I am a New Yorker but I am in Utah every year to snowboard and do a little splitting as well and I fully support the opening of Alta for boarding simply because it’s Federal land and my taxes go the Federal Government. I would be happy to donate to cause. I poached Alta with my son-in-law . On the way down the slopes we were met with cheers :clap: and jeers 😡 and a few looks of 😯 what the heck was that.. The Ski Patrol caught up with us in the parking lot and gave us a half hearted talking to and ended it by saying that we should be able to board there. Honestly I am just tired of different groups of people nowadays that think they are special and Alta skiers are one of those groups. Ok enough rambling.

Sign me up F*&K Alta

Did the whole split ski thing at the Ski Salt Lake Shootout a couple years ago. Went in thinking I was such a badass, came away thinking the skiers can have Alta. So. Many. Traverses. Good riddance!

@Powder_Rider wrote:

lawsuit claims Alta dislikes snowboarders for their allegedly reckless skiing, inconsiderate attitude, baggy clothes and their overuse of such words as “gnarly” and “radical”

I feel discriminated by Alta’s policy by a stereotype of snowboarder counter-culture that in my case is not true!

I KNOW!!!

Totally not true for me either.

I mean, I don’t have 2 Go Pros, but I am a very safe and conscientious snowboarder. I make sure to always use a compass, avalanche transceiver, extending shovel, headlamp, safety harness, map, and self arrest tool anywhere I go snowboarding.

I made a very deliberate point last weekend (1/25) to demonstrate to the Alta community just how safe snowboarders can be these days. We snowboarders LOVE to ride on flat groomers!

The ski patrol was really skeptical though, so I had to show them that snowboarders can also ski when asked to fit in with the rest of the conservatives.

At the end of the day, the resort patrollers agreed. Snowboarders are safe, conscientious people who do not say such things as “gnarly” or “radical.” Indeed, “GIVETH US FREE!!!!”

Thanks to Tarbs/Oceanman for the photos 😀 😆

Amazeballs. You sir are a hero.

And the first entry for Post of the Year 2014 is on the books.
Well done SchralphMacchio.

@WhitePine wrote:

@CascadEagan wrote:

Has anyone ever gotten on the alta lifts in split/tour mode and then assembled and ridden down in board mode?

I would really enjoy seeing some snowboarding at alta this winter, especially with all the attention these blue blood, old school, elitists are getting.

Maybe a coordinated split board attack on alta?

I’ve talked to some guides who have ridden up on the lifts in tour mode. Then let them as long as they are only accessing the backcountry.

Jake Burton sent a challenge out to people to film snowboarders poaching skier-only resorts. One of my good friends put together a video. They dropped in by ducking a rope at Snowbird while wearing never-nude cutoffs and gave suckers to all the skiers. It was pretty funny.

I think I may have figured out how embed youtube videos for once.
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