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Originally Posted by island911
Nice vid cp. Takes me back...
Burton Backhill boards and all... squirrely as sht.
I was building composite snowboards in the late 70's (14-15 y/o) with Boeing surplus honeycomb.
My builds were also squirrely as sht. Even in powder. But at least they were lighter for the trek up hill, since there was NO way they would let me up the lift with it.
I concluded skis are MUCH better.
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Actually in CO to ski for a couple of weeks. Yee Ha
A buddy and I started building Snurfers in the late '70's, Made a bunch of them and sold them here and there. Great fun as we had some local hills that were steep, long and had too many trees for other toys like sleds.
Met Jake Burton at the National Snurfing Championships in '78 or '79. We were very interested in each other's boards. We see where his went..
Never made the switch to boarding but have always felt it would not take long to pick up. Too freaking old now to even consider. My goal every ski season is no flops and that sure wouldn't be the case on a board.
Thanks to boarders as they have saved a lot of Mom and Pop ski areas from shutting their doors. By and large, they seem much better behaved that inthe early years when they had the rebel image.