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Skiing vs. Snowboarding: A history

This guy Mike Douglas throws down the gauntlet in favor of skiing in the old skiing vs. snowboarding debate. (Wasn't that settled at the Tahoe Accords back in ought-three?) He does it by throwing a bunch of skiing history in people's faces, claiming it's "the original adrenaline sport."There's the requisite...
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This guy Mike Douglas throws down the gauntlet in favor of skiing in the old skiing vs. snowboarding debate. (Wasn’t that settled at the Tahoe Accords back in ought-three?) He does it by throwing a bunch of skiing history in people’s faces, claiming it’s “the original adrenaline sport.”

There’s the requisite skiing cave paintings, but also some pretty gnarly tricks done in retro sweaters. Check it out:

How ’bout it, snowboarders? Anybody got a quality Riders’ Retort to this beaten dead horse?

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