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I ride a lot with a group of friends that are hard core skiiers, like ski bum kinda guys. We are all really good friends, but I'm the only person in their little “club” that is a snowboarder..so of course I get tons of teasing about the whole evil snowboarder thing. I usually have a comeback for their teasing but the other day they said something that I'm not sure of…that snowboarders push the snow off the trails. Something like an average snowboarder pushes 50 times more snow off the mountain than a skiier does. So I was wondering if anyone thinks this is true or not or has ever heard this before? Thanks!
I think they just mean beginners in general. I think a skier doing the “snowplow” pushes a lot of snow too. I mean look at the name of the move. To their credit, they do push the snow to the right and the left, whereas beginner boarders usually push to the downhill side. Yeah, OK, newbie knuckle-draggers DO push a lot of snow off the trail and it IS annoying for everyone. But also consider the following:1) You Rowan certainly do not push snow off the trail since you are not a nub.2) If these guys are so “hard core” shouldn't they be skiing parts of the mountain where beginners dare not to tread?LOL, when I am on a lift with skiers and they start complaining about snowboarders, I just join right in and agree with them. They totally don't expect it. By the top of the lift ride, they usually have my respect, and if not, I just ride
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