The "Sugarbush Thread"

[KustyTheKlown]

felt pretty damn autumnal in nyc this morning. 57 and drizzle when i left the apartment.

was in montreal this weekend. 70 and sunny the whole time. apparently i dodged a bullet of a shit weekend in the nyc area

 

[HowieT2]

Hey guys its no longer summer. Lets stop the bickering about literally nothing and think snow? Ok?

thanks

me thinks peoples getting the pre season jitters

 

[ColdRain&Snow]

apparently i dodged a bullet of a shit weekend in the nyc area

you missed one hell of a weekend

 

[Hawk]

So looking back a the beginnings of this thread in 2005, aside from the Trailboss, most of those early posters have gone. Djspookman, Strat, Skiresortobserver, Lostone, Noski, Bvibert, Daevious, etc. gone. I see Tin Woodsman around every now and then. Wonder where they all went.

 

[jimmywilson69]

Message Boards are a dead or at least dying way of communication.

 

[SkiingInABlueDream]

Message Boards are a dead or at least dying way of communication.

What's replaced them? Surely ppl still engage in topic based banter on the interwebs

 

[ThatGuy]

Message Boards are a dead or at least dying way of communication.

Where else can you watch the same 12 people bicker over nonsense year after year though??

 

[djd66]

What's replaced them? Surely ppl still engage in topic based banter on the interwebs

reddit

 

[Hawk]

I only do this board. I serves as occasional entertainment. I have never been on Reddit......facebook or Instagram for that matter.

 

[djd66]

I only do this board. I serves as occasional entertainment. I have never been on Reddit......facebook or Instagram for that matter.

you are not missing much. I look at reddit for entertainment purposes when I am really bored.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

you are not missing much. I look at reddit for entertainment purposes when I am really bored.

reddit is actually fantastic because its whatever you want it to be. infinitely customizable. curate a collection of boards relevant to your interests and nothing else. i prefer the old interface, which you can still get to at old.reddit.com. i like the lo-fi of it. incredibly useful for an infinite variety of things. entertaining too.

 

[jimmywilson69]

I don't always love the way responses are curated on reddit, but that is likely becasue I've mostly done the regular message board style message boards.

most of the music boards I've belonged too have dwindled as well. between social media, reddit, I feel this format is dying off. This board is example #1.

 

[ThatGuy]

If I want actual information that I value, this board is way more useful than reddit when it comes to skiing for the most part.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

For eastern skiing, ice coast Reddit is about as bad as skiology facebook.

If Reddit had better eastern skiing insight I wouldn’t be here

 

[SteezyRob]

r/skiing is actual cancer. i was on there, briefly (to troll) and it wasn't even fun.

this message board seems to be moderately active, compared to other ones i've seen. newschoolers is probably the most active ski forum right now (especially considering their social medias and companies/pros use of the site), don't know about TGR but i got the impression that that was pretty big.

 

[Zand]

Yeah that's my biggest problem with Reddit/Facebook/other social media is that 90% of the commenters are idiots and make it tough to even read nevermind to find useful info. That's what I like about forums like this. You start to know who's who and you know who to get the best reports from.

 

[Newpylong]

Social Media, for the most part, is ridiculous. It would be far better if commenting was disabled lol.

 

[Tin Woodsman]

So looking back a the beginnings of this thread in 2005, aside from the Trailboss, most of those early posters have gone. Djspookman, Strat, Skiresortobserver, Lostone, Noski, Bvibert, Daevious, etc. gone. I see Tin Woodsman around every now and then. Wonder where they all went.

Here to the end, but yes message boards are a dying medium largely populated by Gen Xers for whom it was our first exposure to "social media".

 

[Hawk]

r/skiing is actual cancer. i was on there, briefly (to troll) and it wasn't even fun.

this message board seems to be moderately active, compared to other ones i've seen. newschoolers is probably the most active ski forum right now (especially considering their social medias and companies/pros use of the site), don't know about TGR but i got the impression that that was pretty big.

Steezy, I have to know. Did you like my top slider comment or are you just busting my balls.

 

[Domeskier]

Here to the end, but yes message boards are a dying medium largely populated by Gen Xers for whom it was our first exposure to "social media".

Prodigy, CompuServe and AOL made it way to easy for LCDs to access the internet. It was only a matter of time before online communication was reduced to sending pictures and 40 character platitudes.