Shred This!: Snowboarders Challenge Utah Ski Resort’s Ban – NBC News

A group of snowboarders will argue Tuesday before a federal appeals court that a ban on their sport at a Utah ski resort amounts to discrimination.

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caption contest February 21, 2019
We wonder how many responses will refer to weed? Have fun.
sro? February 21, 2019
We doubt it, but the SailGP folks are gonna sell tickets for their upcoming show in ‘Frisco. From our perspective, with a fledgling series trying to get some traction, why charge at all? The tickets are cheap so it isnt exactly a great revenue stream and based on who is funding this series, money isn’t […]
picking daisies February 21, 2019
The other staysail thread got me thinking about this. When I bought my boat last year it came with a ton of old sails (remember when sails were baby blue?), that I really never took out of their bags. One of them was an old Sobstad kevlar daisy. Having been born in the mid 80’s, I’ve […]
the end and the beginning? February 21, 2019
After eight seasons, which prompted the creation of some fantastic craft like the Multi70 Edmond de Rothschild, the eponymous IMOCA 60, not to mention the most recent addition to the fleet, the flying Maxi Gitana 17, the owners of Gitana Team and skipper Sébastien Josse have announced the end of their collaboration initiated in 2011. […]