European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ski Europe Al Iio ii 1 by Dirk Johnson the new York times since the heyday of ski bums and hot dodgers a generation ago the percentage of Young people on the. Slopes has t5een declining.  american ski resorts continue to thrive Between .1987 and t993 the share of skiers who were in their late teens or Early 20s fell from 17.5percent to 11.7 percent according to the National skier opinion Survey a private research company in Boulder Golo this falloff among the Young has prompted the question has the image of skiing once emblematic of youth and hipness grown As crotchety As the grading baby Boomers who fuelled its growth one reason for the downturn among. The Young is that because of a Low birth rate during the 1970s there Are simply fewer of them. But some experts also see a bit of cultural rebellion at work among these baby busters who Call themselves generation x. By the end of the 80s, i Don t think skiing was All that hip said de Pitoniak editor in chief of ski Magazine it was the epitome of Yuppie  indeed the share of skiers who earn $100,000 or More has doubled since 1987, to nearly 20 percent said Jim Spring the head of the Boulder research group. In that period the average age of the skier has moved up to 35 from 32, he said with More than 20 percent of skiers age.45 or older. With travel lodging and lift tickets a week of skiing can Cost thousands of dollars out of reach for Many people especially younger folks and. Students. Avant a easy i if e ? do you think skiing should be fun ves then let the Darmstadt International ski club help you have some really great times. We re skiing ten fantastic resorts in four different countries this season. All great value trips. For More information Call or write to us Rente Buijs president 0621-2944225 s. Rowell car 431 or Joerg Fischer 06151-902168 / Box 2558, Apo a 09175 Spring said.   teen age perspective any. Sport Voith such a preponderance of older wealthy people will have a hard time achieving the ally important status of Cool. The most vivid expression of Youthful rebellion has been the emergence of snowboarders  Down the slopes on Flat sheets of fibreglass like surfers or skateboarders. V snowboarders who Are overwhelmingly under 30, typically . Coordinated ski suits for More casual attire and and their manner often exudes a kind of alienated suburban angst. Skiing is old hat said Jan duncan., 25,who works in a snowboard store in. Suburban Denver. Snowboarders Are outlandish Radical  Many skiers frown at the presence of snowboarders on the slopes. Skiers who tend toward thirty or fort something say they Are often frightened by the Youthful snowboarders reckless moves annoyed. By their tendency to Spray Snow and Eyen irked As one 38-Yenr-pld put it because they re Young and  Spring characterized the snowboarders As a recalcitrant group in the midst of the comfortable and prosperous. Compared to the nifty looking skiers they represent a kind of counterculture he said. They re making a statement that we Don t think life is so nifty " some scoff that skiing the most homogeneous sport this Side of Polo has simply become top a fail even smug to Espea interest teen agers with a bit of larceny in their hearts. V skiers Are Boring preppie nerds frat House kind of people said Ian Mcpeters As he Rode a to bar with a snowboard under his Arm. Skiing is just the old thing. Snowboarding is the new  snowboarders Are hardly emerging from the ranks of the underprivileged a snowboard an Cost-$.400 or More and the lift tickets often run about $40 a Day. Whatever their attitudes about skiing the snowboarders Are leading a return to the slopes among the Young that stands to strengthen the Industry the experts say. Spring said snowboarders now accounted for 5 percent of . Sales of lift tickets a figure he predicted would clip fib moreover ski schools for children have been booming. And experts like Pitoniak predict that once the offspring of baby Boomers reach their teen age years the number of Young people on the slopes will skyrocket. " v there s still a lot of sex Appeal to. Skiing said Jim Felton a spokesman for a Colorado resort. In the meantime ski resorts have kept Pace by appealing to families the older baby Boomers who bring their children to the mountains. Nearly every Large resort. Now provides Day care and ski lessons for children As Young As 3 and ski companies have introduced a Host of programs intended forja milies including Sleigh rides and Snowshoe nature trails. 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