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  2. Full Hip Replacement??

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I started snowboarding due to my hip. Due to a car accident, my femur was smashed through my socket and they had to rebuild it. That was in 2003.

     

    I ride every weekend, and every school vacation with my son, and have competed for the last 3 years racing on my alpine setup.

    I am not saying I dont get sore, or that ibuprophine isnt my friend, but once healed, you bones will treat you right and you most likely will be fine. 

    Oh, and the reason for snowboarding was after a year, I needed to test the hip, so I decided to pick up a sport where I would crash and stress it...

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  3. USASA SafeSport training

    in Racing

    Posted

    As an update, and as it seems to be the sentiment in here, I will not be racing USASA this year. This is entirely due to the new safesport requirement.

     

    I have no issue with the background check, as I pass them for work regularly.

     

    I have not, due to this, renewed my membership.

  5. Young Carvers

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    I am going to introduce my son to this channel. He will race breakers this year at 13. All he ever thinks about is that euro and heading back up the hill.

     

    Last year he perfected a mean Q as he would euro, go up the hill and then butter the tip last sec and go back down...

     

    Look for them man and they will be friends for life, as my kid has made a few at Nationals whom he stays in touch with all year just looking for the time it shows again.

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  7. USASA SafeSport training

    in Racing

    Posted

    Thank you LeeW and no, I don't think you are wrong. Thank you for posting your thoughts as this will die off if complacency is allowed and those who object (like myself) are forced out of competing, and then out of the love of the sport. In no way can I now promote USASA in good conscience, for the young or the older.

    If my kid is not world cup level by 18, and goes into an industry requiring background checks as his career, he too will have to retire, or relocate, like Vic Wild.

    The anonymous aspect is terrifying and destroys the checks and balances of due process. It can't happen to you until it does, and who really can afford to take that chance.

  8. USASA and SafeSport beware

    in Racing

    Posted

    So, in a fair or honest world, I would agree with you. The challenge is, in today's polarized politicized world, people no longer act fair or honest.

    With the anonymous complaint system, the ideas of jurisprudence and the legal system this country was founded on can be subverted from the standing of innocent until proven guilty, to guilty unless able to prove innocence. Anyone who is a competitor now takes a huge risk if they require background checks as this system can permanently tarnish them in the name of retribution.

    Competitors and coaches have a very different access to children and minors. While coaches can spend the one on one time that potentially could lead to the abuse, the competitors have no more access to children or minors than any other mountain pass holder. I have no objection to either the background checks or the requirements to coaches and coaching staff, but requiring this upon what essentially is the general public creates a risk that competator should fully understand and be aware of what this can mean to that individuals ability to work. 

  9. USASA and SafeSport beware

    in Racing

    Posted

    UPDATE:

    Michael (president) from USASA seems a really good guy. Finding it hard to blame them, as they seem caught in the middle. I am going to try to get the anonymous reporting aspect removed, as this is where my concern stems from. It seems, USASA sees my point and I will talk with them beginning of the week. In the interim, I will look to see how to get that specific rule changed and this may all solve itself.

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  10. USASA and SafeSport beware

    in Racing

    Posted

    I warned about this earlier, and USASA now has mandated SafeSport training for competitors to get a USASA membership. I don't think people realize what this actually means.

     

    For anyone who won't need any form of background clearances, you can ignore this. For anyone who might need such a clearance, you are just one hillside infraction from not being able to work. Here is why:

     

    With Safesport, go to the home page (https://safesport.org/) and then go to the Report online section. You will see the section where as you can do an anonymous report if you feel like it. It states "You may report anonymously by omitting your identifying information. " where you report. Please be aware, you are one pissed off skier away from being labeled a sex offender for months if not permanently. When you cut someone off, board past them too fast, or if anyone decides they sim[ply don't like boarders, they can report you anonymously. As previous examples state (https://www.3wiresports.com/articles/2018/8/19/the-scarlet-safe-sport-letter) this process to clear, and you takes months or more and many thousands of dollars to correct it, if at all. Anyone needing to do any form of background check should think twice about joining USASA, and if they are over 18, due to this new requirement, this will apply to you. I am warning all who might think of competing, as once this happens, even once found innocent, this will haunt you for the rest of your days.

    I regret having to retire from racing USASA. I didn't want to be forced to go to the beer leagues. This saddens me greatly. The risk, however, from someone retaliating by filing an anonymous report is simply too great as I pass background checks regularly with my job.

    I get many may think this won't happen to them. There are many documented instances in history where those who believed it couldn't happen to them ended up on the wrong side of the law. Don't let this happen to you, and I will be passing this on as you should be very aware and afraid. If competitors need this, why not the general public who buys a ticket? I am to push for that to prove the absurdity of this requirement, but am retiring myself from USASA racing until this is rescinded.

    Sorry for the bad news and how this will affect our beloved sport.

  11. First time alpine setup

    in Racing

    Posted

    I would also add, how long have you been hardbooting as well? 

    The first year is fun and scary. If you go to Nationals, your biggest hurdle firt year is actually yourself, as nerves get you (even though they should not and everyone is awesome there). 

    I guess to answer your question, the answer depends on what level a rider you are at, and what your goals are.

  13. Airline Travel and Snowboards

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    FULL DISCLOSURE: I am not giving legal advise, but my OPINION here.

     

    If you are a US Citizen, you can always take them to small claims. It costs you ~$19.00 to file, so except for your time showing up, it doesn't leave you with much risk.

     

    The key point to your argument would hing on the term fragile. Printing out the Websters definition, and then printing out some of the stats of the Gs put upon these boards, establishing these are not "fragile" per se should be fairly straight forward. It would then boil down to what the specific damage was and how it could be produced.

     

    Worse case, you cause them to waste a day of someones time from the airline and you lose, best case they offer you something and you become whole. This is the direction I would take and since no lawyer is required, you also might get to perform and live out any Fred Thompson (Law and Order chief prosecutor) fantasies you might secretly have.

     

     

     

     

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  14. The bottom line

    in Carving Central

    Posted

    So this is where as an ameteur, I should just listen. I cannot.

     

    Just pick what pleases you man, and every day, just try to push it to that little percentage more. None of us are getting any younger, or going to be world cup riders. Just put a goal and master as best you can. 

     

    I suck at the perfect line, trimmed, smooth, and narrow. But on that rare day, I get that line, for a brief time, that holds envy or I set that one perfect heel side that someone notices. Every day, just try to better yourself man.

     

    I will never make nirvana, but some day, we may all see you do so, as your day was better than yesterday.

  19. USASA SafeSport training

    in Racing

    Posted

    I agree it is common, for the coaches. If someone wants to volunteer, they too would be required. The reasoning is due to the additional contact and time spent with minors whom are not family related. 

    The new requirement for competitors would be anthologist to requiring this online course to buy a lift ticket, as both provide the same level of contact to unknown minors. Simply put, you may talk to them in the lift line or on the chair, but  since all competitors age out of any program past 18, there is no additional contact.

  20. USASA SafeSport training

    in Racing

    Posted

    I received an email today. I confirmed it is not mandatory this year, but will be next year on. Here is the content:

     

    Hello,

     

    As an adult member of the USASA community we would like you to participate is Safe Sport education training prior to competing at USASA National Championships. This important online education is free.  As an adult competing in a shared venue with a minor it is important that you view and pass the online materials. If you have already completed this training this year you may disregard this message.

     

    The training is free and your information will be recorded and sent to us, there is nothing more for you to do!  Please take the 45 minutes needed to complete this before registration on Friday at noon on 3/29/19.

     

    Sincerely,

     

    Mike Mallon

    When I asked if this was a requirement, this was the reply:

    Frank,

     

    Safe Sport passed this along for my reply.  This is a new compliance recently released by the center for SafeSport.  While we are not requiring it this year we are asking for your participation.  Next year it will be a membership requirement for all adult snowboard or freeski competitors across all competitions in the United States under US Ski and Snowboard or USASA..

     

    Sincerely,

     

    Mike

  21. USASA SafeSport training

    in Racing

    Posted

    I have looked into this further. All adult individuals who are not looking at this as a career sport should think hard on this.

    SafeSport was created to deal with the issues stemming from the Olympic Gymnastics scandal related to sexual abuse. This was a program designed so as to deflect the committee from the blame of bad hires and the liabilities legally therein. (SIC: https://deadspin.com/safesport-the-usocs-attempt-to-stop-child-abuse-is-se-1826279217 ) Anyone who signs up for these courses enter into their database and are then subject to their jurisdiction for all matters registered with them. The long and short of it is, anyone registered in that database can be accused of horrific events, and the only recourse therein is through arbitration with SafeSport. Unless you can guarantee you will never make an enemy who can look you up, you are at personal liability as this is governed by a US government body, so it will show up on all background checks. 

    From SafeSports own complaint page: "YOU MAY REPORT ANONYMOUSLY. If you choose to report anonymously, please write ANONYMOUS where it says "Your full name." " and you can file any complaint against any registered party and it will be on your permanent record unless you can get arbitration to remove it.

    If this is going to be the requirement for USASA membership for me to compete next year, then this will be my last year competing with this body, or as long as this restriction is in place.

  22. USASA SafeSport training

    in Racing

    Posted

    I also reached out to them in an email. Here was their response:

    "Safe Sport passed this along for my reply.  This is a new compliance recently released by the center for SafeSport.  While we are not requiring it this year we are asking for your participation.  Next year it will be a membership requirement for all adult snowboard or freeski competitors across all competitions in the United States under US Ski and Snowboard or USASA.."

    So, not mandatory this year, but mandatory next. I wonder what this will do to, or if it will have any impact on the participation rate for this organization. This course will do nothing to prevent anything, but there are indeed legal implications to such a course, including whether there is scoring and if they keep records. If someone ever gets any answer wrong,  could this prohibit someone from a position of employment due to the nature of this course in the future? I am in a very highly regulated field where I have taken background checks for different classifications of access. When I worked with a trading entity, as I am an IT consultant, their background check went all the way back to high school, and they required me to disclose the contents of a Driving to Endanger ticket from 1986. (I was doing doughnuts in a parking lot with a car that had a blower sticking out of the hood in the snow. Cop saw an easy win if I fought it.) Imagine the outcome of a single failed answer in one of these such third party courses.

    I see this as an issue with me competing next year.

  23. USASA SafeSport training

    in Racing

    Posted

    Maybe it's just me, but in a sport where it is very public, and my group doesn't go at the same time as anyone young, I just don't like the idea that I must defend being a decent person with training that will change nothing. It isn't like some unscrupulous person will take the training and suddenly decide not to do an action.

    I guess it just bugs me to have to be on the defensive on such things... I don't like having to take a test to state whether I can be a good parent or be around other kids.

  24. USASA SafeSport training

    in Racing

    Posted

    So, does anyone else see this training that USASA is asking for as a bit much?

     

    The reason for this is "As an adult competing in a shared venue with a minor it is important that you view and pass the online materials." If this is a concern for USASA, having adults and minors competing in a shared venue, then I am thinking they might have a much larger issue on their hands. Asking competitors to complete this now less than a week before the event does not put a good vibe moving forward. Anyone else thrown off by this? (Full disclosure, I have no idea the content as I have not clicked the link)

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