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so brit-gob, what are you saying ?
i've worked at two resorts - smaller resorts
and talked with alot of people. The resorts
do just fine. They set it up so that they
break even with the winter break crowd alone.
The rest is profit. Now granted that might
not be true for all resorts - but it's the
standard investment and return model.
The resorts certainly have the cash to update
their facilities, but will not do so, unless
the resort down the road gets the new detachable
quad or new chalet.
And are you saying we shouldn't complain, or
organize some type of mail-out ? Why would
you advocate us to remain silent ? The ski
resorts' desire is to make money, so they have
to cater to their customers' wants. By
complaining, or expressing our wants in print,
we make the resorts more informed sellers.
and what is this argument that it is so
complicated, like there are all these
mysterious forces that the owners have to
deal with. Starting a resort is a piece of
cake. There's a guy in California, who this
year, opened up his very own backcountry
resort for less than $1million US. At
the bigger resort I worked at, the owner
never even showed up. He was too busy
running his other business, and counting his
money. And as for added hassle & costs
maintaining an extra trail - think about it.
Move the ropes, remove any rocks & logs, and
send the grooming cat through (or in this
case, don't).
and as for contro, saying that powder-chasers
make up a very small minority, thats BS.
what was membership up to in that double-
black diamond club ? something like 1000
in only 2 years and little to no promotion ?
[This message has been edited by barok (edited 31 January 2002).]
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i don't get it. . .
are you Mexican or Australian ?
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insoles and all that junk wont help you.
they will hurt you more than help you,
as anything you change will change the
position of your foot in the boot and the
angle of your foot over the board.
i hate to say it, but what you need are
stiffer, better boots.
i used to have all kinds of heellift
problems, but then i got some decent boots
(DC Revolution 2), now no more heellift,
and I'm not using my ankles to turn either.
and yes heellift is a serious problem, you
can get some nasty cramps in your arches.
now no heel lift
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I'm with the complainers and the pow'ers
on this one.
and not to rail on ron mc'd too hard, but
I'm sure he is a marketer. After all it's
people in the market who I'm constantly
complaining to.
When I think about the service that gets
provided at just about any business -
restaurants, car washes, credit card co's,
telephone co's, banks, mechanics, etc. etc.
I ALWAYS HAVE TO COMPLAIN . . .
in order to get the service that I desire
(the service I'm paying for)
Think about it, how many times have you been
on the phone with someone in marketing, or
face to face with some manager, and it's
always "no we can't do that for you, sorry"
but if you complain loud and long enough,
you always seem to get your way - right?
Market peoples' bottom line is always to
get your dollar, and give you as little as
possible (including their time). Sometimes
a simple rational argument or request gets
you what you want, sometimes you need to
explain your side, and sometimes you just
have to b!tch.
I wish it didn't have to be so difficult,
but the complaining works in so many
situations:
when you didn't want cheese on your pasta.
when you don't want to pay that $25 bad check fee, or $20 late fee
(not because you weren't at fault, but because it's too much money for chrissakes)
when you don't have phone service for 4 months, but they want to charge you anyway.
when they try to charge you for repairs on broken equipment they installed - that should be under warranty anyway.
and yes, you gotta complain when there is untouched waist deep powder on a navigable slope.
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i can jump soooo high. . ..
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redundant I know, but do they have a decent
1/2 pipe ?
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damm!t and I didn't even get to see the
original one-liner.
well you should take a bow, cuz that's
100 posts.
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thanks, much. i was beginning to think
nobody would throw me a bone. i figured
that it must get kinda crowded being so
close to the city.
also good to know about the shuttles,
after all the reading I had done, I didn't
know that.
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anyone have any thoughts on this resort ?
how close is it to downtown nagano ?
i did a search but could find no opinions
on this resort.
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i'm a little late with this reply,
but it's hard to keep up with the
threads when they mooove this fast.
plus i'm like 8 hours behind you guys/gals.
a freestyle board is snappier and has
quicker edge to edge, and is also lighter.
you just dispense with the longjohns, ditch
the jacket, put on a long-sleeve t-shirt
and you can spin and flex and bop around
with ease. a freestyle board will really
help you out in the pipe. it just really
makes turning and popping easier. you will
want to trim your edges back though - see
one of the chairman's articles - i forget
which one.
i am currently riding a Never Summer Premier.
it's a super stiff freeride board, and my
on-hill progression is great, but it is
taking me forever to get any speed or snap
in the pipe. so i got me a burton dragon,
but i really need to master a few things
before i feel worthy enough to ride it.
if you must buy a freeride board, i would
recommend something exotic. .. . Nofakie
had a good idea with the swallowtail, but
winterstick makes the original swallowtail,
and for cheaper www.winterstick.com
or get the lib-tech doughboy shredder 193
now that's a longboard. http://www.lib-tech.com/boards/index.html
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homes, you need a freestyle board.
both your supermodel and your 550 are
freeride boards all the way. Your
supermodel floats throught the powder
and your 550 eats up the crud. why would
you get another freeride board ? ?
get a freestyle board like a burton dragon
(i'm selling one (shameless promotion))
or if you like sallys, a dan frzanck.
you simply don't neeeed 3 freeride boards,
unless you like riding on rocks.
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Ohhh rach, you neeed helmets allright,
When I look at the American Sports
stars that get paid millions to
get their headz bashed in, I shudder to
think that I could share the same fate.
A whole lot of these guys have serious
central nervous system problems for life
in the boxing world
Mohammed Ali can't even talk
Mike Tyson shouldn't be allowed to talk
Evander Holyfield is getting dumber by the day
in the football world
Packers receiver Sterling Sharpe lost his career to a neck injury
Cowboys Quarterback Troy Aikman can't play anymore because he kept getting concussions
and those are just the highest profile injuries -
the champs who despite rising above all competition
had to hang it up due to CNS injury.
In the snowboarding world, not a week goes by
that I don't read a story about some kid who
overshot a landing, hit a tree, or missed a
road gap
(This most recent edition of Transworld Snow
(which featured Japan btw) featured a letter by parents of a kid in
Alaska who tried to hit a road gap and died
instead)
I guess It's alot like the backcountry, you
make your bed and you lie in it, but I would
rather not become a parapalegic, or get
Parkinson's disease, from a broken neck or
too many whacks on the ol' mellon.
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well I would definately have to disagree
with what you say is boarders trying too
hard. fact is. . . most boarders don't
have the cash flow that skiers do (evidence
for this is the price of skis, bindings,
and boots compared to the price of a board,
boots and bindings - you can pay over 1000 US
for a pair of skis alone, while boards
top out at around 550 US) so instead of the
neon green, pink and blue matching pants and
parka, or the skin-tight one piece with the
fur lining, alot of boarders bring their
streatwear to the hill.
I think the street fashion is a roots thing.
boarders are way more punk-rock than skiers
ever were. in the early days, boarders were
allowed at only a few of the major resorts
anywhere, then it was poor grubby kids
trying to clip lift tix
in the parking lots, boarders walking up
the hills, or in some cases (loveland
pass, colorado being a famous example) taking turns trucking each other up the hill.
While there is certainly big money in the
board fashion today, boarders were on their
own for a long time. skiers always had
poshy rich european companies to market
fashions, and olympic athletes to test them.
snowboarders have had to do it themselves
all along the way. so the fashion is wayyy
more individualistic and progressive. I
still make alot of my own boardwear.
but hey, if you like lining the pockets
of rich euros who tell you what to wear,
that's just fine.
i really don't pay attention
to what the skiers are wearing when I fly
by them.
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QUOTE:
Was just wondering,..seen a few comments about ski fashions on this board (first time posting! been reading for 2 years.....) from boarding dudes and was just wondering about the boarding dude fashion and what they all thought about that and why it's so much better than
I don't get this question.
monkeyz, you don't finish your sentence.
What are you trying to say here ?
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(burton)red's helmetX
&
giro flint
are both solid and stylish
(burton)red's skycap is
more stylish and less solid
that's my 2 cents
[This message has been edited by barok (edited 21 January 2002).]
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what went on at the Core games ? ?
that's not the first time I've heard
something mentioned, but nobody's ever
said what happened ?
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jest get a snowboard.
you'll thank yourself.
most people who leave the sticks behind
for a snowboard, never go back.
myself included. after the first day
of riding, I never picked up skis again.
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Duuuude. . .
this topic passed the 100 mark. . .
that's craaaaaazy. . .
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i am a mutant assassin android. . .
it's a pretty sweet gig.
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What are shaped skis ?
When I skied (7-10 years ago) there were
no shaped skiis (I think).
I'm familiar with twintip skis, but what
is the deal with shaped ?
Are they relatively new ?
Are they better ?
Does everybody use them ?
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i disagree. if you look at the
pictures, most of these fools don't
even wear helmets, or anything that
would add the slightest amount of
weight or hinder mobility in any way.
i don't think its a good idea, but
it's really up to each individual to
protect themselves, and to take
responsibility when they wreck
themselves. most injuries are easily
preventable.
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ahh yes the dreaded frontside 270 to
buttcheek plant. i've had at least one
friend fall victim to this painful of
painful injuries. seems the injury might
be more common than you think, Ocean11.
I'm not convinced that the pants would prevent it though, unless the asspad
stretches all the way across the back.
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yeah my mistake.
i'm not used to the metric system.
40 m would be about 120 feet, which
is huge.
my cliff was more like 25 feet,
only 8 or 9 meters.
duh.
learning Japanese
in General off-topic discussions
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so I'm taking introductory Japanese. I
think I'll be able to get around after the
intro course. But how easy or difficult is
it to pick up the language once in Japan.
How long till yah can talk good ?