Well, a few reports from tremblant. First things first.
The other night, new year's eve, they were doing a ski school demonstration on the main slope in front of the village. I was watching from my hotel room, and the emcee says, 'Okay, first up, we show to you the handicapped facilities and instructors we have here, to give everyone an equal opportunity to ski.' There is one guy skiing in a handicapped thing by himself, then another one being steered by a skier behind him. As soon as the emcee says this, the guy doing the steering of the wheelbarrow-type thing (with a pewrson in it) loses control and goes absolutely slamming into a snow gun tower. There is a loud clang of metal on metal, and then a deadly silence. The guy in the wheelbarrow-ish thing waves as if to say, 'I'm alright' but the steerer isn't moving. They take the spotlight off of them and all anybody can do is watch. The emcee, sounding as shocked as everyone felt, remarks, 'Ohhhhh, it's slippery out there tonight.' And the ski patrol came, cleared it up and the rest of the demonstration went smoothly. But I thought I had witnessed someone die. It was like the skiing equivalent of flying a helicopter into a telephone pole, I don't know how either of them survived, but both were fine.
Then, tonight, they set up a rail jam type thing on the beginners slope. You pay for a magic carpet ticket, you hit the rails, have a good time, blah blah blah. Tons of people there, old and young. Snowskates, snowboarders, even snowlerbladers having some fun. I show up with money for a ticket, and my skis. I get turned away. 'No skis,' they say, 'only snowskate or snowboard, or snowblades.' I almost died because of how stupid they were about it. If i pay money, and they make a profit, why should they care? It's damn prejudice!!! meh. I don't really care anymore, even though I was pretty angry about it. Just a few things to think about. I talked to some of the snowboarders who were doing it, and they agreed that the rule was ridiculous. Oh well, the pipe may be up by tomorrow.
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