Burton to Purchase Mad River?

Tin Woodsman · Jun 29, 2006, 4:57 PM

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Originally Posted by bigbog

...It does seem like a boarder's jihad dream..., to control one of NewEngland skiing's shrines....

, yet economics is economics, and nothin's sacred or forever in a materialistic society...such as ours.

Yes, economics are economics, but what proff do we have that any of the figures in this guy's post are true? I have little or no faith in those numbers. The Co-op has traditionally been quite conservative with its capital spending initiatives and overall budget. I don't believe anything about the scenario being painted by this guy. And then with the kicker being that Burton would be the buyer? That's comedy gold.

Did you guys know that gullible isn't a word in the dictionary?

**thetrailboss** · Jun 29, 2006, 5:09 PM

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Originally Posted by AdironRider

Trailboss, Im all for following forum protocol, but this question basically revolves around the issue your trying to edit out. The only reason people would really get pissed about a sale of MRG is because Burton, the name in snowboarding, would be the buyer and in turn allow snowboarders.

AdironRider:

We are very open to discussions in here and only ask that folks be civil. However, there are some issues that only inflame people despite our best efforts to keep it civil and the Snowboard Ban issue at MRG is one of them. During my time here, I've seen some friendships broken and controversy that makes others upset. None of the mods have the time and energy to "peacekeep" threads and topics that are going to inflame so many people. This is why politics was banned from the boards.

The mods take intervention seriously and we don't want to "overmoderate." Today was no different. I felt that the direction of this thread was going the wrong way. I have pointed you to one thread that is about the ban and you are welcome to discuss it there. However, because of the direction that this thread was turning and because of past experience, I felt that the best thing was to narrowly focus this thread on the original topic: the article/posting about MRG and Burton. You are right that the Ban is a closely related topic, but I think it is best that we keep a tight focus on discussing the article here in this thread.

After your post, there were two more that were beginning a conflict. I had to correct those two. I had the choice of leaving the posts and the conflict alone to simmer (and almost guaranteeing a lock by another mod), to lock the thread myself, or to intervene by editing out the parts of the postings that were going to start a

war. As you can see, I chose the lesser of the evils presented.

My actions are not to be construed as taking one side or the other in the argument about the ban. I just am acting to keep things civil and the discussions on track.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to PM me as some already have.

Tin Woodsman · Jun 29, 2006, 5:34 PM

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Originally Posted by thetrailboss

AdironRider:

We are very open to discussions in here and only ask that folks be civil. However, there are some issues that only inflame people despite our best efforts to keep it civil and the Snowboard Ban issue at MRG is one of them. During my time here, I've seen some friendships broken and controversy that makes others upset. None of the mods have the time and energy to "peacekeep" threads and topics that are going to inflame so many people. This is why politics was banned from the boards.

The mods take intervention seriously and we don't want to "overmoderate." Today was no different. I felt that the direction of this thread was going the wrong way. I have pointed you to one thread that is about the ban and you are welcome to discuss it there. However, because of the direction that this thread was turning and because of past experience, I felt that the best thing was to narrowly focus this thread on the original topic: the article/posting about MRG and Burton. You are right that the Ban is a closely related topic, but I think it is best that we keep a tight focus on discussing the article here in this thread.

After your post, there were two more that were beginning a conflict. I had to correct those two. I had the choice of leaving the posts and the conflict alone to simmer (and almost guaranteeing a lock by another mod), to lock the thread myself, or to intervene by editing out the parts of the postings that were going to start a

war. As you can see, I chose the lesser of the evils presented.

My actions are not to be construed as taking one side or the other in the argument about the ban. I just am acting to keep things civil and the discussions on track.

If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to PM me as some already have.

TB -

I quoted a famous PT Barnum saying that there is a sucker born every minute. Someone may have reacted to that angrily, but that's a sad indictment of their knowledge of Americana more than anything. I certainly was not "beginning a conflict" by pointing out that this whole subject was quite clearly a practical joke.

**thetrailboss** · Jun 29, 2006, 6:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Tin Woodsman

TB -

I quoted a famous PT Barnum saying that there is a sucker born every minute. Someone may have reacted to that angrily, but that's a sad indictment of their knowledge of Americana more than anything. I certainly was not "beginning a conflict" by pointing out that this whole subject was quite clearly a practical joke.

Unfortunately, things turned out different than you intended. And let's keep backchannel stuff there

knuckledragger · Jun 29, 2006, 7:22 PM

Based totaly on the principal that my money is not good there I would never ride there no matter who owns it.
This from an exburton employee who knows the real story not he myth.

CordoroyJunkie · Jun 29, 2006, 8:38 PM

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Originally Posted by knuckledragger

This from an exburton employee who knows the real story not he myth.

care to elaborate on what the real story is (if you can of course) I'm sure everyone on here is interested!

knuckledragger · Jun 29, 2006, 9:01 PM

The myth is that Betsy was harassed by a couple of burton employees in Mahurons market. Becaues of the way she was aproched by these 2 individuals he told them if that no riders were welcome at mrg.

riverc0il · Jun 29, 2006, 10:52 PM

myth being the key word. this whole thread seems full of them.

marcski · Jun 29, 2006, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by riverc0il

myth being the key word. this whole thread seems full of them.

Seriously. That whole website http://powderjihad.wordpress.com/ seems a bit whacky. "resorts that practice discrimination"?

sledhaulingmedic · Jun 30, 2006, 8:00 AM

Duplicate, please delete or ignore

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