Burton's "Poach for Freedom" Contest

[dmc]

Wait a darned minute here...we actually agreed on something????? im marking my calendar....

At one point we did get along....maybe one day we can get past it.....

no harm meant in this particular thread towards you though....on the real......

M

Hardly...
I pretty much hate your guts... sorry... It's my choice...

No offense.. Not everyone has to like everybody... the choice thing again...

And NO - we never got along. Don't flatter yourself...

 

[SkiDog]

Hardly...
I pretty much hate your guts... sorry... It's my choice...

No offense.. Not everyone has to like everybody... the choice thing again...

And NO - we never got along. Don't flatter yourself...

OK at least amicable.....

but ok...you are right...we dont have to like each other...but I also dont think everything has to be taken as an attack on a personal level....I certainly dont take it all that way...

Hate is a VERY strong word...especially for someone youve never really met....

the people that you meet this friday might want to take that as one of your character traits..

M

 

[millerm277]

Just got a pair of Burton gloves today as a gift...returned them for a set of Marmots. I completely disagree with the campaign, so I'm not planning on buying anything from them again.

As for the reason this topic comes up every year is because it's controversial, and has a lot of people who are passionately for or against it.

 

[dmc]

Hate is a VERY strong word...especially for someone youve never really met....

the people that you meet this friday might want to take that as one of your character traits..

M

I'll take that under consideration. But I still pretty much hate your guts... sorry... you just annoy the crap out of me..

 

[Method9455]

Naaa im done...its PAINFULLY OBVIOUS that you will NEVER grow up...enjoy Hunter.....

Is Method another one of your cronies??? 20 posts and hes tellin ME how to handle myself...

PALEASE......

M

I'm nobody's crony on here. The only person I know is GrilledSteeze because we both talk on PASkiAndRide a lot. And post count != intelligence.

I now realize its just the way you write posts with the random capitalization that made me think you where being sarcastic. Its the emPHASIS on the wrong sylLABLE that was throwing me.

As for it being a dead horse, all the more reason to mess with them. As you said, those owners will never change their mind. This contest benefits them as much as it benefits Burton. Polarizing the market a bit helps to differentiate between the resorts. A resort like Alta is half about the terrain and half about the atmosphere of the resort. There is a big difference between Alta and Mammoth and its not just terrain and snow. Thats part of what makes it fun. If every place was exactly the same, then we'd all just head to the one with the steepest trails and the most powder and all the others would languish and die. If MRG was open to snowboarders and run like Stratton with a little cookie cutter village and speed quads and only the amount of terrain it has now, would people like it? It would be like Magic mountain, some die hards but not the reverence it has. Its about the attitude. So the snowboarders play right back into it.

And really does it make any sense? If DMC or I show up with the same gear a serious skier has, but a snowboard, ready to blast down some chutes, we are not let in. But the kid with a basketball jersey, 4" headphones blaring rap, saggy pants, and a neon hat gets in on twin tips to screw it all up. It doesn't make any sense at all.

 

[bvibert]

This thread has more than run it's course...