, 02:12 PM #117
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01-19-2014, 02:23 PM #118
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01-19-2014, 03:19 PM #119Banned
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It's funny to see how many skier bigots really frequent this forum when an Alta thread comes around (It's my guess that most hardcore Alta defenders are racist too). Listening to you douchebags rant about post holing and bad traversing is entertaining in a sad way. You're all just covering up your latent racist, white, elitist attitudes. I mean, that's why you live in the shit hole that is SLC, right?
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01-19-2014, 03:25 PM #120
Don't sell yourself short...Reno is a shithole, too!
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01-19-2014, 04:45 PM #121observing free range rude
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maybe because they are motorized vehicles?
You mean like where the general population gets pissed at how many bigots somehow found their way into positions of power? Like, say, their governor?
That's admirable. Maybe your respect of gays and their rights can someday lead you to stop using derogatory labels?
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01-19-2014, 04:47 PM #122trenchman
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^^awesome
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01-19-2014, 05:30 PM #123
We need to expose the skiers in here who in the early nineties gave up and went to the dark side.
You guys can't hide forever.
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01-19-2014, 05:43 PM #124cliffed out
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Park City must have more shitty boarders than Snowbird. I've watched tons of skiers sideslip/sidestep above and through the choke in Rock Chute this year. Most of the snowboarders who get there are good enough to straightline through and then make a couple turns in the apron. The retarded fucking Coolwhip traverse that undercuts the whole cirque pointlessly-90% of the time it's skiers setting it and using it. The traverse across the top of Anderson's-way more skiers blocking that than snowboarders. With that said, if Alta really does have a bunch of uphill traverses, it would suck on a board. I never go out Bookends Traverse, cuz its a bitch. I care less that Alta is skiers only, but there's way too much blame being placed on them than is warranted
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01-19-2014, 05:50 PM #125
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