Sorry - who knows what other content might be missing.  Blame me.

Who is this?  What have you done with Mike?

 

So what, three superhero names in the last 3 years?  You're like a rotating member of the X-Men...

To see folks emotional about things and almost getting sucked in to it again... been there.  No desire to care that much about a web site that I think is loosing it's relevance, not gaining.  So we'll leave it to killclimbz, konk, and others to pump life into it.  For me - an example...  to have a huge "politiks" section and no ability to thrash the details of SNOWBOARDING in a instructors is boring.  If I wanna get into politics - I'll go to littlegreenfootballs, moveon.org... etc.  So it wasn't the latest "problem" at all.  I really only care about friends - nothing about the mode.

BUT I do think if I'm going to be on here - I can pay the provider their due... so I just paid my own Core today.

Again - sorry that my act of switching IDs deleted alot of content - but I had no idea they were what I'd have the opinion is technically immaturely indexed together in the database... but that's what happened. (They could be indexed - but static.)

I deleted swmike ON PURPOSE.  I just wasn't aware that everything I did under that ID would be deleted.  That used to happen under the old software but hadn't actually seen it with SBcom-2.  And in real life, in my world anyway, you never delete content because a user deletes their account.  But hey - whatever.

Yea, we used to have the instructor's stuff.  It worked.  It got heated... but on "snowboard.com" you'd expect zealots.  What they have tried is to have a "pro" section and as yet have not lured even one in there.  I'd much prefer to argue that than if George Tenet lied in his book!

I just think in pursuing the next "myspace" that we've diluted being "the" source for snowboarding.  But I do wish them well.  And - as you know - the newbies aren't coming through here like they used too.  Perhaps it was my heavy-handed oversight of 30+.... 8-)  In any case - I just want to come in and chat with people like you - NOT police it.  (Hey Paolo... where are ya!?)

I tend to disaggree with you on the site closing down in 10 years if the old timers go.  Rockclimbing.com has been around for twice as long (one of the oldest sport forums actually) and has been through this sort of thing tons.  They've pretty much lost the entire Colorado contingent and have more members than ever.  The only way snowboard.com dies is if snowboarding dies.

 

Just remember the saying.

 

Well, due to Mike deleting his account I have been made more powerful.  Muuuhhhwaaaaahahahaha!

 

Now let's throw this up on the wall and see if it sticks.

I don't want to put an epitaph on anything - it can grow/shrink as a handful of folks pick it up.  But it is unlikely to pick up much with so many other forums out there  now that weren't there 2 years ago.  I started a BBS for the airline industry some 15 years ago when I worked for ARINC and have been watching the "online" communities since then.  The "next generation" is usually only 2-3 years right now.   They've got to come up with something that will get a kid going to his high school to tell his friends about their cool site... that was definitely true a few years ago.  Today - you can specify a sport in myspace and enjoy that and everything else with your friends there.  I'd encourage the owners here to drag/pay/beg companies, resorts, pros, and instructors into some more active participation - that isn't locked/blocked from the regular members.  It's the only advantage I personally can think of in 2007.  Some will read this and have an emotional reaction - how dare I?  Trends in this industry are incredibly volatile and you must keep up with content.  Anyone can now create awesome graphics, but it takes radical content to get kids, middle age, and even us old farts to join and bookmark a site.

I don't know Joe (or whom ever 'owns' this site)...or his/their plans...but not every place needs to be MySpace. I'm guessing he/they are doing OK with the Ad revenue...hopefully keeps him/them in servers and beer money. If anything it'll look good on a resume if the place does fold...but I'm not betting on that one.

 

Fads come and go but there will always be people that identify with what ever image they concieve/the media dictates a 'snowboarder' is...and some people will always gravtitate to that percieved image. To bad it seems that it's mostly teenagers/young twenty somethings that spend to much time on the net arguing/chatting/what evering then actually riding and getting 'it' done. Image is everything to *a lot* of people. And the image of 'snowboarding' will sell for awhile.  For some reason people seem to internalize that image that much more if they're on snowboard.com, and not just have the latest and greatest gear...regardless if it ever touches snow or if they can steer it through a average mogul field/park/mountain.

 

Beyond that...it's just a web site...don't let people get to ya and don't take anything else to seriously. Especially from internet warriors that spend more time online then on snow.

 

Log off, get out and ride...while there's still snow. Hike for it if you have to...it's good for ya.

Just a 'short' drive away...

heheh... I thought I was bad with the name changes. I think you got me by one or two there nm. Maybe it's tme for me to do another change.... NAH!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haha. Ok, I got you.. I am on number 5. It has been a while. Just about 5 years now for me. So, it looks like I average a SN a year.

 

Tha's ok.. I know who you are. Doesn't really matter what the screen name is.

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by shayboarder
Hey mike you need to make another topic about next years 30+ meet...ideas.  I didn't see it so i'm assuming it got deleted with your old account. 

 

 

Lets meet in MICHIGAN!!!

 

 

Ok, I am just milking this trail map since I already had it copied to my browser thingy... It does have triple blacks though.. hahha

 

 

I've heard some really good things about Mt Bohemia.  By far the best in that region, but no...

Posted by nmMike
 BTW - does Michigan have any airports?

 

Harhar!!! Yes.. DTW(detroit metro) is a southwest hub. And only a short nine or ten hour drive from bohemia.... I think it would actually be closer to fly into greenbay or something.. I would have to look a t a map.. But yeah, only Yoopers and Cheeseheads ride there anyways.

Ale, sweet....triple blacks, I'd like to try some of those....how do they compare?  btw thanks to you and richard for takin me through the park on closing day...i'll have to try some more flying next year.

Posted by nmMike
Snow?? where...  8-(

 

It can still be found.  Not much left though.  Barely enough to skid over the rocks...

yep it was snowing all last week here. but im guessing berthoud's avalanche danger is up there, so i may be done for the season

HELLO OUT THERE 30+ RIDERS!!