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Skiing and snowboarding accidents on California slopes are surging
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Posted on 03/23/2024 6:23:52 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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To: SaxxonWoods

They gotta compact in into a glacier so that it will last due to climate change.


21 posted on 03/23/2024 7:42:44 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: crusty old prospector

Heh.


22 posted on 03/23/2024 7:44:13 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Are you ready for Black Lives MAGA? It's coming.)
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To: crusty old prospector
Not a thing. And, frankly, the midgets I have known didn't ask for any special treatment.

I just tossed them in there because I am sure the DEI proponents would like to add them to their constituency.

23 posted on 03/23/2024 7:47:14 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (A person who seeks the truth with a closed mind will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
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To: RoosterRedux
I just tossed them in there because ...


24 posted on 03/23/2024 8:11:23 AM PDT by KevinB (Word for the day: "kakistocracy" - a society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens)
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To: TexasFreeper2009; BenLurkin

Guys, there’s some good research that merely putting a helmet on an average motorcyclist actually increases his odds of being in an accident. Researchers speculate as to the reasons, but it seems that the feeling of safety the helmet provides might be increasing risk taking. I assume the same may apply to skiers.


25 posted on 03/23/2024 8:13:07 AM PDT by oldplayer
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To: RoosterRedux

A friend told me that Texans are everywhere in the mountains (fancy clothes, too.) Maybe Texicans can’t ski.


26 posted on 03/23/2024 8:16:55 AM PDT by Oystir
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To: BenLurkin

It’s either Global Warming, or it’s Trump’s fault. I suppose it could be ascribed to White Supremacy, since snow is white.


27 posted on 03/23/2024 8:20:26 AM PDT by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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To: BenLurkin

A reflection of spiritual and moral cultural degeneration and decline, from the family to local culture to the world overall, in which media and secular schools are the main tutors - of wokeducation.


28 posted on 03/23/2024 8:38:21 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: BenLurkin
Gotta Admit. I didn’t expect racism on a thread about dope smoking ski boarders.

Nothing but snow bunnies on the slopes. Sounds like some people got high and/or drunk and got injuries.

Some FReepers are openly racist, unfortunately.

29 posted on 03/23/2024 8:41:38 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: BenLurkin

How can this be when global warming means less snow?


30 posted on 03/23/2024 8:49:54 AM PDT by The Great RJ ( )
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To: BenLurkin

The same thing happened to surfing. Too many Aholes and JOs out there to have the same experience as it was 30 years ago.


31 posted on 03/23/2024 9:04:26 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: Gen.Blather

People tend to avoid getting high before they ski.


32 posted on 03/23/2024 9:06:28 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: oldplayer

”Of course, since then, I always wear a helmet.”

33 posted on 03/23/2024 10:06:12 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Wilderness Conservative

I seem to recall a winter Olympian saying something to the effect of “If you can’t snowboard baked, you shouldn’t be snowboarding.”


34 posted on 03/23/2024 10:08:11 AM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: gundog

Did they eventually land a job at Starbucks or Uber?


35 posted on 03/23/2024 12:47:49 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: BenLurkin

I remember we were complaining about incivility on the slopes back in the late 70s and early 80s.


36 posted on 03/23/2024 12:48:03 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: BenLurkin

Too many young folk inticed by friends to just do it without any lessons beforehand.

I skied when I was young and then didn’t ski for over 30 years. I took a refressher beginners lesson on the first day i went skiing again. The second day I had confince again on the slopes.


37 posted on 03/23/2024 3:05:08 PM PDT by Wuli (ena)
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To: Wilderness Conservative

No idea. They were pretty high profile, no pun intended. Snowboarders, mountain bikers...a lot of weed-snorters.


38 posted on 03/23/2024 3:41:21 PM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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