Hit TV Show "Entourage" Portrays Irresponsible and Unsafe Snowboarding in Latest Episode, Complains Snowboard Website Owner
HBO's Emmy nominated hit TV show "Entourage" portrayed irresponsible and unsafe snowboarding in the latest episode, complains snowboard website owner Lauren Traub Teton, of www.SnowboardSecrets.com.
(PRWEB) July 21, 2005 -- In the latest episode of HBO's Emmy nominated hit TV
show "Entourage, first aired July 17, irresponsible and unsafe snowboarding is
portrayed, complains Lauren Traub Teton, owner and editor of www.SnowboardSecrets.com.
Entourage Episode 15 -The
Sundance Kids, shows the four main characters standing poised at the top of a
snowy Park City, UT slope with their snowboards. They challenge each other to a
race down the hill, with a prize of $10,000 to the winner. Admittedly two of
them are novices and one announced wistfully "maybe I SHOULD have taken a
lesson."
http://www.SnowboardSecrets.com website owner Lauren Traub
Teton says that this scene shows "the boys from Queens" making some of the most
dangerous mistakes that inexperienced snowboarders can make. She says "Some of
these four guys are newbies or out of practice. They went to the top of a
challenging slope, for the first run of the day, maybe first of the season. And
these competitive buddies are racing each other for big bucks that one has just
offered up. And of course none are wearing helmets or protective gear. It's a
recipe for disaster."
"They are endangering themselves, and innocent
slope riders who can be injured or killed by their irresponsible behavior. You
won't have a stunt double like these guys did." Ms. Teton adds "Entourage is
still one of my favorite shows, despite the snowboarding gaff." It has just been
renewed for a third season and was nominated for 3 Primetime Emmy
Awards.
Ms. Teton maintains a news headline page on her website called
"Snowboard Deaths" at http://www.snowboardsecrets.com/SBdeaths.htm where reports of
snowboard deaths worldwide since January 2005 can be found. Approximately 35
snowboard fatalities are reported. About one third were caused by riders hitting
trees. One death was an accidental manslaughter where a teenage snowboarder
riding out of control killed a skier. Most of the rest were caused by
avalanches.
The website http://www.snowboardsecrets.com also has pages where readers
can learn about the "2 Biggest Mistakes First-Time Snowboarders Make," and how
to avoid them. There are buttons for "Mistakes" and "Secrets" right on the
navigation bar.
http://www.SnowboardEventsCalendar.com and http://www.SnowboardRegistry.com are two of the other
snowboard websites that Lauren Traub Teton has created and maintains for the
snowboard community. SnowboardSecrets.com is her main snowboard website
perma-zine and is rich in information to help snowboarders improve and evolve at
snowboarding.
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