| In the early 80s, less than 10% of all
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| | discrimination, on a par with sexism and
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| ski resorts in the USA permitted access
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| | racism, and is something which should
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| to snowboarders. Nowadays, just 4
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| | have been stamped out long ago.
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| anti-snowboard resorts remain. As
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| | Indeed, the skier-snowboarder rivalry has
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| snowboarding entered the main stream -
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| | for the large part disappeared from the
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| going from a renegade fad to becoming an
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| | slopes of the world. Anyone who has spent
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| Olympic sport - resorts across the world
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| | extended time skiing or snowboarding can
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| have embraced snowboarding customers.
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| | tell you that whatever animosity once
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| And why not? Skiing was getting stale,
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| | existed has long since faded, and the
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| and snowboarding was attracting a whole
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| | only place the feud still manifests
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| new generation of snow sports enthusiasts
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| | itself is in the pages of tabloid type
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| who had no previous interest in the
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| | media which seek to stir up a story
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| two-plank discipline. The more
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| | whenever a skier and snowboarder have any
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| foresightful ski resorts quickly realised
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| | type of collision on the slope. The truth
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| that by promoting snowboarding, and
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| | in these matters is almost always
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| building areas called terrain parks which
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| | invariably down to fact that one or both
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| had specially made jumps, they could reap
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| | were beginners, rather than having
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| the financial rewards. It wasn't long
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| | anything to do with their chosen snow
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| before the idea spread to other resorts
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| | sport.
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| and people realised that rather than
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| | No one knows how long the slopes, ski
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| being a fad to be shunned, snowboarding
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| | chalets and hotels in Salt Lake City will
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| was a cash cow waiting to be milked.
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| | be waiting for snowboarders to arrive,
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| But Alta, a renowned ski resort in Utah's
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| | but for the foreseeable future, Alta is
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| Salt Lake City, remains strongly opposed
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| | sticking to its snow guns and remains the
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| to the snowboard movement and in doing
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| | last line of defence for die-hard skiers,
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| so, has become a bone of contention in
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| | who still pine for the time when the
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| snowboarding circles, yet worshipped by
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| | slopes were free of the 'reckless
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| many of the older skier generation, in
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| | snowboard hoodlum'; the fact that Alta
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| equal zeal. Snowboarders' opinions vary
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| | have just brought out a new
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| from bitterness to apathy; some don't
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| | "no-snowboarders" t-shirt suggests that
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| care and are happy to take their business
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| | the two-planks brigade have no plans to
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| elsewhere; yet for others, Alta's
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| | change their skiers-only policy any time
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| reluctance to modernise, represents an
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| | soon.
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| almost politically incorrect
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