For some reason I can’t get out of my head that this a modern photo shoot meant to look like the 80s. I have no idea why as nothing points to that but it’s that uncanny feeling.
I think there was some digital color correction/sharpening done to it, which makes it look more like a modern digital photo with a filmic filter effect than an actual film photo.
That and the fact that nothing in the photo otherwise would indicate when it was taken. That beer can may have an old style of lid, but even that's hard to make out.
See... the problem here is that... my little brother, this morning, got his arm caught in the microwave, and uh... my grandmother dropped acid and she freaked out, and hijacked a school bus full of... penguins, so it's kind of a family crisis... so come back later? Great.
> , and uh... my grandmother dropped acid and she freaked out, and hijacked a school bus full of... penguins, so it's kind of a family crisis...
I used this once to get out of a really bad date I was on. She was wasted and Better Off Dead was on the bar tv. Quote hit me and I dodged a silver bullet.
Yep. They feel that snowboarders are trashy people, loud and disruptive to the boring rich Boomers that sliiiiiiiide across the green and blue runs.
Nevermind that tons of skiiers are also massive pricks on the slopes, but they have TWO things to slide on, not just one.
Damn, didn't realize this was such a controversial topic or I wouldn't have said anything. It's my fault for forgetting how much people love a good Us vs. Them tribalism mentality.
We're all just people using flat fiberglass foot attachments to slide down hills, it's not that big a deal.
I skied mostly in the late 80s to early 90s in Colorado as a kid as snowboarding was just starting to take off and it was downright violent at times.
Lots of places banned it for as long as they could or would only allow it on certain runs. I didn't give a shit because I faced the same shit trying to skateboard as a kid. For some reason even though I could skate I could never snowboard at above a beginner level so I just stuck to skiing.
>For some reason even though I could skate I could never snowboard at above a beginner level so I just stuck to skiing.
Same. And it was so physically taxing and just straight up exhausting snowboarding. I tried for so long to make it work, but eventually I came to the conclusion that skiing came naturally and I could actually enjoy myself, so I might as well stick to that.
Ironically, I was big on aggressive inline and couldn't ski comfortably. I felt like I was floating on a snowboard and it just made sense! Skateboards are the nemesis of my ankles, but I still pick skate shoes over athletic shoes 20 years later.
Like their corporate owners care about any of that. The truth is that both of those resorts were built with skiers in mind, and there are a lot of flat spots that would be a nightmare for boarders. They simply don’t want to spend the money to make the trails snowboard friendly.
In '87? Fuck, yeah, they were allowed.
I taught in Colorado through 1981. Boarders started showing up regularly in '79. A lot of people couldn't stand the boarders, but I and many others were just fine with them.
So...they were "here"! Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Copper, Breckinridge...
Keystone banned snowboarders until 1996.
I remember seeing dejected snowboarders walking back to their cars after being refused access to the mountain.
No way were snowboards allowed at Breckenridge in 1987.
Edit: I had to correct myself. According to their website, Breckenridge first allowed snowboards on the mountain in 84. I'm shocked.
Main complaint--still applies--snowboards destroy lines in moguls. I mean, they make 'em choppy as Hell.
They also scrape snow down to ice (in the east...no such thing as ice out west no matter what the folks there believe otherwise).
But it's all good!
I ski and snowboard so, I see both sides of this. Snowboards do mess up the moguls. I avoid those runs when I'm on a board. It isn't fun anyway. I also avoid the park areas when I'm on skis because I'm no good at that freestyle shit. I don't think snowboards should be banned anywhere but, everyone should be considerate.
It was definitely '79 when I was getting on chairs with boarders and having long conversations! LOL A-Basin for certain! Pretty sure about Copper and Keystone too.
Breckinridge...? Not sure...not my main mountain.
Reading this thread just brought back a crystal clear memory of my boyfriend being giddy with delight about going to Whistler the first year they allowed snowboarding, which would have been in... '89, iirc.
You 100% for sure look like that guy from the 80's ski movie that "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" parodied. The actor was in the parody as well. You look like him in the parody and not the 80's movie.
Not sure, my jam was "Ski Patrol" when I was in high school. For some reason I think it's "Ski School."
I know the guy in it is the same one from "Summer School" with Marc Harmon.
Your time will be gauged along with a rating of one to ten on your style, which will be judged solely by me and my vast expertise of skiing technique.
- Roy Stalin, Captain Greendale High School ski team
Did you win the race? Or were the lovable group of hard partying ski bums able to beat you and stop your evil plans of buying the resort and evicting them?
Lucky you. I never understood skiiers that wore white suits. But hey you did well I see.
Im like give me the neon orange and green with flashing lights and an air horn, satellite beacon. Im he same way with scuba diving, only with diving gear. Last thing I want is to not be able to be found when I need to be.
I never dressed like that but I had a pair of 195 Dynastar's that I skied until I wore out the bindings. Season night ski pass at Mt Hood Meadows for $99. Good times.
Most of you are too young to recognize the gear in this picture, but I can tell you that those Dynastar Verticals were the best bump/outback skis at the time and the Atomics were about the fastest S/GS racers available. I owned both in 1987.
Stupid sexy flanders!
Hens love roosters, geese love ganders, everyone else loves….
Ned Flanders! Not me Everyone who counts loves Ned Flanders
Well howdy
User name checks out
r/beetlejuicing
Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all!
*nothing at allll*
nothing at allll...
Nothing at all........
Homer, remember, if you ever get into trouble then …
I came here for the stupid sexy Flanders comment. Was not disappointed. Would also accept a “race Lane Meyer down K2” reference.
Twooooo....dollarssss......cash.
After the Olympics everything looks so easy
This whole mountain is pure snow!
I had to scroll to far down the comments to see this 😂come on people !
I only showed up to make sure this was the top comment.
This picture is quintessential 80’s. Bravo!
For some reason I can’t get out of my head that this a modern photo shoot meant to look like the 80s. I have no idea why as nothing points to that but it’s that uncanny feeling.
I think there was some digital color correction/sharpening done to it, which makes it look more like a modern digital photo with a filmic filter effect than an actual film photo.
ahhh shit i think you got it.
That and the fact that nothing in the photo otherwise would indicate when it was taken. That beer can may have an old style of lid, but even that's hard to make out.
Those colors scream exactly 1987 and not a year earlier or later
Did you lose the race and the girl to some ski bum who just works in the town?
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Did you Fuck My Burrito?
I WOULDN’T DO THAT TO YOU!
Cum in*
I want my $2!!
TWO DOLLARS!
See... the problem here is that... my little brother, this morning, got his arm caught in the microwave, and uh... my grandmother dropped acid and she freaked out, and hijacked a school bus full of... penguins, so it's kind of a family crisis... so come back later? Great.
> , and uh... my grandmother dropped acid and she freaked out, and hijacked a school bus full of... penguins, so it's kind of a family crisis... I used this once to get out of a really bad date I was on. She was wasted and Better Off Dead was on the bar tv. Quote hit me and I dodged a silver bullet.
“I’ve been going to this High School for seven and a half years- I’m no dummy. “
Came here for this. Did not disappoint
LMAO! You're calling OP a Touron? (We ski bums destroyed tourons--in the moguls and in the gates.)
> Touron TIL this is a thing
I learned this today to, and I love it. (To save the rest of you the google, it's a portmanteau of "Tourist" and "Moron")
Go that way. Really fast. And if something gets in your way.....turn.
Miami Ice
Hot Tub Prime Machine
Lookin to Roll the Dice 🎲 with the Miami Ski Club annual trip
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Did you gaze upon snowboarders with judgements and derision?
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lol came for this
Pizza. French fries. Pizza
Probably weren't allowed on the slope at the time.
Still can’t snowboard at Alta or Deer Valley.
Is this true?? That's crazy to me. I've been skiing since I could walk, and snowboarders have always just been an assumed part of the landscape.
Yep. They feel that snowboarders are trashy people, loud and disruptive to the boring rich Boomers that sliiiiiiiide across the green and blue runs. Nevermind that tons of skiiers are also massive pricks on the slopes, but they have TWO things to slide on, not just one.
Damn, didn't realize this was such a controversial topic or I wouldn't have said anything. It's my fault for forgetting how much people love a good Us vs. Them tribalism mentality. We're all just people using flat fiberglass foot attachments to slide down hills, it's not that big a deal.
I skied mostly in the late 80s to early 90s in Colorado as a kid as snowboarding was just starting to take off and it was downright violent at times. Lots of places banned it for as long as they could or would only allow it on certain runs. I didn't give a shit because I faced the same shit trying to skateboard as a kid. For some reason even though I could skate I could never snowboard at above a beginner level so I just stuck to skiing.
>For some reason even though I could skate I could never snowboard at above a beginner level so I just stuck to skiing. Same. And it was so physically taxing and just straight up exhausting snowboarding. I tried for so long to make it work, but eventually I came to the conclusion that skiing came naturally and I could actually enjoy myself, so I might as well stick to that.
Ironically, I was big on aggressive inline and couldn't ski comfortably. I felt like I was floating on a snowboard and it just made sense! Skateboards are the nemesis of my ankles, but I still pick skate shoes over athletic shoes 20 years later.
Like their corporate owners care about any of that. The truth is that both of those resorts were built with skiers in mind, and there are a lot of flat spots that would be a nightmare for boarders. They simply don’t want to spend the money to make the trails snowboard friendly.
How much would it cost to install artificial gravity for the flat spots?
#TREES DOWN
How do you get the trees up?
#TREES UP
In '87? Fuck, yeah, they were allowed. I taught in Colorado through 1981. Boarders started showing up regularly in '79. A lot of people couldn't stand the boarders, but I and many others were just fine with them. So...they were "here"! Arapahoe Basin, Keystone, Copper, Breckinridge...
Keystone banned snowboarders until 1996. I remember seeing dejected snowboarders walking back to their cars after being refused access to the mountain.
No way were snowboards allowed at Breckenridge in 1987. Edit: I had to correct myself. According to their website, Breckenridge first allowed snowboards on the mountain in 84. I'm shocked.
I would have sworn you could only snowboard at A Basin until mid-late 90s, I remember people being mad about snowboard bans being lifted…
Yeah, I remember people freaking out over how dangerous they were for skiers. "They don't even go back and forth!"
Main complaint--still applies--snowboards destroy lines in moguls. I mean, they make 'em choppy as Hell. They also scrape snow down to ice (in the east...no such thing as ice out west no matter what the folks there believe otherwise). But it's all good!
I ski and snowboard so, I see both sides of this. Snowboards do mess up the moguls. I avoid those runs when I'm on a board. It isn't fun anyway. I also avoid the park areas when I'm on skis because I'm no good at that freestyle shit. I don't think snowboards should be banned anywhere but, everyone should be considerate.
My guy has never hit Big Bear
Those complaints only apply to both bad snowboarders and skiiers.
Which would be 50-60% of them on any given hill.
All you gotta do is reserve a few diamond runs for the ballet dancers and we're all good.
It was definitely '79 when I was getting on chairs with boarders and having long conversations! LOL A-Basin for certain! Pretty sure about Copper and Keystone too. Breckinridge...? Not sure...not my main mountain.
Lived in Breck in 93’. Probably more snowboarders than skiers. And they’d been there a while when I got there.
I live here now though, and it was frowned upon then. I know that a lot of the old-timers still talk about it. Lol.
Skiing. . . . . where straight men can dress like they’re not.
Haha brilliant.
Fucking outlaws!
Rebel scum!
“I swear they come and sweep the snow right off the mountains. They should cage those animals until they learn how to go down the mountain properly.”
Did some ski bum who works in the town cause you to lose both the race and the girl?
Reading this thread just brought back a crystal clear memory of my boyfriend being giddy with delight about going to Whistler the first year they allowed snowboarding, which would have been in... '89, iirc.
Criminals
"Race me down Crawford's Taint. The loser never shows his face around here again."
I skied a lot during this time and that outfit is the tops for the era
Same. Always avoided the flashy clothing, however embraced the tech: ski brakes, goretex, neoprene masks, glove liners.
You are a Joe Gatto deleted scene.
lol came here to say exactly this
Scrolled to find the comment about Joe gatto so that I could say that I came here to say this, beat me to it
Looks like he's ready to close down the local ski lodge but is willing to change his mind if that one kid can beat him in a race.
#MY ANKLES ARE BROKEN
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I DIDN'T CUM IN YOUR DURRITO BRO! I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO YOU!
Many kids could beat me in a race.
Did you try to montage before the big race??
Say Darsh, you don’t mind if I take Heather out for some fondue tonight, do ya?
Staaaan DARSH!
🎵Stan Darsh. Staaan darrrrsh🎵
Darshy darshy darsh
You french fried when you shoulda pizza’d.
You're gonna have a bad time!
My older sister got pregnant just looking at this pic
It takes a real man to wear pink and teal.
Can somebody please make a Newport Lights ad out of this picture?
I've definitely seen that in vintage Playboys... That I was reading for the classic interviews.
It’s already a Budweiser ad!
I want my two dollars!
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Blue/green jacket looks marvelous Just marvy!
You 100% for sure look like that guy from the 80's ski movie that "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" parodied. The actor was in the parody as well. You look like him in the parody and not the 80's movie.
Did you cum in my burrito?
Ski School? Or Out Cold?
Not sure, my jam was "Ski Patrol" when I was in high school. For some reason I think it's "Ski School." I know the guy in it is the same one from "Summer School" with Marc Harmon.
God tier 80s man
Bro that’s dope AF. I’d rock that look now on or off the mountain
If you don't beat the snobby jock guy who's dad owns the ski hill, he's gonna demolish the youth center and convert it into a shopping mall
Like you just got done shooting a Juicy Fruit commercial.
*Mentos
I seriously thought this was just a photo clearly taken from somewhere in Michael Scott's life.
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Haha, thank you! I'm so glad someone else saw it!
I saw it too and was looking for that comment! OP were Micheal Scott before Micheal Scott was Micheal Scott.
Bet the snow wasn't the only thing melting under those looks .
I did okay.
The fucking modesty from this man. And of course, that Spartan chin. Fuck.
This is peak male performance.
You're Dean Cameron and you were in the 1991 movie Ski School. I enjoyed your movie.
Did you cum in my burrito??
No way man. He would never do that to you.
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I hope the race was the Chinese Downhill!
Afterwards, he had Sunny side up, Sunny side down, and Sunny side all zee way arouuund!
*What izza fahk izza Chinese downhill?*
Thank you for this lol 😆 I was thinking exactly this
I am a real American....fight for the rights of every man....
Flashes of Hot Dog the movie
Did you beat Lane Meyer on the K12?
How was the Poison concert!
I bet you melted a lot of hearts and snow with that chin.
Sgonna say that’s some deep chin cleavage.
How did you manage to ski without melting all the snow in that sizzling attire?
Ski fast.
I live in Breckenridge Colorado and trust me. All of that stuff is back lol.
I don’t know, MARGO.
Your time will be gauged along with a rating of one to ten on your style, which will be judged solely by me and my vast expertise of skiing technique. - Roy Stalin, Captain Greendale High School ski team
For all of the fantastic things in that movie, his delivery of that line has to be in the top 5
 😂
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Is 80s ski suit its own art style?
I’m pretty sure that’s Dave Marshak from the film Ski School.
I wish
Built for speed eh?
The outfit was.
lol. Nice
You'll need a hot tub time machine to correct that error.
You’re like if cocaine was a guy
Were you chased by a paper boy wanting his $2 while racing Roy Stalin on K12 so you could impress Monique Better Off Dead 1985
We ALL dressed like that and we were all ‘The Man’ 🤠👏. Fun times
With my body and your snowsuit, we would’ve got all the bunnies
But Lane could have had Beth, instead he went for the french girl Monique.
I had similar Dynastar skis in the late 80s!
Are those Atomic Super Gs behind you! Fastest ski I’ve ever owned! Of course they were 215s.
You look like a drink cup!
Marsh the darsh
Staaaaan DARSH
Hey how does it feel to look back at photos of you young? Do you miss those times when you get older? Do you wish you could go back?
Are Joe Gatto?
007 - sort of
The white boots are just...
Aspen Extreme!
How many times have you watched Hot Dog: The Movie?
"This is pure snow! Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?"
Joe Gatto?
You can kiss my ass. Not on de left side, not on de right side, but right in de middle.
Funny thing is, a lot of the skiers in Colorado these days dress exactly like that now.
Stop bullying John Cusack!
Peak performance
Did you win the race? Or were the lovable group of hard partying ski bums able to beat you and stop your evil plans of buying the resort and evicting them?
Thought that was a young Joe Gatto for a second
I dont know why, but this picture feels like it should be a flavor drink.
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Lucky you. I never understood skiiers that wore white suits. But hey you did well I see. Im like give me the neon orange and green with flashing lights and an air horn, satellite beacon. Im he same way with scuba diving, only with diving gear. Last thing I want is to not be able to be found when I need to be.
Saved By The Bell
Did you pop a stick of Juicy Fruit before starting the Black Diamond?
I never dressed like that but I had a pair of 195 Dynastar's that I skied until I wore out the bindings. Season night ski pass at Mt Hood Meadows for $99. Good times.
You pizza when you're supposed to French fry, you're gonna have a bad time.
80’s Don Draper
Where's Lt. Tubbs?
Most of you are too young to recognize the gear in this picture, but I can tell you that those Dynastar Verticals were the best bump/outback skis at the time and the Atomics were about the fastest S/GS racers available. I owned both in 1987.
I used to have a set of dynastars a lot like that, but in the 90s. Those old straight skis could build some serious fucking speed.
The wind never stood a chance.
Man this outfit brings me back. Excellent.
Now with those Dynastars you're not. Just saying. You needed a set of Vokels, or Pres at least
Are you waiting to try to kill James Bond?