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Skier pushes snowboarder off Colo. chairlift

Published: January 19, 2016  By: admin, In: Outdoor & Sports,  2 Comments
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By Chuck Hickey, CW-2

ASPEN, Colo. — A skier threw a snowboarder of the chairlift they were riding at Aspen Highlands on Sunday, the Aspen Times reported.

Seth Beckton of Aspen told the newspaper the skier was a white man in his late 20s or early 30s who took offense to a seemingly innocuous comment by the snowboarder as they rode the Loge Peak chairlift.

Beckton said he fell face-first 20 to 25 feet but landed in a “large pocket of snow” and was not injured.

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  1. Dogula says - Posted: January 19, 2016

    Hate crime.

  2. billy the mountain says - Posted: January 20, 2016

    That’s deep bro. You should totally spend $100 to keep posting comments like that. Consider it an investment in your community. We need your enlightenment, pay it forward.