First Descent
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:27:02
Snowboarders seem to be
a little wilder and take up more room.

:27:05
We were standing in line
and three of them cut in front ofus.

:27:08
We just didn't want to bug with them
because we thought they
might have guns or something.

:27:12
And I think, as I look back in my career,
when it was really a bad boy image,

:27:15
snowboarders, I must admit,
deserved some of the criticism
they were getting.

:27:19
They're looking down at you,
and you like that, though,
when you're a kid.

:27:22
"Yeah, I'm a scumbag.
I'm riding a snowboard."

:27:24
What it did is gave you
that angst and that energy
to go out and prove them wrong.

:27:28
You know, prove to them
that you could go out and enjoy it
just as much or more than they could.

:27:32
There was some behavior
and attitude problems.

:27:35
There was a lot of language
from both sides.

:27:38
I hope you get hit in the face.
You're an asshole to everyone
who goes by here.

:27:41
[Bafroot]
You got a kid with
a lot of freedom in his mind...

:27:43
and someone turning around,
telling him,you know, "I hate snowboarders. "

:27:46
So, he turns around and is, like,
"I'm going to do what I want. "

:27:49
And then it turned into,
like, almost a mental war.

:27:54
They just weren't ready to let go of their skis
and get on a snowboard.

:27:59
Even though
I'm a little bit of a geezer,

:28:01
I've been snowboarding myself
full-time for six years.

:28:04
I've never been back on skis.
:28:06
I took it up when I was 60
and just ride with
all the young guys around here.

:28:09
It's great.
I've been totally hooked for six years,
and I just don't ski anymore.

:28:26
usually, I don't ride with people
in these mountains...

:28:29
unless they're really good
at using all the safety equipment-

:28:33
probe pole, beacon, harness.
:28:35
You need to know who's in your group
and what kind of skills they have
with this type of gear,

:28:39
because it could be my life
that they're trying to save.

:28:42
Seven-four!
Seven-one!

:28:44
Me and Farm
dug them both out in four minutes.

:28:46
That's survivable time with no
brain damage or anything like that.
Maybe some hypothermia.

:28:50
So if they beat four minutes,
then I'm gonna say, "Yeah,
they were listening real good."

:28:54
If they don't beat four minutes
and it comes to seven, to eight,

:28:57
now, potentially,
we have a body recovery instead of,
you know, saving your friend.

:28:59
All right, this way.
So, we'll see.


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