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December 1, 2004
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here it’s at Boarders clear
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N.P. Dehell
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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
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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
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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!
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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
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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
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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.
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