Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!utah-cs!hansen From: hansen@utah-cs.UUCP (Chuck Hansen) Newsgroups: net.rec.ski Subject: Re: snowboarding Message-ID: <2543@utah-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 1-Mar-84 09:48:49 EST Article-I.D.: utah-cs.2543 Posted: Thu Mar 1 09:48:49 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Mar-84 00:22:22 EST References: hpfclk.90700003 Lines: 17 Snowboarding has been going on the Wasatch Range outside of Salt Lake of quite some time. To my knowledge, there are two major makers, Winter-stick (based in Salt Lake) and Burton Board (based in Vermont(?)) The Winter-Stick folks are moving their headquarters to France because of the increased interest the Europeans seem to have for this sport. The major difference between Burton's and Winter Sticks is that Burton Boards have metal runners on the bottom (Vermont conditions no-doubt) and Winter-sticks don't. I've seen plenty of these here at Alta going down most intermediate runs without any trouble. See the fall issue of Powder ... it features these critters. To me, it looks like the insane sport of skate boards without the scraped elbows. Chuck Hansen