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[drjeff]

I'm not trying to derail the thread, calling out Asians is what the thread became. Substitute Asian with Blacks, Jews, Muslims - its racist. If I were Asian and I were reading this thread, i would be offended. If you can't see that, sorry. Maybe try and put yourself in that position and see how you would feel.

If you substitute Asian with Black, Jewish, Muslim, etc, and the person(s) you are referencing ARE that race or ethnicity, that actually isn't racist, it's simply factual descriptive terminology.

Now I would agree it's racist if the person doing the identifying is using some racially stereotypical epithet, but that isn't what you cited in your reply, and wasn't in this thread either.

Using one's race/sex/ethnicity in a factually descriptive way isn't racist

 

[NYDB]

I'm not trying to derail the thread, calling out Asians is what the thread became. Substitute Asian with Blacks, Jews, Muslims - its racist. If I were Asian and I were reading this thread, i would be offended. If you can't see that, sorry. Maybe try and put yourself in that position and see how you would feel.

Dude…..if someone said to me” what’s with all those white guys on that NFL defense”. I wouldnt take offense, I would acknowledge that yes, that is out of the ordinary. I wonder why? But if that’s offensive to you no prob. I just don’t see it. im sorry.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

This is an odd fad. What's the point of the turtles on your ass? Also odd that they're all from NJ. I don't know anyone in NJ that skis with any sort of animal strapped to their ass.



Eh? I just re-read the last bunch of posts to see if I missed something. Sorry, people were just asking fact-based questions and making fact-based observations. There was nothing remotely racist about the questions/comments. Pointing out the race of someone is not in and of itself racist.

its a butt pillow for all the sitting on one's ass someone does as a snowboarder, particularly a beginner one.

observing sizable numbers of any demographic other than white skiing is notable. its not racist. it would be way more interesting if they were all hasidic jews. which i've seen at holiday mountain (?) near monitcello

 

[djd66]

Maybe I've just been listening to too much of Nick Fuentes. If I'm the only one on this board that thinks its racists, so be it. Personally - I could care less who skis and welcome anyone to try the sport - as its good for the sport. It is definitely not an invasion.

 

[SteezyRob]

Maybe I've just been listening to too much of Nick Fuentes. If I'm the only one on this board that thinks its racists, so be it. Personally - I could care less who skis and welcome anyone to try the sport - as its good for the sport. It is definitely not an invasion.

broski here can't tell when someone's joking

you call wokeness BS but then you proceed to conflate observations with hatred, and jokes (not even about asians, about the fact they're all from new jersey) with hatred, not sure you know what "woke" means lol

 

[thetrailboss]

I also saw quite a few people with turtles strapped to their butt at Sugarbush over the weekend. Everyone of them I talked to on the lift were from NJ

Huh?!

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Huh?!

its a butt pillow. its so dumb. its wild an adult would look at that and be like 'yep, i need one of those ass turtles'

 

[skiur]

I saw a couple of the turtles at K 2 weeks ago but they were on children. I agree it looks silly on an adult, but it has no affect on my life so I could care less.

 

[drjeff]

How long until we hear of an incident where someone wearing one of these animal backpack/fannypack/butt pad things gets it hooked on a lift while unloading and goes around the bullwheel and takes someone out and/or injures themself?

I know folks are supposed to take anytype of backpack like item off while getting on a chair, and the lifties do their best to remind folks, however I am guessing that unfortunately it's only a matter of time until it happens

 

[crank]

We started seeing those turtle butt pillows last season. If I were still boarding I would want one.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

you serious clark?

 

[jaytrem]

Those turtle butt pillows have been around for quite a while. Maybe they're finally taking off.

One of my best ski friends is Asian. Even he comments when he sees a large number of Asian skiers, often says "we like to travel in large packs". I've travel all over the US and Canada with him. Only racist event was walking into a steak house near Castle Mountain Alberta. One guy walking out said something like "ching chow ching" as we passed each other.

 

[oldfartrider]

I think the butt pillows r hilarious and not a horrible thing for a new boarder to wear. I could have used one when I learned many years ago.

 

[NYDB]

I think the butt pillows r hilarious and not a horrible thing for a new boarder to wear. I could have used one when I learned many years ago.

They make girdles with much better padding If needed.

 

[BodeMiller1]

They make girdles with much better padding If needed.

This guy gets it.

 

[BodeMiller1]

its a butt pillow. its so dumb. its wild an adult would look at that and be like 'yep, i need one of those ass turtles'

I'm a pretty much live and let live kinda guy, butt if I saw this. I don't know what
I'd do. You know how you see a father from Mass on a serious steep trail and he's yelling at his kid to just ski and the kids crying and frost bit...

This is far worse. rant off as this is Tosh land.

 

[urungus]

I'm a pretty much live and let live kinda guy, butt if I saw this. I don't know what
I'd do. You know how you see a father from Mass on a serious steep trail and he's yelling at his kid to just ski and the kids crying and frost bit...

This is far worse. rant off as this is Tosh land.

It’s far worse than child abuse ? Personally I like the butt pillows because they are an easy to see warning that the wearer is likely to fall down and you should give them a very wide berth.

 

[ss20]

Those turtle butt pillows have been around for quite a while. Maybe they're finally taking off.

One of my best ski friends is Asian. Even he comments when he sees a large number of Asian skiers, often says "we like to travel in large packs". I've travel all over the US and Canada with him. Only racist event was walking into a steak house near Castle Mountain Alberta. One guy walking out said something like "ching chow ching" as we passed each other.

There was an Indian fellow in my old ski club. He was one of the most dedicated skiers I've met. 4 hours each way from CT to VT every single weekend Thanksgiving-Easter. All this to rip groomers at Okemo. And he could rip. He said he'd go in the trees or bumps a few times a year when the snow was really good. Every morning he would make the house Chai tea and some weekends he'd bring up some Indian food for a house dinner.

We have a black female instructor at Alta. Last year I saw her waiting outside the restroom for one of her kids and a guy asked her if she was nannying (she was wearing her instructor jacket). That was the closest I've ever been to blowing up on a "customer" in my entire life. I distinctly remember clenching my fists and holding back.

 

[Newpylong]

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[drjeff]

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Would be nice if one of these days they just fill that big 'ol ditch of a half pipe in the background and return that section of Dream Maker back to a trail. Heck, I would REALLY love it if they returned Dream Maker back to what it was when it first opened back in the 80's or so, just a fun trail without any features on it except for some bumps on the various pitches! Many a fond memory of just skiing that trail back before it was a skier cross trail and then a park trail!