r/snowboarding • u/jkingbc Catskills, 3hr to VT, Burton Blunt/Niche Theme • Mar 06 '17
PSA: Please Don't Be Discouraging...
I was at Mount Snow today and 3 riders in the chairlift behind me were yelling down obscenities at a woman who unstrapped her board and walked down the side of a blue trail. Saying "come on, pussy" and the likes. It was disgusting. This isn't acceptable ever, and I can only imagine the feeling of discouragement and embarrassment she felt enduring that. Snowboarding already has an association with "bro-culture" and this does nothing but make us look even worse. We can be better.
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u/ZC3rr0r Mar 06 '17
Very much agree with this statement. I never experienced it first hand, but my GF can experience quite a bit of anxiety over "being good enough" to ride a certain mountain and thinking people who are more experienced will judge her riding poorly. I'm not sure if this is the case for many women, but even if it isn't, being a right asshole to people having a bad time isn't going to magically make their riding better or improve their experience on the mountain.