etc. Skiers view snowboarders as a menace; snowboarders view skiers as Elmer Fudd. (Barry)This statement pretty much sums up the exact thought in the minds of almost every snowboarder and every skier in the world. There may be a time when skiers and snowboarders will ride the slopes together in peace, but probably not anytime soon.Its amazing how a sport can be taken from being called the next big failure to being a Winter Olympic sport in the span of just a decade. The journey to make snowboarding considered a ligament sport was long and hard, but with pioneers such as Sherman Poppen, Tom Sims, and Jake Burton it was well accomplished. Snowboarding made its Winter Olympic debut with the giant slalom, and the halfpipe event in 1998. Todd Richards spoke for snowboarders around the world when he said, "We have been on this crazy quest for legitimacy for so long. The Olympics are going to bring a legitimacy into this sport like no one can comprehend. (Shipley) Finally, snowboarders everywhere have gotten the legitimacy they deserve. ...
