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MANY PEOPLE believe youth violence
will be reduced because teens can now
anonymously report gang activities through
the new gang hotline numbers. Others
believe the media has made youth violence
seem worse than it is, What do yuu think?

Would you cal] the gang hotlines?

Mind altering sport of snowboarding is just plain fun, folks!

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BAD LATELY THAT EVE

“PECIDED TO FILE AN

OFFICIAL PROTEST AND

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BLIND SIDE 360s, fate
spins, shifties, leans, half
cabs, nose bonks,. mellons,
cross rockets (ya right!).

These and many more are some
of. the. tricks involved ‘in
snowboarding:. Some of the: ter-
rains ridden are’ trees, stumps,
logs, rocks, ’knolls; walls, roofs,
and automobiles. © ©

Snowboardiny is a’ mind- -alter-
ing sport.

Snowboarding is one of the
fastest growing sports. in the
world, and is catching up with the
ski industry quite quickly. Just: a
few years ago, you would hardly

see. any snowboarders on the .
slopes. Now almost 30% ‘of the.

people on the hills are boarders.
When] first started snowboar-

ding, my parents were, saying it

was more dangerous than skiing

and very limited, but’ ‘once I:
. started, 1 found the exact Op-

posite.

On a board you can ride. on
almost anything, catch air on the
smallest bump. and find carving
{turning} exhilarating. The capa-
bilities ‘of . snowboarding seem
limitless. :

One part about boarding that’
really bothers me is the way that
we are treated — like. tow lifes.
For one reason or another some

_ skiers and ‘ski patrollers ‘take. it

upon themselves to cut off,. put
down or just be belligerent to us
boarders.

An Argyle secondary’ school
student in Grade 12, Kevin, 17, -is
interested in .rock climbing, cycl-.
ing, and snowboarding.. ‘He likes:
powder sn snow and good music.

' | have’ heard, snowboarders
general have a bad attitude.:

BB: 17: ES:
snowboarders on the mountains as:
long as they realize that they don’t
own the hill and we are _all-here,to

have fun. So fet’s get along.””

A.B, 17; “In. my opinion
snowboarders ‘will ‘take over: the.
mountains because skiing is not as
functional and we, get more. use.
out of the Mountain. “on ou
boards.” _

Every ‘year for the last three
years, there has been a drastic. in:

S.B.,. 17: ‘Grouse’ Mountain, . crease‘ inthe, production: and ‘sale

for example, has special. regula-
lions against snowboarders which —
provoke reactions. A vicious circle
of hostility is formed.” * ‘

One reason - for : some | skiers’

hostility towards snowboarders is’
explained in a quote | got from a
boarder on ‘one of the ‘local
slopes. — “

K.S., 18: “Skiers are just jeal-
ous. because snowboarders. have
more fun.” *

From a skier’s point of view, so-

LAST WEEK we asked if stu-
dents are being shortchanged
by the cutbacks in education
budgets.

Millions of kids in the world’

‘don’t even go to school and ©

lots are disybled and can’t

* fearm. They need special teach-
ers’ to teach them things they
couldn’t learn elsewhere. If we
teke those. teachers: away, we
are taking away a kid’ $ educa-
tion.

We are being shorichanged
because we deserve . what» we
should get and not what what -.’
they think we ‘should | get
because they . don’ t have

_ enough money.

Children are being short-
changed because some children

of snowboards. There ‘are many
different . types’ of . snowboards
within each:¢ompany, Free riding,’
carving, hatfpipe. and racing
boards are the main styles made.

, One misconception. is . that
_ boarding is only for-the young...
- Snowboarding is easier to learn:

‘than skiing, so even if you are not

a teenager or you have been skiing .

for many years; don’ t be afraid to:
try it! It’s just plain fun. :

do need it to survive and. some
chifdren just like ¢o do it for
fun. We are being deprived,
not the adults. They can find. .
another job, but we are going |
to grow up and be the future °
of this world.

Teachers are ‘overpaid,

especiaily the principals,