Snowboarding in S. Korea @ Bear Town Mtn.

The Rental Board:
The board was old… it had a layer of dust on the top of it. Who knows how much was on the bottom. There definatly wasnt any wax. Not since it came from the factory Im sure. The color was a weird texture/checkered pattern that from afar looked like a faded pink. length was good: 165cm. as apposed to my 152 back home (short). The bindings were some weird claspy tightening system that hardly worked. At least they were quick release for when I needed to pull out of the gay ass board quickly at the bottom of the run to avoid being seen on it by any one.

The Rental Boots:
The largest size boots this particular ski/snowboard resort carried was size 10 in mens US size. I wear at least size 12 boot… After two delieveries of boots, and some luck, I finally scored myself a pair of boots that were size 11 mens US. I first tried on a size 10, and my toes almost instantly went numb and didnt like me anymore from being crunched in such a confining binding pedo-prison. I feel bad for the few guys who had larger feet than I.

The Lifts:
Good, all 4 person lifts. The chairs that went up to the highest parts of the mtn. were quick. Each chair slowed down to a snails pace once at the top (not effecting the rest of the chairs) to allow even the most uncoordinated and unable to remove themself from the lift without falling…. well almost. Oh ya, almost forgot… the Koreans generally ride the lift with thier snowboards in hand rather than the trusty ’skateboard’ technique. weird. but efficient.

The Runs:
Imagine a hill larger than a man-made landfill (see Wilmot or Alpine - Southern tip of Wisconson) add man-made snow and the usual idiot and annoying ski patrol blocking off cool looking runs… thats what it was. Add in about 1000 Koreans and a couple of Army Joes, all sitting on their rears, falling, hardly sliding down the hill out of control, or traversing side to side, utilizing the entire run for a turn at mach zero. It was a lesson in slaloming human flags that are not stationary.

The End:
fin.