Flashback: Canadian Skis Vs Snowboards War of 1985

It's the great war that time forgot. 

Canadian skiers were not pleased about the new trend that was like "snow surfing," and that originated in, as the reporter points out, "where else? California." 

Although snowboarding had "been around for almost a decade in the United States," in 1985, it was becoming a "trendy"

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