Is snowboarding no longer cool? A recent article from The New York Times explains that the sport is “sputtering in the United States.”
The numbers in the article paint a stark picture for the extreme sport. This isn’t just anecdotal evidence. According to Nate Fristoe, who monitors winter-sport trends, the number of days that snowboarders go to resorts has fallen from 7.6 days a year 15 years ago to around 6.1 days per year today. Skiing, on the other hand (or foot?), has remained at around 5.5 days per year for the past few years.
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