Ripple General Counsel Stuart Alderoty has compared the resistance to crypto in the United States to the opposition to snowboarding in the 80s.

The attorney did this in a tweet yesterday, sharing a CBC news clip from 1985 that highlighted the disdain ski hill operators had for the emerging sport.

The sport, which sees participants descend a slope with a board, originated in the U.S. in the 60s. While it bears similarities with skiing, the newer sport faced resistance from skiers who asserted that snowboarders lacked controls and posed a danger to others on the slope, as highlighted in the news clip.

Notably, pro-XRP attorney James K. Filan shared Alderoty’s tweet comparing a ski patrol officer in the clip to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler. The patrol officer in the clip described the snowboarders as “uncooperative” and dangerous, asserting that there could be no compromise in the future and that the development of the new sport would only lead to more strife.