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#1 ·
so at my hill on one of the runs there is a big drop. it isn't straight down but it is really steep so if you Ollie off with speed you fly. anyway i was doing a bomb run to it and this retarded skier decided to pass me right b4 the drop. :mad: he rode 2 feet from my left and im regular so that's my blind side. he was so close to wrecking me. i was at 35-40 mph and him at around 45. woulda been bad. i got revenge though. he went to nollie and his ski tips dug in. he went flying forward and landed on his face! i asked if he was alright and he said yea so i rode away laughing. he had perfect form for his crash too. perfect straight as a board superman style, and angled face first to the ground. :D :cheeky4:
 
#2 ·
I hate skiers for this reason, they are stuck up assholes who don't realize that snowboarders have way less maneuverability and have blind spots.

I ate shit last time I was up and some bitch skiers woman went by laughing

They piss me off more than I could possibly explain!
 
#4 ·
I hate skiers for this reason, they are stuck up assholes who don't realize that snowboarders have way less maneuverability and have blind spots.
Don't know about the maneuverability comment, although I agree about the blind spot. I have way more control as a rider than I ever did as a skier. But, maybe I was just a crappy skier. :giggle:
 
#21 ·
i dont hate skiers. if i did i wouldnt exactly be on my fliming crew cuz the cameraman and a few members are skiers. the ones i hate are the old guys who think they have the right of way over everyone no matter where they are, tourists who also think the same, and the morons who use their poles to speed up and cut you off.
 
#8 ·
Yeah, my bro rented some ski's and they where so awful, the tips back to the bindings of both skis the edges had been separated from people crossing the tips.


I think (and hope) he's gonna got back to a snowboard, he twisted his ankle first run :thumbdown: kinda made my day shitty

#threadhighjack :D
 
#9 ·
I've been skiing for years.. I never had issues with boarders when I skied.. nor do they with me. I made the change to snowboarding a few years back. I like it better, especially in the powder/park! (Not to mention it's a little easier on the f**ked up knees)

The major issue is tourists are skiers -- Snowboarding takes a few days to learn on the bunny hill, tourists want to see the majority of the mountain while ruining everyone else's runs.
Don't bash Skiers, Bash Texans.. (Or Whoever your big tourist group is!)
 
#10 ·
Snowolf, you're right
Some of the people that ski are pretty chill, super friendly, and some just the opposite!


I haven't been around enough skiers to form a solid opinion, but I can say from what I've experienced, most of the older skiers are stuck up assholes, that's just the ones I've encountered on the slopes, the ones that are inches away from running into you going 45mph
Like seriously?
You people have a whole slope to use!
Stay outta my bubble!
 
#11 ·
Skiier wipe outs are never graceful. They just look like flailing retards with gear and limbs going all over the place, at least borders tend to eat shit with a little bit more steeze.
 
#13 · (Edited)
Skier yard sales are way more funny if their ok
Best ones I've seen is when the skies start down the hill without the skier and they start chasing the ski, it seems to always be one ski...
Hahaha,.. Yup, always seems to be! (...but I can't help admiring that skier you see gettin' up on that remaining plank & finishing the run on it to go get that errant ski!!) :laugh:

BTW, hopefully you can excuse yet another dumb ass NooB (& Old Fart) question but, "Steeze?" Is that boardspeak for "Style & Ease?"
 
#14 · (Edited)
The "Vet's" will correct me if I'm mistaken, but one thought about the skier/boarder conflict's seen from a NooB's perspective,..

I've noticed that it seems the experienced, "adept" skiers I see are heading down the blue & black runs with a lot of speed, but unlike the "once a season" skiers, they are flyin' & maneuvering down these runs within a fairly narrow corridor!

The "Tourist Skiers" seem to tend to use ALL of any run they're on. Going slow to moderate, "Across" the fall line, from one side to the other & back!

Even going fairly slow as an inexperienced NooB on a snowboard, I can still manage to stick to a 15-20 ft lane of maneuvering. I know this difference in how we "Use" the runs, has resulted in plenty of close calls for me with skiers!

Whattaya think,.. any validity to this observation?
 
#15 ·
The "Vet's" will correct me if I'm mistaken, but one thought about the skier/boarder conflict's seen from a NooB's perspective,..

I've noticed that it seems the experienced, "adept" skiers I see are heading down the blue & black runs with a lot of speed, but unlike the "once a season" skiers, they are flyin' & maneuvering down these runs within a fairly narrow corridor! ......
I agree. The adept skiers are very fast, make very little friction noise on the snow too (way less than riders), and use very narrow S's to literally stream down groomed black diamonds. These skiers tend to use longer skis for the purpose of skiing very fast as well.
 
#16 ·
I think part of the problem of running into "gaper" skiers is anyone can go down the hill the first day using the trusty pizza wedge. They then take this trusty technique across any and all runs they come across. Many of which a beginner boarder wouldn't dare look at cause they're falling on their ass every other falling leaf.

So you end up with a bunch of "tourist" skiers on trails they shouldn't be on who have no idea about basic etiquette and ruin everyone's day.

And ugh, I hate the boarders Snowolf pointed out who just point their nose downhill yet don't look like they're in control. So many times I've thought, "If there was anyone sitting just below that crest, out of their sight. They'd be dead right now...".
 
#17 ·
I ride with a fairly large group that's about 50/50 skiers and boarders. There's always some change in the group's composition trip to trip so I do get to ride with skiers who have never ridden with boarders. And we all know each other from other groups/sports so there isn't much of an elitist attitude (if there is then your name quietly disappears from the email list)

What I've noticed is that skiers have to be "taught" about boarders. Once things are explained, they all get it and relax. Simple things like how/why we choose where to strap in, where to stop/pause on a trail, that we have a blind spot. why some want an outside seat on the lift, why we don't "wait up", etc.

I've also found that quite a few skiers just have never thought about how a boarder has to think their way around the mountain. I'm not talking about picking a line, I'm talking about having to carry speed for upcoming flats, etc.
 
#18 ·
Thanks Snowolf!

I didn't purposely leave out the "Falling Leaf" snowboarder, it's just that I don't see Too many of them doing it where I'm riding and even when I do, I can't recall seeing many of them using the entire run from rope to rope, like a lot of the Skier's do! Plus, boarders doing that seem to be mostly on the "really" easy green runs. Again, the tourist skiers I see are doing this on greens, blues & even the blacks! And it isn't just the "pizza wedge's" either!

Of course I'm not claiming that I don't have my own issues with occasional control or maneuvering & once in a while I've inadvertently gotten in the way of others,.. oddly enough, aside from the one "little pink toddler missile"!
The only collisions I've experienced have been with other boarders.

...and now that you mention it, I believe those few have been with those of the "Bombing Knuckle dragger" variety! :laugh:
 
#19 · (Edited)
I've had some of these older dickhead type skiers purposely ski up my blindside and try to turn right in front of me to force an accident that would then be my fault.

Luckily I have the skill to deal with it(if barely), however as I get older and meaner, I just dont give a fuck.

Since becoming aware of it, it has not happened again, and I have made a decision to seriously hurt the next guy who tries it, regardless of perceived "fault".

*I do have plenty of planker wanker friends who ski with style and ability and no BS attitude.
 
#20 ·
So speaking about funny shit we have seen skiers do, the very best and most comical yard sale I have ever witnessed occurred at Mt. Hood Meadows where I ride last year.
Best skier-based yard sale I ever saw was on a down-box. The skier was doing a 50-50 down the box, and his skis slipped off both sides, so he was straddling the box. Then one tip jammed somehow and he fell forward onto the box, losing both skis. Ended up doing a perfect skeleton down the rest of the box. He wasn't hurt, but I think I pulled a muscle from laughing!
 
#22 ·
haha i have another funny yardsale moment. we were filming and an inexpirienced skier went to hit a jump so we put the camera on him and he used his poles ON the jump and went into a frontflip with only enuf momentum to get himself upside down xD ik itwas bad when he used his poles i was just like, your screwed! it was wonderful
 
#23 ·
as snowboarders you all have a responsibility to be vocal any time you're near someone or passing them from behind on a trail - especially if they're the swishing back and forth type.

a simple holler out of "on your left blue jacket" or "on your right t-shirt lookin' like a dress" from 25 ft or so behind someone makes a lot of difference and you won't have to slow down and play frogger to get around them.

 
#25 ·
as snowboarders you all have a responsibility to be vocal any time you're near someone or passing them from behind on a trail - especially if they're the swishing back and forth type.

a simple holler out of "on your left blue jacket" or "on your right t-shirt lookin' like a dress" from 25 ft or so behind someone makes a lot of difference and you won't have to slow down and play frogger to get around them.
I do this too and it helps a lot... but I've also caused quite a few boarders/skiers to crash as they tried to look back at me. :laugh:
 
#27 ·
I had ridden with people that did this. I was gonna get a nice 360 off a drop off and her and her friend stop right in front of me. I shoulda just kept my mouth shut though. Caused a huge argument.....not pretty.
 
#28 ·
If someone from behind gives me a warning yell, I tend to freeze up and might end up in a bad crash myself. Cause during that moment I might wonder if I should look back, slow down, stop ...... or ease my turn or whatever. Maybe it's just me. Idk.
 
#29 ·
you might crash, but you won't be turning blindly into me at the very last possible second so you won't be crashing into me.

by doing it from a good distance behind the gaper i always have time to move or stop short completely if i have to, and if i yell on your left and you start turning left directly into me i'll just check your ass.

for cliffs and blind roll drop-offs i'll yell "DROPIIIIIING" as early into the entrance as possible if there is any reasonable chance someone could be cutting the fall line underneath. if i hear anyone down there i'll stop before or at the lip, still try and get a little pop off of it if i can, but obviously will pull it back and not hit it.
 
#30 ·
We all ride together. My son and I have a bunch or skier friends that we ride with daily. That being said.

The other day I Was coming off a black that converges with a blue and green trail... As usual the ski instructor had their kids lined up like ducks blocking the entire trail so I cut hard on my toe edge and stopped.... I was riding with a skier friend. Right as I stop about 3' short of the skiers some chick on skies comes out of the green going pretty fast straight at me. I'm down hill from her..... Fortunately my legs are preloaded and ready to spring back up and i have a hard toe edge hold when she runs into me. I pretty much did a football tackling drill on her and took her down so she wouldn't plow over me and into the kids. I'm also 280 lbs bone dry and nekkid.

Well when she starts collecting herself she starts blaming me for stopping and that's why she was running into me, it wasn't her fault, she thought. I fucking went off on this chick.... There were some yellow jackets behind her and saw the incident, one boarder and a skier. The skier started trying to tell me shit so I went off on her too. Then they laid into this chick who was still acting like she had no fault in any of it. She wasn't a small chick either, probably 170lbs.....

The skier that was cruising with me said it all looked hilarious. I didn't move an inch and she looked like she hit a wall. If my back was to her I probably would have been hurt.

I fucking hate newb skiers and snowboarders but we all had to start somewhere. I just they to steer clear of the green runs. When I am on them I just yell as I'm coming up on their sides, rears....
 
#34 ·
One thing that I have found that works pretty well when I want to take a different path and there are people riding and skiing near me is to point where I am headed like using a turn signal. I might be cruising down the run and want to take a side track but there is traffic to that side, a point in the direction I want to go almost always sends the message and seems to help a lot..
I ALWAYS use hand signals when going down Manning run hitting side hits, because I'm going from one side of the run to the other constantly.
 
#35 ·
I hate the people who get within an arms lenth of other skiers and snowboards. That is so stupid and dangerous. This is how people collide. There's a good chance the person who is getting buzzed has no clue the arms lenth buzzer is there. What if they do a butter trick or turn abruptly? It's usually faster people who do this. There's no reason to do this. Slow the fuck down if you can't get around someone right away. I stay away from everyone on the mountain.
 
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