J has taken up a new hobby in the recent years after growing up a California boy – surfing and skateboarding all over SoCal. He has taken an interest in snowboarding. We are watching Standard Snowboard Show – episode “Tahoe Early Days” and we heard the best line ever. Snowboarder about skier “People really think I could take a guy seriously when he’s standing there yelling at me with super tight pants?” Snowboarding has only been a widely practiced sport for the last decade or so. Back in the 80’s and 90’s, skiers would look down on snowboarders. Hardcore skiers that were heavy mountain riders appreciated snowboarders, but the “weekend warriors” couldn’t stand them. In Squaw Valley, they didn’t even allow snowboarders on the mountain until the 1989-1990 season. The first few years were rough for the shredders because people didn’t understand the sport and only the heavy hitters of skiing appreciated this new take on mountain riding and the talent these young men had. Lake Tahoe was the birth place of free style snowboarding. They created small half pipes and had all the guys with video cameras really taping the action. It was nowhere near the magnitude these athletes have taken the sport to today.
