Fan Mail: Women Do Not Snowboard to be Sexually Harassed
This weekend, Frenchman and France’s third-most famous boarder Arthur Longo posted an Instagram video of himself tapping the asses of ski bunnies as he rode by. If you somehow missed it, better watch it now, it’s amusing:
Now we all had a good chuckle about this, reposted it, and then immediately forgot about as most people do in the Internet age. But apparently our readership is bigger than just 15 year old boys (and grown men who act like them.) In fact, it seems girls read this site now! Did you know they are allowed to snowboard? Anyway, while we’re being old fashioned, a few feathers have been ruffled by this video. And since we always like to let the people speak, here’s a letter from a (former) reader.
Dear Brooke,
I am writing this email to you in response to a video that Yobeat recently posted. It involves rider Arthur Longo being filmed slapping women on the ass while he’s on the slopes. Seriously? What the fuck? In the comments someone writes a comment that can be basically summed up as “he knows them, so it’s ok”. Nowhere in the video is it stated that he’s slapping female friends on the ass and not strangers. And who gives a shit if he does know them? I am so angry and disappointed that a company dedicated to the joys of riding would post a video that makes some riders feel like second class citizens. As a female rider, this video feels like a slap in the face. You may as well put up as banner on your page that says “Women riders don’t matter! Feel free to sexually harass them and touch their bodies without permission! Oh, but make sure to film it so we can post it and get a million likes on Facebook!” I work in the industry and i can tell you from personal experience that male riders heavily outweigh female riders; I’m sure that incidents like this contribute to that fact. Female riders don’t go the slopes to be sexually harassed. In fact, I’d say that most of them go there so they can forget about shit like that. To forget about their bad day, their shitty boss, the asshole creep on the street who told them to “smile, baby”. You should be teaching males to have respect for their female counterparts on the slopes, NOT that we are somehow there for their entertainment. Not that they can feel free to touch the private areas of our bodies without permission. I’m disappointed in you Yobeat. You have just lost a long-time supporter and I will absolutely be sharing this fucked-up blunder on your part. I expected more from you.
Angry and upset.
Five words we never thought we’d hear at Yobeat: “I expected more from you.”
Fuxi says “Make me a sammich!”
Brooke vs Rachel
Fight till death
Video out next week
feminazis
We expected less yobeat. You outdid yourselves this time.
Have a drinkypoo on me.
loved the epilogue: “Five words we never thought we’d hear at Yobeat: “I expected more from you.”
well played Brooke
Is patting a girl lightly on the bum through ski pants and wearing a glove really sexual harassment? I’m sure none of the girls went home and cried about it after so grow a sense of humor and take the feminist bullshit somewhere else
She mad no one wants to touch her ass.
A video of arthur longo slapping dudes on the ass on the hill would have been just as funny
Start skiing you sour feminist. He’s French! Arthur Longo slapped my ass at a party last week, just to say hello, and we’re not even friends. Lighten up and embrace your inner lesbian. Also, get the fuck out of “the industry” you’re killing the vibe
I’m down to see my woman barefoot, pregnant, and grilling me up some meat. With that said, I’d feed him his board rectally were he to touch one of my female spicy female companions with so little respect. I also chuckle at whiny, milk toast white knights. So thumbs down on the video, thumbs up on the butt hurt, and a thumb up Yobeat’s butt cause everything lists better in 3s.
The glove don’t fit.
“I am so angry and disappointed that a company de-”
you lost me at company young lady
More importantly John Starks Rendered Useless early tease came out on snowboard mag, so hop on that shit
Im totally with you on this one Rachel
Might as well write a protest letter to The Onion.
I am however grateful to get the inside scoop from someone “in the industry” (ahem rent shop) that there are more male snowboarders than females.
opinions aside, it is true that women are very outnumbered, and it is really disappointing that a fellow woman would use such a strong platform to allow degradation of someone who wrote a well-thought out, well-worded letter.
feminists had a picnic and were disappointed…no one made sandwiches.
she must be on her period
HAHAHA fucking fat feminist.
I’m just going out on a limb here but anyone with a vagina on this message board ever been to France? Italy? Mexico? Pretty sure a pat on the bum is the nicest thing you’re going to get unless you’re totally hideous. To add insult to injury the fucking video won’t play for me.
*ATTENTION*
No snowboarder girls were harmed in the making of this video.
(Every single one of them was a skier)
That being said, chill the fuck out your butt is fine, and these girls should be honored Arthur Longo would even grace their asses with his hand.
Racheal S Dyke not Racheal S Dye, fucking feminazi cunt
oh please honey. We all go snowboarding in hopes for attention from men. Arthur rules. I wish he would slap my ass.
Yobeat is like a scummy mustache. People need to realize it is offensive by design.
Yeah, regardless of my personal opinion, I think public shaming of Rachel just because she doesn’t agree with you is pretty whack.
why did i even read the comments i hate this site
I’m a female rider and thought it would just have been funny to respond back with a vid of grabbing dudes crotch sags hah
I am extremely concerned women can ride a kitchen down a mountain.
Yo Name come to summit and grab our lil puds.
This woman also gets mad if someone tries to lift her spirit by saying “smile, baby?” She must live a really hard life.
I probably fucked all of your spicy female companions…rectally.
well maybe if you stupid girls wouldn’t wear such tyte sexi pants on the slopez then us boizz would stop ass grabbin!!!!!!!! #gtfo
And besides that one girl had shit her self! He could have been trying to help her out!
First suffrage now this?!
Sounds like french people do care after all.
Arthur Longo had pulled back his video. Probably been bawl out by his sponsors fo such gross behaviour.
Funny to realize that Volcom, Van’s and Electric are feminazis ^^
can’t women just take a compliment every once in a while?! those were conservative slaps by the way, ya gotta billy clinton em with a squeeze and ear bite!!
When women develop style that isn’t like a usasa nugget falling leaf on the ‘slopes’ then and only then will I treat them as equal snowboarders… Just kidding you will still get harassed
That would be even better
yeah she must be perioding pretty hard
It was a fucking joke.
she’s just emotional and so don’t take anything seriously 🙂
I did.
SHUT THE FUCK UP! IMMA FIND YOU AND BEAT YOUR ASS! THEN LOCK YOU UP AND JUSTICE WILL BE SERVED!
#JUSTICEFORGIRLS #JUSTICEFOREVERYONE
#EQUALLITY
either way she still a dyke
Hi, Im a trigender ketchup packet posing a mayonnaise jar and this video offended me!
My hand on your face would be a compliment according to what I really want to do when you say that…
it is just the meaning of doing it that was inappropriate.
if you don’t see it, you are as stupid as Arthur Longo
yes, they were.
one of her (white suit) says it in the video : she desagrees.
So just shut up. None is honored by Arthur Longo if she doesn’t want it.
I thought you were a lesbian ?
and Electric is also kkk