I’ve noticed both.
I think tele is losing out to the AT stuff. My understanding is the tele binding forces the ski to submarine a bit on the uphill slog, which makes the AT faster and more efficient. That’s what I’m told. Seems to me the AT set ups have gotten much better over the years.
Have long believed that there is a percentage of the population that are naturally born/prone to snowboard. I think during the 2000s snowboards were oversold.
Kind of like if the office supply store sold left handed scissors to right handed people, just because left handed scissors were suddenly in vogue. Eventually it would correct. I think we’re seeing a slow but sure correction, and eventually the snowboarders will be a small segment, those whose brains and bodies are truly wired for snowboarding.
Seems to me the ability to snowboard well is a rare gift. I think the bozos at Keystone and the cussing kids at the MRG supermarket reflect badly on those who have the real talent. And it was really pissing me off when Mr. Burton was encouraging the bad behavior with his bozo bounty for trespassing. He set his own sport back a few years with that stupidity.
