I was @ Pine Knob yesterday and on one run near the bottom, I got taken out & clocked from behind!
I sat up, ready to go OFF on whoever it was, and was completely floored at what I saw!! There's this 2-3 year old girl sitting in the snow starin' at me!
Now I'm no speed demon yet, but I wasn't crawlin along at eight or nine mph either. So she musta been "Flyin'" down the hill behind me! 10 sec. later Dad snowboards into view, & he & I are trying to figure out if she's hurt or not. (she wasn't BTW. Thank goodness.) Then the ski patrol arrives, and after a few minutes of chit chat I realize,.. "They're" under the impression that "I" ran her down!!!!
It never got hostile or "Agro" or anything, but I promptly informed this woman that "She" hit Me from behind, (...got it on video BTW) and that I'm NOT such a dirt bag that I wouldn't eat snow first, before I would PLOW over at speed, a 2 year old kid that weighs one tenth what I do!!! After a bit, I quietly mentioned to the ski patrol, that if she's good enough to ski that fast, that far ahead of her father,.. that maybe they should suggest to dad that "this" would be a good time to teach her about "Downhill" has right of way!
It seems pretty funny now, especially since she wasn't hurt! ...but it really did surprise me!
OK,.. Here's the vid;
Thrashed by Toddler - YouTube
I sat up, ready to go OFF on whoever it was, and was completely floored at what I saw!! There's this 2-3 year old girl sitting in the snow starin' at me!
Now I'm no speed demon yet, but I wasn't crawlin along at eight or nine mph either. So she musta been "Flyin'" down the hill behind me! 10 sec. later Dad snowboards into view, & he & I are trying to figure out if she's hurt or not. (she wasn't BTW. Thank goodness.) Then the ski patrol arrives, and after a few minutes of chit chat I realize,.. "They're" under the impression that "I" ran her down!!!!
It never got hostile or "Agro" or anything, but I promptly informed this woman that "She" hit Me from behind, (...got it on video BTW) and that I'm NOT such a dirt bag that I wouldn't eat snow first, before I would PLOW over at speed, a 2 year old kid that weighs one tenth what I do!!! After a bit, I quietly mentioned to the ski patrol, that if she's good enough to ski that fast, that far ahead of her father,.. that maybe they should suggest to dad that "this" would be a good time to teach her about "Downhill" has right of way!
It seems pretty funny now, especially since she wasn't hurt! ...but it really did surprise me!
OK,.. Here's the vid;
Thrashed by Toddler - YouTube