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Outlaw shaped skis. Everybody has to ski on long, straight skis that can’t be wider than 65 under foot. Watch property values plummet in a week.

Edit: accurate prediction of the future: https://youtu.be/qhuHuQ1Bu3o

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Or better : outlaw ski lifts. You can still do some skiing or snowboarding, but you have to get to the summit yourself like alpine hunters.

This is life for downhill longboarding (outside of official events with uplift buses)

People would have their knees repaired, then sell ar a loss

Wider under foot is harder on the knees actually, especially on groomed runs.

Sure, but long, straight skis are harder to control, causing more accidents for less skilled riders. Many people skiing reasonably well today would have a really hard time using classic material from the 80s-90s

Yeah that is true. I still take my skinny ones out a couple times a season. They turn quick and you get to feel the depth on the powder turns.

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