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. LACKAM A Profit December 1, 2004 Comment Off: Faco here it’s at Boarders clear S tudi n Ur-MM N.P. Dehell TheClackamasPrint Snowboarding is for punks and sucka’ fools who like to look cool. Skiing is gangsta’. First off I’m the authority on both of these X-Gamcs sports. I started ski ing when 1 was seven, then switched to a snowboard in 1992 when I was 10. I mastered both sports and then decided that skiing was where it was at I have known countless people who have called themselves “snow boarders” because they ride the ski bus up to Mt Hood and get a lesson. Skiers on the other hand are usually more comm itted to their sport. Skiing is more difficult to learn and the equipment is more expensive. Therefore, you get a more devoted athlete. I can’t remember how many times I have seen a “snowboarder” wearing aplastic bag for acoat and a pair of fake Timberland™ boots as l|t£ Skiers drive Range Rovers, snow boarders tend to drive Pintos. Skiers wear gangsta’ Helly/Hansen™ parkas and snowboarders wear... well, we already got into that one. Skiers sip lattes and snowboarders just simp (that means sli$. , Snowboarders are more likely to injure themselves. Although risk of injury is low in both sports, for every 1,000 snowboarders who don the mountain, abcwt five come home with an injury, compared to skiing, where only four come off the maintain injured. Take the case of Juan Munoz and his unfortunate snowboarding death Pot rule Q on Mt. Hood in 2002. make you fall. But with skis, the Tradionalmountainer.org reported bumps make each foot go separate Joe Piazzisi that Munoz was an experienced ways and cause a worse burnout \The Clackamas Print snowboarder who tried to shred the Chances are you are going to fall summit of Mt Hood. Munoz fell off With the snow season soon to be sometime, whether you are just while attempting to ride Cooper Spur, in full throttle, the question lies, which beginning or you’re an experienced a very steep and very dangerous sec ;gjs better—snowboarding or skiing? snowboarder doing tricks. It’s tion of Mt Hood. Munoz fell off the Obviously, the answer is snowboard- inevitable. Just have fun and don’t trail at about the 8,500 foot mark. worry about it You’ll be on snow, so When he was found his snowboard i With snowboarding there arc no it’s not goingtohurt that bad Don’t let was broken in half and still attached to crazy antics, such as malting sure your that discourage you though; it’s fun— his feet. It was also reported that | skis don’t get crossed. Also, there are I swear! Munoz left his climbing equipment j none of those stupid poles to push Snowboarding is much easier to behind. Pretty responsible snow yourself around with. The best thing learn. In most cases, you can start to boarder, eh? I about snowboarding is that if you : get it.down pretty well after a couple This would never happen to a ■ crash, you don’t have to chase any of runs on a pass. I know people that skier. Skis have emergency release I your gear down the mountain, like have gone skiing a few times and are bindings and extreme skiing has been i | you have to do with skis. still having some major problems get Snowboarding is pretty straight- ting down the basics. Obviously around a lot longer. Consequently, | the skiers are more experienced at off- I forward. You have a board, bindings you’re not going to be a pro after a course shredding. and boots. The bindings are bolted to couple passes. However you will be Being an old-school extremist, the board, and your boots snap into able to stay up for a lot longer on a skiing is my natural fit. Skiing is safer snowboard then you would on skis the bindings. and more fun than snowboarding. I Once you are all snapped in if you after a couple of runs. Of course the have skied with my grandparents and are pointed straight down a hill, you longer you stay tip, the more fun you I have snowboarded with my dad. i will go straight If you lean, you will have. There is definitely a gap between the I start to turn in the direction you are If you have ever gone surfing a sports. I don’t hate snowboarding; I I leaning in. The basics are just that skateboarding you will catch onto i simple. While with skiing you have; snowboarding much quicker as welL just don’t like what it has become. I don’t know what my snow force both feet to be parallel to each It’s not going to be completely the boarding counterpart’s experience on other, hoping not to get one ski same, but the idea is the same. the mountain is. But I would be will crossed with the other, learn how to For those of you that are a little ing to say that I have more snow- control your skis in a “V” formation, more experienced you already know boarding experience than the average grind both evenly, and learn when to that the really fun part about snow snowboarder, and I choose to ski. I I use your poles and when nofto. That boarding isn’t how much time you are have been to snowboarding and ski just too much work fa something that on the snow. It’s about how much ttig camps and I used to average a is supposes to be fun. time you can spend above itafteryou least 20 visits to Mt. Hood. Of course, balance and body posi hit a jump or how fest you can There is an epidemic at Mt. Hood. tioning will help out a la as you go maneuver down the hill and around I see feke snowboarders everywhere : down the mountain. For instance, if everything that gets in your way. Na taking up my mountain space.Here is I you are boarding down a hill, it’s not only is snowboarding more entertain my propositi to feke snowboarders: going to be completely smooth-— ing, but the people are a lot cooler! On a side note, pro snowboarders go down to southern Oregon and there are going to be a few bumps shred down there till yai get skills, i along the way. If you don’t stay bal- tis’ a whole get paid more then pro son. i anced, one of those bumps could skiers on a whole. It has to be better! Whatii worst Chi present y ever red ■ ___ ‘Chewed up He-1 figures Darrel ft “My stepdad was left a puppy ini died before It Austinl Soldier writes home from war-torn Iraq Editor's Note: I'lie following is a letter written by Edilor-inCliief Isaiah ( reel's brother who was. until quite recently, stationed in ’ Fallujah. I his letter contains profanity and disturbing details of his time there. Yeah. 1 ’m buck in my roan as one day, and our kill count rose to While we were down south. Our <........... , snipers killed all 15 dogs of Iasi night I told you they put me seventeen total. I he commando |ust before [vehicle number] \-(>i) because they y were eating die body. on a line team fa small pari of a larger unit] a long time ago, before I came on leave. Well, Eric was the driver, but Mercado, me and the fl icutenant] don’t trust him to drive (since he doesn’t listen and he already wrecked the Bradley [Inhinuv I ighting Vehicle] once) so I had to drive not my choice. Well, you wanna know what hap pened in Fallujah? I’ll tell you We were the company com mander’s wingmen, so we went where he did. Our company was the main effort, and for eighty per- cent of the time, we were the far- thest south unit in Fallujah. We are also (he only \rmy unit to exit the city from both the north and the south, as we went from one side to the other The first push wasn't too bad. We got shot at mostly small arms fire and a few RPGs (rocket ¿-lied grenades.) That day, our was responsible for five kills, direct fire We set up at a school for a couple days, received sniper fire [and] had our own mortars land 200 meters off. bringing them [only] twenty meters from our position. After the school, we pushed south to the end of the city-—that was the worst part offtown. Our track was hit by seven RPGs in ■rm the company that wd* milling our Bradley got hit by an RPG that event through his back ramp, killing one 61 oui inter prelas and taking the aim oil of one 01 oui infantry men. His wingman didn’t do shit, so we pulled back and placed our Brad broadside against his back ramp to shield him sc they got hit (rhe one we covered), an I’ve seen bodies run over by 70-ton tanks. I can still sleep til night, though It's all a matter of perspec tive. I have seen an MI Abrahnis tank run over an anti-tank mine. It lifted 70 tons in the air, imprint ed the frack into the hull, threw Contributed Photo Two days later, one of my com pany's tanks flipped over into a canyon, killing the tank command- erwhen the tank caught fire and he could not get out. After that, one of the infantry squads was ambushed [while] clearing a building, killing one and severely injuring the other both 70-pound Bethany Jt been my 35-ton Bradley, for twenty minutes while placing ourselves in direct line of enemy five. I knew deceased]. two armor plates high enough to dear a ten foot fence and shattered two road Wheels. No one was hurt in the tank, but the tank is now scrap metal. If it had could move tlie casual ties We are being put in lor Bronze Stars for VaJoi for that one. We laid down cover fire Everybody' there fired weapons at us, try ing to kill us. of [the RPG hit the track in front of us at an angle and deflected light at us It impacted the vision block that I ■h looking out ol al the time. 1 have never in my life been that Mired There were literally babes on evciy street comer and down every alley—hundreds of them. I watched a body bum for the better part of a day. There was one body where we ended up that was, when we left, surrounded by fifteen dead dogs. I wouldn't be typing this to you right now. That tank was my wingman’s tank. I saw it from twenty meters ■, and 1 thought they were All of a sudden there was no lank in the road, just a black cloud of smoke. Twenty meters- --that's all If he had missed it, and 1 had hit it ... shit. Yeah, but I did have fun. took lots of pictures. It was a good experience. Spt i ialist Idanim If ( »ct / C.I-S (’m/7.S7 Lucky stud • Giarsmells is th® • recipient of $5. 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