I've been snowboarding for 15 years, and I have seen all kinds of ****wits and ******bags, both on one plank and two. Only the tele folks have been universally mellow. Skiers tend to cut other skiers slack, and snowboarders do the same. Everyone has a certain xenophobia that I don't understand. The way I snowboard is similar to the way I mountain bike:
- with friends [all disciplines]
- away from crowds
- in the trees
- never in the park
I long to snowboard with my friends on a hill devoid of others, with no man-made structures or jumps anywhere [other than the lift and the lodge
]. The skies would be clear, the powder arcing over my head, the blood rushing in my ears...