| a | What is a Weekend Warrior? Weekend Warriors are those who only ride Saturday and Sunday, who must take trips to go to the mountains, and who have actual obligations that prevent them from riding everyday. These are the people who keep society moving in the direction we like to see it go (forward, in case you weren't sure). They work, they go to school, and they have to ride on the two worst days of the week. While there's really nothing wrong with this, Weekend Warriors generally don't have the best reputation in the ski area community. Afterall, for the "locals", who ride everyday, they pretty much ruin two perfectly good days a week. They cause lift lines and traffic jams, scrape off the snow and force the jumps to be small and crappy, but they also pay for the lifts to run, so really, the "lokes" have no place to complain (unless you're me, then you can complain as much as you want). I personally feel bad for Weekend Warriors, because they never get to experience mid week, which here on the east coast, is always a releif after the weekend rush. They have to drive home at the same time as thousands of other people in SUV's, just to do it again next week. Although locals may ride every day, these people are the true hard core. So if you only ride on the days between Friday and Monday, this is my tribute to you. -Brooke Geery |
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CONTENTS
Rekkids:Reviews of more cds you've never even heard of, the Twits and some snowboard rock compliation. Movies:Poorly written reviews of recent video and theatre releases. Parking Lot Mayhem: A tale of my personal favorite part of the weekends, parking. Weekend Warrior Interviews: Interviews with some fine young men at the weekend warrior capital of the world: Killington, VT. What You Probably Forgot You Learned in Kindergarten: This goes way beyond tying your shoes. Contests: The perfect weekend escape: Photos from the 1999 contest scene. Jeremy Jones Interview: a cute forum rider from Utah, oh boy. Boycott Big Business:Why you should never shop at Rite Aid. Making it big in Big Air: Everything you need to know about busting into the big air scene. |
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Staff Assistant Editor/Writer: Rachel Cotton esoxteric@aol.com Graphic Artist: Seth Butler horizonVT@aol.com Staff Photographer: Tim Zimmerman twzimage@vermontel.com Copy Editor: Monty monty11053@aol.com Music Editor: Kevin Peckham peckham@panther.middlebury.edu Contributing Photographers: Josh Campbell, Shanti Soseinski 2/23/99 issues | links | archives | staff | subscribe | mail © 1999 Yo Beat Magazine
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A word about our contributors: As you probably do not realize, putting out an issue of this instantly classic magazine take a lot of work. Luckily, there are a million suckers out there, and some of them help us out every 37 days. Josh Cambell is a CSC student with a camera and a dream. He only told me he was going to contribute for about 10 issues before he actually did. Pat "the eYe" Bridges gives us whatever no one else will publish. I think we are very fortunate to have such a devoted writer on staff. Marie Dussalt is from Canada. She actually wanted to write for us, unlike everyone else who I force too. |
