MadMadWorld
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You do realize it will be reported to him right?
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Delete his post if you do not like it. What you are doing is making things worse, not better.Yup a new low. :lol: called someone their first name who's trolled for years on this forum without care for pissing anyone off and now he's crying about it. Shame on me
Checking my old posts would quickly convince anyone that I most certainly am not HS.Bravo Deadhead.
Me thinky Gilligan might also be named Kevin. ;-)
DHS has always been a douche bag. What a load of crap about the sensitivity for this dead kid that started this whole thing.
Speaking of "speculation", is there anything more than that at this point? Usually we know something by now. While these deaths are always (obviously) tragic, I do like to know how/why they occurred, to perhaps learn something of the matter.
I agree, I'd like to learn something from it. I'd like to know if he was wearing a helmet, if speed was an issue, etc. Just saying he died snowboarding does nothing but put a black mark on the sport and the resort. It's important to know the facts.
Sorry for the double post.
I agree, I'd like to learn something from it. I'd like to know if he was wearing a helmet, if speed was an issue, etc. Just saying he died snowboarding does nothing but put a black mark on the sport and the resort. It's important to know the facts.
I agree. Digging into the details is a necessary evil IMO. If you follow avalanche forums/websites, the same debate occurs after every death. Learning from other's mistakes is important to improve awareness. Most avalanche deaths result from series of mistakes and I think the same would apply to most ski resorts deaths (speed, snow conditions, skier traffic, bad positioning of trail signs, helmet, etc...).
I don't think it is disrespectful to second guess actions once you have facts. I feel real bad that our sport has taken another life, but learning from this sad event might end up helping save another life down the road.
We won't know the detail until someone who witnessed it comes forward. I skied past the scene as the ski patrol was tending to the fallen boarder. I believe the accident occurred at the sign around the 2 minute 36 second point in the video.
I don't believe the snowboarder could have been going fast. It's possible that either he snowboarded too close to the edge/lip and fell forward into the sign or trees or maybe even got clipped from behind by someone who was moving faster than him. I believe he was on the south side of the trail under the sign.
There was a snowboard that was lying at the bottom of the trail(it starts to get steeper at that point) . Could have been the fallen snowboarder's, someone at the scene or a ski patrol persons.
You'll notice in the video before the 2 minute 36 mark, the video Grapher slows down-it's really flat and slightly up hill so it would be hard to fly down that stretch unless you already had a head of steam. That's something a beginner snowboarder wouldn't be able to do in my opinion.
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We won't know the detail until someone who witnessed it comes forward. I skied past the scene as the ski patrol was tending to the fallen boarder. I believe the accident occurred at the sign around the 2 minute 36 second point in the video.
I don't believe the snowboarder could have been going fast. It's possible that either he snowboarded too close to the edge/lip and fell forward into the sign or trees or maybe even got clipped from behind by someone who was moving faster than him. I believe he was on the south side of the trail under the sign.
There was a snowboard that was lying at the bottom of the trail(it starts to get steeper at that point) . Could have been the fallen snowboarder's, someone at the scene or a ski patrol persons.
You'll notice in the video before the 2 minute 36 mark, the video Grapher slows down-it's really flat and slightly up hill so it would be hard to fly down that stretch unless you already had a head of steam. That's something a beginner snowboarder wouldn't be able to do in my opinion.
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