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IF I WERE IN CHARGE:

CHAIRLIFT LOADING ORDER on powder days would be determined not by who shows up first, but by an intricate system of style points that would encourage creativity and levity. Instead of rewarding those tedious people that camp out in line at six in the morning, first chair should go to the guy in the assless chaps on a monoski.

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