ef i Wi i. Wein’ Shi eNgtis _not necessaril THERE’S BEEN more than ' just snow accumulating at your focal ski hill, The fact is plain and simple ~ snow- boarders and skiers don’t mix. : ; But they can. A few skiers would probably agree that snaw- ‘boarders are the cause of many accidents on the ski slopes today. AS a boarder myself, I would have to disagree most royally. So skiers, » beware. pit "t's true’that there have been ” many accidents involving skiers “and snowboarders, but whoever says, “It’s all the boarders fault,” is. | - full of itt Just because a few people who “think they are God’s gift to board- ing are om thé sidpes, doesn’t mean - - that every rider out there is the “it isn’t fai o stereolype every boarder ona ski slope. We are not all the same. Fhate it when skiers say, “It’s always the boarders who: . cut us'off.” This i isn ‘t necessarily : ‘One day: 1 was heading down a’. slope, minding | my own business: : when a a skier zips in front of me as. ’m lining up for.some harsh air.’ That butt-head of a skier gets. sbig air and lend up catching an edge, trying to stop suddenly, so Er. won *t smash into him. « On that same day, my friend was | “heading down some re moguls at at _ Cypress. wal Summer “jobs i is a course - designed’: specifically for youths 15 years and up. Participants. take’ part in interview exercises and get ; hints on finding a summer job. ‘ This’ four-wéek workshop " starts on Monday, May 2 and runs to May 30, from 6:30 to 8 _p.m. The'class is held at the | . West Vancouver Recreation “Centre at.780-22nd St. The _ cost of the course is $19, Pre-register at the West Van rec centre, or call 926- | 3266. For more information, contact Morrie Baillie at that Rumber. standing there,” he pointed aut. “When all of a sudden, the skier “sticks his pole out in front of my board, causing me to bail ard leav- : ing me with a face full of snow, as the skier is looking at me with a smile on his face.” He should’ve smacked that guy upside the head and .., ahh, never mind. said, “1 don’t mind snowboarders.” .One older fellow said, “I’m amazed at all the tricks those snowboarders can do.” He also said, “I have never had any problems with: snowboard- A couple of skiers pointed out, *-“I ski with boarders all the time. '. They don’t bother me.” . A lifty I talked to had this to say, “This whole deal with boarders causing accidents is blown way out of proportion. There’s always been accidents on the mountains, even “| Create your summer | job with some advice “business. ‘ BO YOU have an entrepreneurial flair? 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Some say that boarders _ should have there own mountain, No way! Thousands of boarders couldn’t possibly fit on one moun- . tain; no one would be able to move. Besides, that one mountain would rake in the dough and the other mountains would be starving for aftention. My solution, as well as many / others,.is to let both boarders and skiers on all the mountains. If peo- ple stiii insist on causing trouble, then designate some runs for skiers and others for boarders. Hey! Some runs can even be for everyone. _ So all and all, don’t be destruc-, _tive and offensive. Don’t be losers because that’s lame and totally uncoal. . Respect each other and take care. This article is ‘the opinion of. Marc Wilson, a 16-year-old Grade 11 student at Argyle secondary school. He is into snowboarding and hockey. : : He works in telecommunica- tions, and also sits on the commit- tee for the. Harmony Arts Festival as well as working with the Armed Forces Communication - and Electronic Association. 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