Snowboard and Ski Tensions May Be Gone

Ski and Snowboard Industry sources in the past have picked up on the tension between skiers and snowboarders on the slopes - however new reports say it now seems as though the relationship is improving.

When interviewed a 23 yr old snowboarder said, "As long as you're out there and having a good time on the hill, then that's what it's all about. I think a lot of older people are skiers, but I even see them yelling at other younger skiers about this and that. So I think maybe those kind of people still want there to be a feud, but I don't think it's there."

It's been observed that skiers and snowboard riders now mingle and hang out together in terrain parks. Over a ten years ago, snowboarders in Lake Tahoe didn't even have many resorts at which to ride their snowboards. Now they have there is a hotel just for snowboarders there. Currently there are only four resorts left in the country that don't allow snowboarding. They are: Taos, Deer Valley and Alta in Utah, and Mad River Glen in Vermont.

The resort in California to sell a lift ticket to a snowboarder was reportedly Donner Ski Ranch in Truckee in 1980. The first national snowboard race was held in 1982 in Woodstock, Vermont - giving the sport credibility and fueling its poplularity.

Some say snowboarding has opened up new avenues for skiers - like terrain parks where both snowboards and skis are welcome. It is also suggested that snowboard technology has been applied to ski design and the creation of new fatter shape skis that you can do more with.