Skiers vs Snowboarders 1985

Feel the angst , feel the vibe. News segment on the Rivalry

[@DreamwalkerFilms]

I've been snowboarding since 1989 and I've only killed two bystanders in that time

[@katgodd1196]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahagaha thats the funniest shit ive seen in a minute

[@MatanuskaHIGH]

😂🤣. Started myself in 1988 got my first board. Ski resorts rarely allowed snowboards back then. So we poached runs anyway.

[@bomberex7809]

See it’s not that bad

[@GeronimOCZECH]

He looks like Brett Pit

[@Mateila]

And it's been the same since then

[@dattajack]

Snowboards have breaks, it's called running into a skier to slow you down.

[@Zirkumflexify17]

i wish i could like this comment a 1000 times

[@constantinosschinas4503]

lol lol lol

[@mannymm7887]

I thought this was common knowledge. Why else would we have skiers on the slopes?

[@Zirkumflexify17]

Aaah yes, hit a skier and do a 180 of the bump you get...

[@mjrussell414]

Do they have hot chocolate when they do take their break from the slopes?

[@dengmo3625]

Hard to believe 40 years later, snowboards still don’t have brakes

[@tylert6887]

But skis still do....

[@foobaz2387]

The snowboard does not need a brake, because it is never fully detached. A snowboarder is always strapped to the board with at least one leg, e.g. on a lift. It's easier to meet lost sled on slope, than snowboard. Why sleds doesn't have brakes? The skis must have a brake, because they unlock themselves when you fall to save your legs, and then they become bullets.

[@dengmo3625]

@@foobaz2387 I’ll explain the joke to you. The old man was complaining about snowboards having no brakes, but my joke was pretty much calling him a retard for thinking skis have brakes.

[@camdrury2501]

Still no clutch either

[@BibleStorm]

@@camdrury2501 No need, still waiting on a gearbox

[@phantomski1]

Love that guy at the end- "The snowboarders only see their point and not ours" "Do you see any compromise" "No"

[@BuhNanaz]

Caught that too 😁

[@sirspencerarnold8838]

Ugh that is so real

[@N0rmandy]

"These damn kids" - every generation

[@totaleXess]

Kids this generation are all pussified

[@Freedom2286]

At least back then the kids weren't snorting condoms and eating tide pods.

[@sennewam]

but tiktok is legit bad lmaoooooo

[@bigsmoke1887]

Teo Trueee

[@Maccaroney]

@@Freedom2286 I'm sure it happened. There was just no internet back then. These days you do something dumb and you get crucified on social media. It's fucking lame.

[@alexandersokolov7001]

“Snowboards are dangerous, the have no brakes” - very true, glad my skis have ceramic brakes.

[@yardy88]

Imagine not having brembos on your skis

[@bz1mm]

Brakes on skis = the things that stop em from going down the hill if/when you wipe out

[@Chris-js6oz]

lol easier to stop on a board than skis. I hate skis. Knee breakers.

[@ezakustam]

@@bz1mm I don't agree with the guy below you that it's easier ti stop on a board, but both have similar means to stop.

[@bz1mm]

@@ezakustam I realize that now they do, but I’m pointing out that a shocking amount of people didn’t realize what the ski breaks were that they mentioned in the video

[@SuckerFreeGear]

I was a part of the skier vs. snowboarder wars back in the 80's and early 90's and by the time we won independence and were recognized as citizens we had lost a lot of good men. Our entire elite "Smart Aleck" team 6 was completely wiped out before we signed our truce.

[@xgtwb6473]

Lost a few men to alcoholism did ya

[@SebHaarfagre]

Isn't this still a thing in USA though lol? Everyone has to be either on one or the other side, never in between 🙄 (Edit: In virtually everything, not just snow transportation)

[@slainbydemon4070]

@@SebHaarfagre it is yes. Some resorts still don't allow snowboarders

[@ryanpage5690]

Guess we need more brakes on boards

[@sammygarcia7234]

@@slainbydemon4070 no way what resorts ? I’ve never heard of a ski resort that doesn’t allow snowboards

[@TrendyStone]

I started snowboarding in 1987 and only a few resorts in Utah would allow it. Power Mountain was very accomidative to snowboarders so half the people on the mountain were snowboarding...but they required us to take a test to prove we could snowboard safely and I had to carry an special snowboarding ID card with me. It's funny looking back. But within a few years nearly every resort opened up to snowboarding. Those were fun times. I was 16 and felt like a rebel doing something the grumpy old people didn't approve of.

[@CharlieTheNerd91]

So from these arguments, I learned that skiers: 1. See behind their back 2. Have brakes 3. Are slow 4. Don't hurt people when they hit them 5. Don't drink alcohol

[@kiryltaranenka1201]

All no

[@G-546]

Downhill skis do have breaks when the boots come off.

[@jon22522]

sounds like the typical skiers i know in colorado

[@dustybottoms2780]

Forgot not smartalecs and don’t curse

[@Gnaaal]

@Sussy ass motherfucka They also never said that you're a moron :P

[@bobthebarber777]

The good old days... when snowboards didn't have brakes...

[@nemideergoon1844]

Lmfao

[@chrisgatten3346]

Lmaooooo😂

[@diesel2o945]

Haha

[@EskimoBENNY]

They still don’t right? Maybe I’ve got an outdated setup lol idk I ski primarily.

[@billbob9570]

@@EskimoBENNY thats the joke haha

[@haslo_]

"They don't see our point, they only see their own point, and it's sort of a tunnel vision." "Do you see any compromise in the future at all?" "No, we just like to say that we don't want them at all!" What a great way to get past tunnel vision 😂

[@manchesterexplorer8519]

Being an 80's kid this holds so true . The same fuss was made up about Skateboarding and Heavy Metal Music 🤣🤣

[@Chris-tc7gk]

This is like a live action episode of South Park

[@iamtoolazytoeditmyprofile]

holy shit I was thinking of that episode.

[@jameslew2804]

"Stan Marsh the DAARSSHH"

[@djmax01]

That's actually a funny comment. Thank you for that. Don't see many of them these days...

[@johnoneill1386]

Where is the midget in a bikini?

[@TabascoSour]

This is the most true comment I’ve ever read.

[@squareinsquare2078]

I don't think this "snowboarding" craze will catch on.

[@strangedotmachine9281]

I think you mean skiboarding.

[@goobiethicc5054]

I think you mean snowsurfing.

[@maxs351]

In the alps it's maybe 15% nowadays. In the 90's we had many more snowboarders. The trend went back to carving ski.

[@zombery2472]

Max S in Canada depending on the hill it can be as high as about 30-40% sometimes

[@camraneycomedy]

Square In Square yeah i doubt it

[@Narweeboy]

As a relatively new Snowboarder, this is too funny. I guess anything new is always frightening :)

[@D-money813]

now imagine how they would feel about dark people snowboarding lmfao

[@John-dh1gh]

There's always been resistance because skiers were more wealthy and snowboarders came along like surfboarders... red necks of the ski slopes.

[@numpty94]

I love these old videos, such a time warp. Interesting to see the people, the fashion, just how everything was

[@Purple9721.]

The fact these people were blocked from using the chair lift so they hiked up the hill instead... I just love that shit

[@MrSharp-yg1wb]

What do you mean?

[@Purple9721.]

@@MrSharp-yg1wb it shows determination. I think that's an admirable quality

[@Purple9721.]

@@MrSharp-yg1wb plus, have you ever tried walking up a steep, snow covered hill with big chunky boots on? It's not fun nor easy lol

[@orbiterguitars]

@@Purple9721. also you really felt like you earned that run after hiking for it. Started riding in 81 , hiked for my runs for a few years before the resorts came around. Respect for recognizing the struggle!

[@Purple9721.]

@@orbiterguitars 👊

[@plucks7661]

“Most of them are drunk, lippy and uncooperative” nice to see that some things about the sport I love haven’t changed 😂

[@brianhawkins]

Paul Luckett oh please. Our snowboarding generation turned into mustache guy.

[@Turdfergusson97]

The power of the sport lives on

[@totaleXess]

Can confirm. Am drunk while boarding.

[@wh1te_cheddar]

Facts!

[@Robert-vm8cn]

Snowboarders are still sliding sideways most of the way down

[@SkremoMcThrftsto]

I haven't been snowboarding in a long time, but this definitely nailed it. Growing up, the skiers were generally the entitled, wealthy, snobs and the snowboarders were stoners, skaters, and just generally lower and middle class people. It wasn't 100% like this, but by and large it was.

[@elraymy]

It's still like this brother!

[@yomofoindahouse]

Spot on.

[@salazam]

With lift tickets the price they are today, you have to be upper-middle class just to get on the slopes period.

[@SkremoMcThrftsto]

@@salazam For real. Add in the cost of gear, transportation, etc. and it's one of the more expensive activities. Hockey is similar, unless you live somewhere that has frozen ponds in the winter.

[@salazam]

@@SkremoMcThrftsto Yup. I play hockey too. Gentrified sports filter out the riff-raff.

[@casualdecade]

Its funny how obviously everything the old man says equally applies to skis

[@acutechicken5798]

My friend had a ski that came off without breaks and it went down the mountain several hundred meters because the breaks didnt engage. I've also seen it in some other places. Luckily, the slopes in question were challenging, so there were very few people on them, and no one was hurt, but it took like 10 minutes to find the ski as it went into a creek. I use telemark skis, so I don't have to worry about that. I simply have leashes, and they can't go anywhere.

[@soldandroad]

Skiis don't have brakes it's not a car bro.

[@FetteFredo]

@@soldandroad they literally do 😅

[@viktoria9491]

@@soldandroad Yes, they don't have exactly brakes. But there are special "antennae" that when you put them on a slope, they will not go fast but will stuck, unlike a snowboard which, if you put it on a slope, will go very long and fast. Just a fact. I snowboard myself. Of course, if you put the snowboard correctly upside down, then it will not go. But it's more about when it slips out of someone by accident.

[@soldandroad]

@Viktoria wow so you're one of those snowboarders lipping people off, huh? And yes, as I said, skiis don't have brakes. They have antennas. I know whenever I need to stop my car, I wag my antenna a few times, and it magically stops. Yeah Victoria...antennas lmao 🤣 have fun, and stay safe on the slopes, thanks for the detailed response!

[@RonakDhakan]

Classic example of how humans reject a new idea.

[@James-cc1ef]

why can't it be both?

[@nickr7437]

Well, to be fair, new snowboarders are the worst people on the mountain. They are falling more often (and more abruptly), and they tend to sit down a lot... usually at busy junctions where lots of people are trying to pass through. I can imagine that when snowboarding first started out, everyone was a beginner, and all of them were just on the floor most of the time (the video actually seems to support this). I can imagine how a mountain with mostly stable skiiers would reject this.

[@mechanicalrev]

I came here to refute you're statement, but you are completely spot on. Occasionally I will try explaining to the people sitting on the other side of a gnoll that they should move. Most get it, with a few telling me to fuck off because they can do what they want. Which is fine. They can get hit by someone else that's going 30 mph on that stretch who wasn't able to narrowly avoid them that time.

[@itsgoretecks]

skiiers also stand around on the run, just as much as snowboarders

[@dylanmccallister6739]

Nick Ross and skiers got it their first time eh? No, you also fell flat on your ass, or front, or side many many many bloody times and to guys like me who jump off their lift with boards strapped on and spray 8 feet of snow every turn you guys were also pain in the ass noobs.

[@Wolfgarden]

30 years later and I still love my board!🤩

[@ehunter7783]

What's crazy is how greatly impacted the design of SKIS where, after SNOWBOARDS came on the scene and tweaked into perfection.

[@DeathxCap]

Legend is that mustache is still on the slopes approaching snowboarders in a calm collected manner and still getting lipped off.

[@robertcampbell5485]

Lol lipped off

[@ryanschmidt3913]

Smart alecks!

[@7wt]

The legend is true, has to be

[@nadigashvin]

Hahahahaha

[@davidmack4495]

lol..that's funny....porn stache to the max...

[@Almondania]

As a skier, I’m glad skiing isn’t ruled by these pretentious clowns anymore. Anyone can ski and board together!

[@spencerbonds]

Google Deer Valley and Alta

[@samct7015]

well said

[@lisaoconnor3308]

and mad river

[@MattMediaMatt]

Yes

[@willreilly7120]

@@spencerbonds is almost segregation haha

[@rustyshackleford9017]

smart alecs! love when this pops up every few year

[@BeaulieuTodd]

The last dude, saying the boarders only see things from their perspective. Then flatly refuses a compromise.

[@hanvyj2]

I like how he said they were "being uncooperative" - I mean, you're telling them to stop and leave... You wouldn't be having the conversation if they were "cooperative" with your uncompromising position they shouldn't exist lol

[@mareksicinski3726]

@@creamwobbly well those weren't better then necessarily

[@muuubiee]

To be fair. It's his job to make them not use their snowboards. So of course they don't want a compromise with the snowboarders, they just want them to stop so they don't have to bother with "extra work" on their job.

[@totallycv2388]

1985 version of a modern leftist

[@muuubiee]

@@totallycv2388 The snowboarders yeah. The guard and owner are the right wingers.

[@CBB-dg9jy]

"We don't like your kind here." "Snowboarders?" "No Californians."

[@prestonclark3436]

Lol, best comment of 2021!

[@johntack1049]

Lol

[@peteb8905]

HAHA

[@spidaman0112]

They found an association.

[@brikmason3]

So true 🤙🏾

[@paulhendershott667]

This is SO Funny! I could be wrong but it looks like snow boarding is a way more popular downhill activity these days and ski mountains are fighting tooth and nail for their business. I remember being an avid skier between 1976 - 1990, mostly on the east coast, and I remember how amazed I was seeing these 1st snowboarders bombing down the slopes! I was an OK skier, but i was probably more of a menace to other skiers back then than any snow boarder...haha!

[@17Beastmode17]

I used to ski before I tried snowboarding and fell in love with it. My dad used to be a ski instructor back in the day, so I think he was a little disappointed at first, but let's be real, it wasn't the first time I disappointed my pops

[@costumeninja1914]

This man's life mission was to stop the snowboarding movement. He failed.

[@encoded7403]

Tragically that man was killed shortly after taping this segment. Cause of death, Ski board accident.

[@mantis_toboggan_md]

@@encoded7403 Is a ski board just like one huge ski that you ride?

[@BMXOPHY]

@@mantis_toboggan_md must be like a surf board for snow of sorts.

[@redeyeknight5964]

Yup thats my Uncle, he started drinking heavily around the time that snowboarding was in the 1998 Olympics... These days he mostly just sits with a bottle of rum and tells old ski stories even though he cant ski anymore since his collision with a snowboarder in Banff

[@publicalias8172]

@@redeyeknight5964 is this fucking real?

[@TehRasia]

"they don't see our point, they only see their point. Sort of tunnelvision." "do you see compromise of some sort?" "NO." oh the irony

[@HalXV]

Thought the same.

[@loneventhorizon]

lol I'd love to see an interview with that ski patrol guy today

[@lakwjejdnfjr181]

loneventhorizon omg that would be amazing I'd be laughing my ass off

[@snickerdoodie8545]

YEAH, THAT WOULD BE HILARIOUS

[@anf4488]

Sneaky Kill I know him

[@HamRadioAdventures]

I never cared for boarders way back when, but now they're the norm. So good for them keeping it up. Rock on dude!

[@grimm256]

This is AWESOME!!!! Gosh history is so cool. And OH how it repeats itself all the damn time

[@vicedpowers1750]

"They just don't see our side". " is there any room for compromise?". " absolutely not".

[@wolf-yw9wk]

sounds like society in 2019 hahaha

[@latch9781]

@@wolf-yw9wk depressingly so

[@titusmccarthy]

Spoken like a future Trumptard.

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

like Democrats

[@austinl1320]

Your grammar and syntax hurts me

[@ChannelSuperFun]

Those gosh darn Smart Alecs are back at it again!

[@ChrisDritmanis]

Yore sick!

[@MortSubitegoddamnit]

Gettin real tired of these hosers.

[@superturboawesome1]

yah eh... no respect aboot ya!

[@highongrapes]

ayyyy what's up Linus or who ever runs sfc

[@Gainjey]

Ahahah what the heck are you guys doing here?!? :D

[@justinneill5003]

I can only speak for Europe, but whilst snowboarding really did “take off” during the late 80s and remained highly popular ever since, it appears to have tailed off a bit over the last 4-5 years. I ski in the Alps several times each season, have done for 20 years, and although still popular, the proportion of boarders to skiers has definitely noticeably dropped compared with a couple of years ago. Maybe it was partly driven by a certain cool and youthful image which by its very nature tends to be transient.

[@foodstick]

This brings back memories ! Started snowboarding right in this time frame.. I would go to Summit county CO. Keystone didn't allow snowboards because and I quote "They wanted their ski resort to be family oriented!" Often I would snowboard an entire day and not see one other snowboarder... first board was the first year Burton Air.. Still have it... though it took some damage at Pikes Peak back country !

[@tanner4114]

Running up the hill to poach the snow on a fancy new "skiboard", running from ski patrol, all while rocking a mullet and some tunes on a mobile cassette player? What a time to be alive.

[@MS88nyc]

Layne Hagan seriously. That sounds awesome. No wonder why my dad is bored these days

[@infiniteblue895]

Facts

[@dakth7434]

Yea eh! Fk the 90s i wanted to be an 80s kid. Thr most retro arcade games ever. When muscle cars were a normal vehicle. Drugs was a thing. Etc etc

[@niewissen9912]

@@dakth7434 I grew up in the late 70s / early 80s. I can tell you that muscle cars was not a normal vehicle. I grew up in a garage and our family have few muscle cars over the years so it was common for me but not a common site to see driving down the road everyday. Chances are you was gonna see a k car, chevette or something cheap along them lines. Your right about the games though lol I miss them haha

[@dakth7434]

@@niewissen9912 i was just thinkimg about dazed and confused haha but damn hey. The arcade games is the shit tho

[@bonsaitomato8290]

The ski instructor guy is the snobby rich villain in every 80s teen movie I ever saw 😂

[@stevensons78]

Damn Skippity

[@mesiroy1234]

Well I doesn't find his eyes he is the most blind I he literally does not have

[@scottportner4587]

He's trying to close down the rec center to build a fancy club for rich people. But it all depends on the big ski/snowboarder race. Get your skis shined up grab a stick of juicy fruit, the taste is gonna move ya.

[@bonsaitomato8290]

@Ivan Ivanovich ?

[@FloorManiac]

Dont be a smart alec.

[@astrix_mvp]

I love watching stuff like this. I am old enough to remember the 80's and was skiing myself. Back then skateboards was illegal, at least here in Norway, but we loved skiing and iirc snowboards was quickcly accepted here 🤔

[@sachadee.6104]

Funny this. Have been skiing for 48 years, my sister made the move to snowboarding mid 90's. Can't remember any slopes that forbade snowboarders (Europe). Not fond of beginners because they tend to scrape the snow of the piste but very grateful helping to get the carve ski's and all the other modern ski's developed. It was pretty darn hard to turn on 7 ft very straight ski's I can tell you.

[@TobyBarnett]

"Because they're missiles"

[@0ooTheMAXXoo0]

No brakes on 'em!

[@Aquablue62]

Toby Barnett snowboarders will go down the slopes and go right through the skiers so we'll kick em out and they'll just flip us off

[@donald2108]

my favorite meme of the year

[@tenchi144]

They're just too darn savage!

[@Lv.MAJESTY]

Lol

[@Extraxi274]

"Old man hates fun" is the news story of for generations

[@c7lee]

They should interview these guys again (assuming they are still around)

[@reverenddick8562]

Sure, back then. Now it's liberal white women called 'Karens'.

[@RustOnWheels]

White elitists don’t want others to play. Probably because then they can’t feel superior anymore because the rest of the world finds it they actually suck at their own sports 😂 It has been that way with soccer, hockey, golf, baseball and many more sports. “We don’t want young kids and non whites and women here!”

[@reverenddick8562]

@Sisu Litost (subs) placed? Try earned. I know, weird cultural concept for 'societies' of rape and thievery.

[@reverenddick8562]

@Sisu Litost (subs) oh, I thought you where referring to 'upper management'.

[@wilburwilbur4195]

I DOWNHILL SKIED MY BALLS OFF FROM 75 TO 92 MAINLY ON THE EAST COAST AND A COUPLE OF TRIPS TO SNOWMASS AND I NEVER ONCE SAW OR HEARD ABOUT SNOWBOARDING AND THE ATTITUDE AGAINST SNOWBOARDING IN THIS ARTICLE IS LUDICROUS

[@goonigoogoo5868]

legend has it that mustache sits on his porch all day in the rocking chair. when the kids next door ball lands on his yard. he yells and take the ball. never to return it. legend has it.

[@JamesBiggar]

This is gold.

[@A6Legit]

Crazy how insufferable people seem just 3 decades or so ago.

[@justaperception8859]

no that’s snow

[@WtfYoutube_YouSuck]

@@A6Legit uh..you mean 3 seconds ago

[@chucknorris277]

Thought it was hot tub time machine

[@bradford_shaun_murray]

1:25 they're just smart alecs! 1:46 ...that was crazy close and dangerous woah !!!

[@oogrooq]

"They don't see our point, they only see their own point... tunnel vision of a sort." Says the guy who didn't see the snowboarders' point, only saw his own point and had tunnel vision.

[@joshaquatic6015]

He literally defined a disagreement and then named that as the cause for the disagreement. 😂😂😂

[@BH_71]

I recognized that irony as well. Classic example of when a person points a finger at somebody, they've got four more pointed back at themselves.

[@sumguy01]

But did you guys notice the rather pointed question by the reporter, proving this, right after he said it?

[@sausagewizard6975]

He had a nice mustache tho

[@SethMacLeod95]

Was hoping to find this posted after I heard that absurd comment. I’m sure this man struggled socially in his life lol “You go up politely to ask them to leave cause they’re endangering others and themselves and they lip you off” It doesent get more cringe than that. Poor guy

[@MrOhmygoditsben]

This video never gets old

[@jasongonzalez7409]

I am not sure how a movie has not been made about this yet.

[@bsn0730]

This is hilarious, it's incredible that this was a controversy at one point. Also, I love that they're calling them missiles and dangerous when all the boarders they showed were barely moving and barely able to stand up

[@ACESandElGHTS]

THEY'RE MISSLES! says local man with two spears strapped to his boots. Burton wisely got rid of that bullet shape though. If you want to see who won just take a look at shaped skis now.

[@wylfo]

Yeah, and it's like that most of the time, if u can't snowboard right most likely before catching dangerous speeds u'll catch an edge and fall, while on skiis u can way more easily get a lot of speed without turning and not fall

[@PeterKnagge]

This is the 80's, the real 80's. You should of heard the hoopla over CCTV's and multiculturalism... The only people that owned computers were businessmen and nerds. The only people that had tattoos were military, heavy metal musicians, and criminals (and wh0res).

[@jakedoyle2601]

@@ACESandElGHTS not trying to start an argument or anything but surprisingly, shaped skis were developed almost entirely separate from the influence of snowboarding. This video actually shows why, no ski companies wanted to listen to snowboarders. Elan introduced true side cut skis in the 90s, and changed racing forever. These were developed in Norway where artisans and craftsmen have been experimenting with ski shape and design for well over a hundred years. In the early 2000s, Shane McConkey developed the Volant Spatula which was the first true freestyle powder ski. This was the first ski to include reverse side cut, tip and tail rocker, twin tips, and a decambered profile. McConkey thought of all these innovations almost entirely on his own, an exception being that Scott Gaffney gave him the idea for a decambered ski. One of the only true innovations that snowboarding influenced was the Atomic Powderfat in 1988 (production name was the Powder Plus). The Powderfat was essentially an atomic snowboard that was cut in half and then made into a functioning pair of skis. However this did not catch on and was relatively forgotten about. So well snowboarding certainly didn’t detract from ski shape evolution, it also had a very minimal effect on it. The true effect of snowboarding was getting more people into freestyle skiing and to adopt a more relaxed approach to the sport. The effect snowboarding had on skiing culture, outside of ski design and technology, is absolutely immense. There’s a reason a lot of us freestyle skiers joke that snowboarding is the best the to ever happen to skiing 😂. Anyways if you read this whole history lesson I definitely appreciate it, as I’ll take any excuse to nerd out about skiing history 😂

[@Danilla229]

I really love americans , the most friendly ppl i've met. But this cultural phenomena to make up some crazy propagandistic things to trash something you don't like is crazy. They do it in a polite way though ^^

[@ivorysamoan]

"Skateboards, Skiboards whatever they're called"...XD

[@Raumance]

Doesn't matter they are all vandals.

[@-tr0n]

they're a got dang menace! they're always smokin the reefer too!

[@larryhoover718]

some of them have even had a little bit to drink.

[@Aquablue62]

they're like missiles

[@mettalboss5612]

he's just being stupid for the sake of being stupid at 0:34 he actually calls them snowboards

[@jimmyglea]

I was a kid living in Snowmass Village in the 80’s. My buddy and I both got snowboards for Christmas. We’d take them on the mountain after the slopes closed. Occasionally we’d get a ride from a cool snowcat driver…usually we’d take the shuttle to the top of the Village and hike uphill for a while. We really felt like we were getting away with something.

[@monroe2245]

Gold.. I hope this vid is archived for ever.

[@andrewcoleman7575]

No fucking brakes? Holy shit that is dangerous. Not like my skis with dual abs disc brakes amiright.

[@rodnederhood123]

lol!

[@magoobro]

They aren’t talking about breaks for when the person isn’t on the skis, when you step into a ski binding the breaks retract and when the binding is disengaged the breaks are applied, stopping runaway skis

[@andrewcoleman7575]

Maguire just bein silly mate

[@christianterrill3503]

Andrew Coleman my snowboard comes with anti lock breaks. I think ill do fine in the snow.

[@christianterrill3503]

Maguire whoosh that joke went right over your head....

[@miagolden2000]

“It’s like a missile... Most of them have no brakes on them”

[@thomasbh5223]

ski brakes are the things on the skiis where if you snap your boots onto the ski they come up, and come down like a couple of kickstands when theyre unsnapped. so the guy was talking about the possibility of snowboards without a rider going down the hill and slamming into someones shin or calf.

[@joskimengstrom2853]

@@thomasbh5223 Yeah, we know. Now explain what missile brakes are.

[@gerrywhelan5761]

So I would think they would have ABS today.

[@scottprodj]

Mine has air brakes. I need a special endorsement on my skiboard license.

[@Meeminator]

@@joskimengstrom2853 missile brakes are the object that the missile runs into, like an f-15 or someone's ankle bone.

[@martinoshinsky5713]

I am 53, my first time using a board was a little late in life (27) as boarding was frowned upon and really did not gain momentum until the early 90's. It took a few attempts until I was ale to grasp using a board but have not looked back. I guess if I was out west on a double diamond, I would put on a pair of ski's, but boarding is so much more rewarding.

[@salazam]

Dude, going down a double-d on a board is so much more terrifying and exhilaratingly awesome. Every time you 180 you pick up so much speed with the board pointed straight down the mountain. If you catch an edge and can't turn, you're screwed! The easiest way is usually to hop while making your turn.

[@nof9395]

This sort of discrimination has been going on for decades, I remember being so nervous coming out to my parents when I was 16 as a snowboarder, they were surprised but thankfully very supportive

[@StagnantMizu]

lol

[@sonnyca]

How long were you in the ski closet? 😂

[@PRYDAX]

bro really said coming out about snowboarding lmaooo

[@eddyp483]

Straight to boarder conversion therapy with me!

[@jonmoore1614]

half my family disowned me, my uncle hit on me for some reason.

[@piewert787]

“These snowboarders only see their own view, they can’t see ours” “Do you think you can make any compromises in the future?” “No.”

[@loganharris6379]

Piewert Present day liberals are like the skiers

[@Yourgurtisgood]

Vitalpoison 071 ironic

[@MrWhangdoodles]

@@loganharris6379 Then they aren't liberals. A tenant of liberalism is to listen to both sides and extract ideas to suit the governed and increase equality in front of the law. Ya didn't expect a philosophy lesson in this comments' section, eh?

[@tchrapko]

"Sir, could you define the word 'irony' for me please?" "No, and if you'll excuse me I have to get back to work stopping people sliding down this hill with two feet on one board instead of one foot each on two skinnier boards."

[@Robert-vm8cn]

Law of liberal resort skiing..get the fuck out of the way

[@hoemma]

The ski patrol guy from the 80s looks exactly like every snowboarder and coffee shop barista looks like TODAY in British Columbia.

[@patrickbertlein4626]

I was just reading Sapolsky's chapter in the book Behavior on Us vs Them ideology, and this fits perfectly. Like I almost want to be a teacher just to share that chapter and this video together.

[@Stanger182]

That’s right. No skier has ever had a drink or some lip

[@bretthepler722]

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[@patrickploucha2118]

Well I can honestly say I never had a drink while skiing. Aside from that one time that is and the time before that and all the times before that and in 3 weeks when I'm at crystal mountain. But those fewish times that's it!

[@badasswood]

Only boarders and skaters drink, and lip off, look at that music they all listen to, and those tattoos, and mohawks, dead giveaway they're only out to do bad... lol... too bad those bone heads all had posters of glen plake and Scott schmidt on their office walls, but never looked at them when talking about us...lol!

[@hibikimaiku]

@@patrickploucha2118 crystal mountain, Michigan?! Haha

[@vibes3360]

Yeah as if cocaine isn't going on on the slops

[@mordantvistas4019]

Somebody needs to find mustache guy and interview him today.

[@Cocolade]

Mordant Vistas 😂

[@canuck81]

Mordant Vistas fuck yeah. I'd love to see that.

[@moncorp1]

He owns the world's biggest snowboard company.

[@lmcc8798]

He definitely rides. Still won’t wear a helmet tho

[@PerryCuda]

Found - William Macy in Boogie Nights.

[@steam.bricks3561]

Two years later, I started to learn snowboarding as one of the first in Austria and we struggled with similar prejudices and problems. In the very first days, we were not allowed to use the skilift and only to boarding on the beginners hill. But a few time later we got an big advantage: We run a Skiing Week from our Technical Highschool and our coaches this days were a Europe champion and a State champion and with this reputable Background the local skiing operators have to rethink and we could use the whole environment. Funfact: Our group was always the sensation on the slopes and we felt slightly like young savage stars... ;-) Only few years later, Snowboarding was not more a Trend or fringe sport. So I am a little bit proud to say, that I know this pioneer era by myself... ;-))

[@heatherlynn2695]

gets better every time you watch it

[@chrisod22]

My father served in the great skier/snowboarder war of 1985. He once said "We lost a lot of good men on those slopes." Other than that he never spoke of it. After he died I found some of his old lift tickets in a trunk in the attic. Never knew he was a decorated hero. Thank you for your service, gents. War is hell.

[@texaswunderkind]

And yet there is no memorial for him anywhere. #HEROES

[@MyMomsADadNow]

Well played, sir.

[@victorstiles8946]

o7

[@JV_DC]

I laughed out loud (And I never laugh).

[@val4803]

LOL

[@maxrez74]

Ahh, the newest of the California fads. I'm sure skiboarding or whatever will go away

[@WindveilGT]

Just like all the other fads will go away lmao

Whateva happened there!!!

[@seanmurphy4465]

Try burton snow boards Vermont.. NOT California origination.... come on news... get it right

[@reedtarted1932]

Yeah they look dumb

[@sirving1297]

Just like those other fads of tattoos, piercings, and skateboards, they will slip into obscurity until no one remembers what in the hell any of them even are.

[@richardredhead]

Alpine Meadows was a great place to ski in the 80's and 90's. They were the last place in CA to allow snowboarding, in 1997. Like many others at the time. I thought it was a gigantic mistake. My son was 13 in 1997, and was already an expert skier, with 10 years of experience. He took to boarding like a duck to water, and within a season or two, was passing up dear old dad, even though I was a youthful and athletic 45. Twenty-five years later, it's the same story, even though he now only gets to ride 3 or 4 days a year, and I regularly get in 10X that in retirement. Ahaaaaah, youth!

[@tomlangdonec]

going on my first session on the slopes tomorrow, I'm deciding between ski or board. this makes me want to choose boarding.

[@iSm1lez]

Legend has it that he's still in those mountains observing Smart Alecs in their natural habitat.

[@Rickilicious]

those hooligans are still lippin' off too

[@Mckillax]

I wish this was still the type of thing ppl complained about compared to today's arguments

[@MikeJones-jj7pf]

🤣🤣

[@MrKjg2388]

Lmao!!!!!!!!

[@n8sfolly]

"They don't see our point, they only see their own point, and it's sort of ah tunnel vision of a sort." Good to see confession through projection, and lack of self awareness aren't new things.

[@Remykapel]

by design, unfortunately....

[@JonnyHavens]

To be fair, that's true for both sides of virtually any argument.

[@robdee81]

Reminds me of the attitude towards unvaccinated trucker horn honkers.

[@frankreyes3301]

"confession through projection" new punk band name😅...CTP for short

[@JoseGranny]

Truth be told

[@patrickaker4380]

Happy I can say I grew up The Greatest Generation. Front lines in the ski/snowboard war.

[@thegreatgiginthesky387]

I love everything about this video!!! Thanks for the upload…Watched it at least a dozen times…🤙🏽❤️🏂

[@ukaszpospiech3817]

"...Most of them have no brakes on them" 🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelw6277]

“MY WAY OF FALLING DOWN A HILL WITH BOARDS STRAPPED TO MY FEET IS SUPERIOR TO YOUR WAY OF FALLING DOWN A HILL WITH A BOARD STRAPPED TO YOUR FEET”

[@RileyDia]

"Gee Bill! Why does Mom let you have two boards?"

[@thenoteworthy1298]

At high speeds, don’t forget high speeds

[@rickybobby1055]

This had me rolling. Thanks

[@JakeBor]

You don't have to yell.

[@michaelw6277]

@@JakeBor I'M SORRY I'M JUST REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT FALLING DOWN HILLS WITH THE PROPER NUMBER OF BOARDS STRAPPED TO MY FEET

[@jacobdeakins1464]

Lived this. Been boarding for 30+ years. I remember when my local resorts started allowing snowboarding for the first time. We had to demonstrate to ski patrol on the bunny hill that we could turn-right, left and stop. Then we would get our “ski-boarder” card which would allow us to get a lift ticket.

[@Tomn8er]

Aw gee, a real-life ski-boarder card??? You're a legend!

[@robinnshaw]

wow

[@Artyomthewalrus]

Makes sense. I made the mistake of getting to the top of a ski hill my first time snowboarding, only to find out I couldn't turn. I was aggressively competent at stopping though. I think it must've taken an hour to get down

[@artgarfunkelsgingerfro2886]

Ha. Same. I remember that there was 1 hill within 500km that allowed it. We'd go there once in awhile... but mostly it was finding our own hills and building jumps. When some of the hills slowly let snowboarders on I remember the verbal abuse being thrown our way from skiers. I was a punk, skateboarder kid... so I kind of leaned into it.

[@xxuncexx]

fair enough

[@n0denz]

I like how the Ski Patrol has shades and a stache.

[@jaredsilvers2782]

Fantastic slice of history right here.

[@nudetaynehatwobble]

*SEE YOU ALL IN 10 YEARS WHEN THIS GETS RECOMMENDED AGAIN*

[@elliotking3318]

HAVE A GREAT DECADE MATE!

[@Iuliancik]

Haha, true story

[@atomulic]

Wtf ur in every single video

[@nudetaynehatwobble]

Mosquito it’s my recommended

[@nudetaynehatwobble]

Griffin Dale lol

[@bighoss240]

as a skier... this is painful to watch

[@jaynoneofyourbiz3563]

But its fucking hilarious🤣 Hot tub time machine

[@jaynoneofyourbiz3563]

@burteriksson watch the movie dude.. lol

[@obeb787]

Lol these were the millenials of their time

[@vybhavkandadai2989]

D. Feliciano how were these the millennials? Millennials would be the snowboarders, trying something new. The skiers would be the older generation, afraid and against the new/unknown.

[@obeb787]

@@vybhavkandadai2989 yeah thats what i tried to say!

[@thedudeabides7652]

Every generation in every aspect has these phases of fearing change. I've done it myself and said "I remember when......." and " I wish they would start doing .....again ". Change is hard for most. Nostalgia is hindering sometimes.

[@jfman30]

Snowboarder and skateboarder in these ages (I was young) but I remember society not wanting me around. I was a misfit to them. Glad we paved the way to today's fun hobbies

[@solarcutgems]

(Skier) "Do you snowboard or ski?" (Snowboarder) "I snowboard" (Skier) "Ah, but you have no breaks and you can't see behind you" [Awkward silence]

[@chaseallen4352]

Mark hahahaha this killed me! The logic there is amazing

[@d33rub16]

not that funny no offense

[@chaseallen4352]

iFishWithClickBait RBLX you gotta be either mustache porno ski patroller guy or his son with all that salt, boomer

[@Halloweenharen]

@@chaseallen4352 toxic gamer

[@chaseallen4352]

Bruno Bruno lol ok boomer

[@reynolds619]

That dude definitely pizzas when he should be French frying.

[@cvandy2252]

"You're gonna have a bad time"

[@zachf9464]

That makes me a sad panda

[@leostraker3494]

no cap

[@Z7Sakari]

You’re making me want to go back and rewatch Psych my dude 😉

[@stephenrhodes5674]

He’s ganna have a baaaad time

[@txexmxiii2125]

How far we have come !💗

[@kempersnowboards]

We'd love to interview these guys again today. Haha!! I wondering if they'd lip us off?

[@badm.d]

"its tunnel vision", "do you see any compromise?" "NO"

[@helengilley4578]

ironic as hell

[@newleaf5354]

"Most of them have no brakes on them". That's weird my snowboard comes with full ABS system

[@HaloDude557]

Must be a newer model with the computers. Mine has brakes but no traction control so I always slide into skiers and kill them.

[@danstalter]

I bought the Burton performance package with the carbon ceramic brake rotors.......works like a charm.

[@james.telfer]

Don't forget the spring out sycthes for when you need to 'carve' your way to the front of the lift queue 💀💀💀💀

[@unintelligentcomedy8549]

I'm old fashioned. I use ole' drum brakes. My vegan cousin keeps telling me "oh, go electric, the you get regen brakes and they're more powerful yada yada yada!". She also talks about self boarding hands free snow boards. What's next? Some kind of, pneumatic air brake!?! Ha! Give me a 'brake!

[@raympet]

You guys realize he is talking about the sticks that go down in the snow when you disconnect the boots from the ski right?? It is to stop the skis from running down the mountain by themselves when you fall.

[@april7_DDG]

Love this videos authentic age, even got burn in old video from sun or some bright light, I bet it is not a filter! 😂

[@tensor120]

... many years later, "Now, we have no skiers, they all have snowboards!" People were stuck in time in the late 80s and 90s. I was born '87 and can just remember how complacent yet annoyed with all the new fads.

[@mat.b.]

I remember being a kid in Canada in the 90s, my parents telling me to quit snowboarding and go back to skiiing. "What are you going to do when you're an adult, snowboard? Dont be ridiculous. What if you're with your co-workers, no one will respect you."

[@jamesbenz3228]

As a native Floridian, there's so many layers of weird there

[@aluisious]

I honestly can't figure out how some idiot can't see that tying one thing to each foot and tying one thing to both feet to slide down a snowy hill is the same shit.

[@mat.b.]

@@aluisious next you're going to say waterskiing and wake boarding are basically the same thing

[@pinetreeYT]

so, in Canada, you hang out with coworkers at the ski resort?

[@vadimnesen8060]

They both can be used downhill but skiing can be used around town if theres snow. So 2 diff applications

[@drheud1512]

just imagine going back in time with our modern equipment and totally kick ass

[@vladiinsky]

You couldn't go up the lift haha

[@Phantom4Flyer]

Keenan Shaw so we splitboard walk up

[@dias007]

Split board and ride the lift.

[@charlesaldrich7548]

Yup discover america and become everyone living god. If the defy me use modern weapons to keep them under control. Use the weapon of modern politics and baking to control the masses. Teach my lineage to do the same so my family tree can stay in power for thousands of years. Disappear in my forties and tell them I will return after I unleash a plague upon the earth call it covid-19. That's when they will know I will re-appear. Of course between you and I here on KZbin all I really did was ti.e travel. They won't know what hit them. Muahahaha!!!!

[@nefariousjohnson8851]

...just like when they teleported back to '85 in Hot Tub Time Machine...rippin in Fernie

[@Hoch134]

It's amazing that nowaday people are way more open to new sports, trends or technology. This would be a hard time if people like in this video existed.

[@ChrisSanders30]

I would love it if they could find this guy their interviewing and interview him today to see if he has a different POV.

[@jacquesdemolay5171]

1985: the year that disc brakes were finally introduced for skies. This man makes some solid points.

[@ledrhino13]

"They can't see behind them" WOW.

[@littleice112]

Wswxsx

[@treatb09]

I think breaks not brakes? As in the ski can separate from the foot and prevent contortion.

[@JAMaxeRestoration]

I was so happy when the disc brakes came out in 85. I can't imagine going back to the old rope around the waist with a cinder block on the other end.

[@kiwishamoo6494]

True, the drum brakes on my first pair used to fade terribly by the end of the day

[@matttatts]

It’s true, I’m a snow missiler and I basically just go to the hill to smart Alec and ride with no breaks.

[@chrishansen4455]

@matttatts Don't forget to lip people off.

[@ThoosieJP]

Skiers are bullets mostly the little kids they bomb down from the top dont know how to turn and fall or do pizza

[@tor1527]

matttatts 😂😂😂😂same

[@chrisonion3127]

I bet you're drunk too.

[@samr8515]

Skiers are 2 missiles😂

[@Malikor]

Lol, that last guy: "-They don't see our point they only see their own point -Do you see any compromise in the future at all? - No."

[@bingfannumberone]

awesome upload bro

[@MattNeufy]

Crazy to think that kid has to be in his early 50’s by now

[@anon5826]

He was already acting like he was 50 in this video...

[@tellemgangbang6540]

Naw more like 40s

[@mitchellmitchell6938]

Life flys by bro

[@TheJammal1]

doesn't have to be could be dead

[@yorkiepit]

@@TheJammal1 Snowboarding accident?

[@ThisGuyRides]

I knew Ned Flanders was a good skier, but had no idea he was a Ski Patrol

[@jimbochoo3316]

Snowboards are the creation of the Devil!

[@propanedaddy5577]

Feels like I'm wearin' nothin' at all! Nothin' at all!

[@ThisGuyRides]

@@propanedaddy5577 Stupid sexy Flanders!

[@mycostipe2581]

@@propanedaddy5577 stupid sexy Flanders

[@maxmarks3503]

Stupid sexy ski instructor