So I decided I am going to change my topic to “Should the last three “strictly ski” resorts continue to be allowed to ban snowboarding”. So on that note, I am going to take the opposition to the claim that they should be allowed to ban snowboarding.
Today, snowboarding can be enjoyed around the country, with a multiple of resorts nationwide which allow free rein for skiers and snowboarders alike. Although, unfortunately, there remain three resorts in this country who continue to discriminate against snowboarders to this today. These three resorts include Deer Valley and Alta in Utah, and Mad River Glen in Vermont. This is absurd and noninclusive to the millions of people in the United States who love snowboarding. In today’s society, with so many people working to make our country less exclusive, why should these resorts be allowed to prohibit snowboarders on their slopes?
Snowboarding is a rather new sport, with the first snowboards initially introduced to the world in 1965 by Sherman Poppen. Though snowboarding wasn't introduced as an Olympic sport until 1998. On the other hand, skiing has been around for millennia, with the first recorded skies discovered to have existed in 4000 bc, though it …show more content…
It wasn't until 2007 when popular snowboarding company Burton promoted a $5,000 prize for the best-produced video of boarders “poaching” the restricted resorts at the time(Thought.Co). Poaching is defined in snowboarding as the act of snowboarding at a resort where snowboards were explicitly prohibited. Surprisingly, Taos Ski Valley decided to change their rules and by the spring of 2008, they began allowing snowboarders to explore their slopes. So why did the other four resorts disregard the uplift of the ban at Taos? Well at the time there was little to no snowboarding instruction classes at Taos so most riders were self taught. Though with the creation of
Today, snowboarding can be enjoyed around the country, with a multiple of resorts nationwide which allow free rein for skiers and snowboarders alike. Although, unfortunately, there remain three resorts in this country who continue to discriminate against snowboarders to this today. These three resorts include Deer Valley and Alta in Utah, and Mad River Glen in Vermont. This is absurd and noninclusive to the millions of people in the United States who love snowboarding. In today’s society, with so many people working to make our country less exclusive, why should these resorts be allowed to prohibit snowboarders on their slopes?
Snowboarding is a rather new sport, with the first snowboards initially introduced to the world in 1965 by Sherman Poppen. Though snowboarding wasn't introduced as an Olympic sport until 1998. On the other hand, skiing has been around for millennia, with the first recorded skies discovered to have existed in 4000 bc, though it …show more content…
It wasn't until 2007 when popular snowboarding company Burton promoted a $5,000 prize for the best-produced video of boarders “poaching” the restricted resorts at the time(Thought.Co). Poaching is defined in snowboarding as the act of snowboarding at a resort where snowboards were explicitly prohibited. Surprisingly, Taos Ski Valley decided to change their rules and by the spring of 2008, they began allowing snowboarders to explore their slopes. So why did the other four resorts disregard the uplift of the ban at Taos? Well at the time there was little to no snowboarding instruction classes at Taos so most riders were self taught. Though with the creation of