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<\/a><\/p>\nSnowboarding was simpler in the 90s. Fewer people did it, the Internet hadn\u2019t ruined it yet, and the popular consensus was to keep shit punk rock. Snowboarding was turning mainstream, and depending on who you asked, it was the beginning, or the end. For the riders who grew up in this magical decade and are still at it, there\u2019s a bit of nostalgia floating around these days. Maybe because it hurt a lot less back then (getting old sucks) but mostly because that\u2019s just kinda how things work. So, for you, my fellow 30+ board brethren, here\u2019s 20 things that will remind you how old you are.<\/p>\n
1. You\u2019ve answered the question \u201cHow do you stop on those things?\u201d on a chairlift.<\/strong><\/p>\n Snowboarding was accepted, but far from mainstream in the 90s. Our parents still assumed it was a fad and you\u2019d often encounter incredulous skiers asking absurd questions. Hell, Transworld even made a shirt with the answers.<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0You know TB stands for Totally Board.<\/strong><\/p>\n While technically Fall Line Films was the first, the 90s were all about TB and Mack Dawg. Dawger was arguably more hip with younger riders, while the TB movies had lots of big mountain sections to fast forward through. But either way, you bought them both, every year.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0You remember thinking it was insane when Jeff Brushie signed a 1.3 million dollar contract with Ride.<\/strong><\/p>\n But still thought it was cooler when he rode for Burton. \u201cSelling out\u201d was kind of a big deal back then.<\/p>\n Brian Regis and Rahm Klampert. Pulled from the Yobeat\u00a0photo archive.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0You at one point wished you could ride the Killington half pipe (or you hiked it everyday \u2013 and night for the one season it had lights.)<\/strong><\/p>\n See back then, the average halfpipes topped out at 12 feet and it was actually kinda fun. They were the 90s answer to the rainbow rail. Killington, in particular, had a solid scene of people who almost made it and the week before the Open everyone who was anyone would show up to \u201ctrain.\u201d<\/p>\n Photo: Sky Chalmers via\u00a0ESPN<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n 5.\u00a0You remember when the US Open was a drunken mess, and people actually cared about it.<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh, and there were no bag checks.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n