Skidazzle.com

[hardline]

The way I see this site, it's up to the individuals who participate. It's not a commercial site and nobody works on it except Greg. When I first joined, there was very little family discussion at all. In large part because the majority of single males or DINKs. So I just started adding my $0.01 about the trips I took with my kids and at first it was met with silence. Others then started pitching in and now, we have a family thread. So if you want to do something, set it up!

Get togethers are a lot more difficult to setup, especially with families. The logistics are huge, even when I'm just trying to get 2 or 3 families together.

what the hell is a DINK?

 

[hardline]

just looked at the site. teh the suck. the forum is kinda weak.

 

[andyzee]

(And, now I think Greg should pull a Boyne and cut-off AndyZee's posting privileges, for trashtalking AZ). LOL.

Agreed.

 

[billski]

what the hell is a DINK?

Dual Income No Kids

 

[billski]

As a poster since 2004, and a moderator since 2005, I can say that the AlpineZone community has long had a reputation as a place for civil discussion about skiing and riding. A few years back we began to develop a reputation of having lots of credibility talking about skiing and riding in the Northeast. Some dubbed us as a "high brow" place as opposed to other boards where ad hominum attacks are the norm rather than substantive discussion, or where certain factions dictate what is discussed or what is right.

As long as we are a place where we remain open to all views and where certain views, groups, cultures, etc. don't dominate or intimidate others, then I think we are fine. It's to the benefit of everyone that we remain that way.

Agreed! But the numbers don't lie ---- a lot of people like trash talk. Let 'em have it. Nice work mods!

 

[Greg]

So skip them. I have no issues with Sundown, bump or bedazzler threads. If the title doesn't excite me, my finger keeps rolling the scroll bar.

Seems simple, doesn't it?

Well it seems like alot of the get togethers are themed for mogul skiing which is not exactly my cup of tea. It would be nice to have some family skiing get togethers where I would not be expected to crash and burn at Sundown or ski something silly steep at Sugarbush.

Just my 0.2

Well, feel free to propose something...

As a poster since 2004, and a moderator since 2005, I can say that the AlpineZone community has long had a reputation as a place for civil discussion about skiing and riding. A few years back we began to develop a reputation of having lots of credibility talking about skiing and riding in the Northeast. Some dubbed us as a "high brow" place as opposed to other boards where ad hominum attacks are the norm rather than substantive discussion, or where certain factions dictate what is discussed or what is right.

As long as we are a place where we remain open to all views and where certain views, groups, cultures, etc. don't dominate or intimidate others, then I think we are fine. It's to the benefit of everyone that we remain that way.

Well said.

The way I see this site, it's up to the individuals who participate. It's not a commercial site and nobody works on it except Greg. When I first joined, there was very little family discussion at all. In large part because the majority of single males or DINKs. So I just started adding my $0.01 about the trips I took with my kids and at first it was met with silence. Others then started pitching in and now, we have a family thread. So if you want to do something, set it up!

Get togethers are a lot more difficult to setup, especially with families. The logistics are huge, even when I'm just trying to get 2 or 3 families together.

I would call it a psuedo commercial site. I'm not quitting my day job any time soon, but it is revenue generating.

Like billski said though, the bottom line is if folks would like to see a different direction with the discussions, the gatherings, the TRs, etc., then it's up to you to start and participate in such threads. If you don't ski bumps, skip the mogul threads. If you think Sundown is lame, skip the Sundown threads. But don't whine about such threads and spoil it for the others that do enjoy them. Start some new discussions of your own... :idea:

 

[andyzee]

Threw in my 2 cents, my mouth is now zipped.

 

[frozencorn]

What's this Sundown?

 

[St. Bear]

What's this Sundown?

It's what happens at the end of the day and everybody has to turn on their lights.

 

[billski]

It's what happens at the end of the day and everybody has to turn on their lights.

but the deer get real pissed

 

[Stache]

Sub category???

What if under the Skiing and Snowboarding category we had a sub-category that listed threads by mountain or area of interest (bumps, racing, kids)???

Caution: it can make the forum really confusing and hard to follow everything in a timely manner. Epic Ski used to have a good forum till it became Gapic-Snobs with tooo many categories, moderators, and now blatant advertising.

 

[Paul]

Well it seems like alot of the get togethers are themed for mogul skiing which is not exactly my cup of tea. It would be nice to have some family skiing get togethers where I would not be expected to crash and burn at Sundown or ski something silly steep at Sugarbush.

Just my 0.2

Sounds like a good idea, there's discussion of a Stratton gathering due to all the free tix everyone has. As far as a family meet-up goes, there's no worries about bumps or super-steeps there. :smile:

There are some pretty good trees tho'