Intentionally Thrown From a Chairlift!

I'm surprised this is not more of a common occurrence given the increasing amount of rage and stress in today's lifestyle.  Has anyone ever had or heard of any one being tossed from the chairlift by another person.  I first saw this post on TGR and wasn't sure if it was real as that site seems to be infested with trolls.   

Here is the article and it seems like this was an intentional act.  One more good reason to question who you may be riding up the lift with! ???

www.aspentimes.com/news/20489902-113/det...s-chairlift-incident

The comments on this second article are making me question; is there still bad blood between skiers and snowboarders? What is this world coming to?
www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/19/aspen-skie...r-off-chairlift.html

Until recently Aspen was one of the few remaining lift-served areas in the USA that didn't permit snowboarding equipment.

So there may still be some grumpiness, but that is no fricking excuse for assault -- even if the one-planker was making snarky comments.

Struggling with this one. Conflicted. Could see his point of view maybe.

One wonders if earlier in the day, the skier witnessed the boarder scraping off all that 6 inches of pow as he side-slipped down a narrow area that was too steep for boarders to safely navigate. Its possible he then he exacted a sweet revenge we've all contemplated. The kind that plays out over and over in your head as you ride the lift up looking down at them.

Not enough info to make the call though

OLD NEWS...

... Both were idiots...

Struggling with this one.  Conflicted.  Could see his point of view maybe. 

One wonders if earlier in the day, the skier witnessed the boarder scraping off all that 6 inches of pow as he side-slipped down a narrow area that was too steep for boarders to safely navigate.  Its possible he then he exacted a sweet revenge we've all contemplated.  The kind that plays out over and over in your head as you ride the lift up looking down at them.

Not enough info to make the call though

I'll bite on this one.

There is no narrow area that is too steep for a snow boarder to navigate down safely, and the sweet revenge we've all contemplated? Go back to alta (or crystal) ski nazi

Thanks powhound. I was going to go less blunt but you said it. As a skier, I'll say - "we've all contemplated"? What?!
I presume you're embellishing.
Because man, if you take that us vs. them attitude, which is fundamentally why the world is so fucked up, up to the mountain with you, then you are the problem. Poking fun re: tele vs. AT vs. split or ski vs. board is just fun when we are self deprecating; but joking about assault is just hating in the mountains.