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Snowboarding in Bosnia

Bosnians are still fighting the consequences of the war and for most, every day life is still a struggle, but despite this, Bosnian people greet foreigners with open arms and are generally real party people. The resort of Jahorina is really old school with antiquated lifts. They only groom a few slopes after a snow fall, which makes for a powder paradise for snowboarders. The people on the hill are often dressed in old school parkas, some skiing in jeans, but with a great attitute; nobody takes things too seriously unlike a Slovenian skiers, who would come to the resort the minute it opens, and then try to catch the last lift before the end of the day. A Bosnian would do a run or two in jeans, then relax and have a beer. The snowboard scene is in its early stages of development, but there are more and more on the slopes each year.

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Chapter 26: Powder lines and land mines