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Millennium Sickness

By Nathan Yant

November 2, 1999

All this talk about the millennium has got me sick. Who cares about what happened in the last thousand years–we weren’t alive for but a bit of it. The recent past is what you should be concerned about. Was it Bob Marley who said something about the future and the past? I don’t know–I ain’t no hippie. Anyway, here’s a brief recap of the trends, the riders, and the events of the 90s. Take notes of the super shitty ones, ’ cause history has a way of repeating itself. –Nathan Yant

P.S. Dave and I racked our brains for hours coming up with these memorable moments. Our opinions do not directly reflect those of TransWorld or i ts employees–although the world would be a brighter place if they did.

Things We Bet You’ll See Again

• Hard boots for freestylin’

• Baggy pants

• Terry Kidwell

• Mambo socks

• Pro hos

• Swallowtails

Things We Wish Would Just Go Away

• Snowboarding with ski poles

• Snowlerblades

• Liftlines

• Bitter, washed-up editors

• Mute stiffies

The Most Influential People And Events Of The 90S

• Farmer, Nate Cole, Jamie Lynn, Terje, and Peter Line

New Kids On the Twock, Whiskey, and Sexual Chocolate

• Forward lean

• The Pipe Dragon

• The death and rebirth of jibbing

• Boozy and The Green Cowboy

Who Would Have Guessed That

• Palmer would grace the cover of USA Today as "The World’s Greatest Athlete"

• Damian and Brandy Sanders would break up

• Your dad would ask you to teach him how to snowboard

• Farmer wouldn’t be on a major record label

• Snowboarding would be an Olympic sport

• Ranquet would still have a pro model

Good Riddence To

• Riding the park on a powder day

• Baseless bindings and cut-down noses

• Pros wearing Hot Chillys

• Cant plates

Fresh And Tasty magazine. Whoops! Someone’s bringing that one back

What We’ll Miss Most About The 90s

• Sorrels with ski-boot liners

• Neon–at least there’re the Forum bindings

• Asymetrical boards

• The Op Pro

• Checker Pig snowboards

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