New to boarding? Please learn to stop first!

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jputtho2

Discussion Starter · Jan 29, 2010

Whats up guys,
Please please pleeaassee to the new guys starting to snowboard, learn how to stop. Make it the first thing you should learn. Not only for your safety but for the safety of others. The last 2 times I have been out (in a week and a half's time) I have been taken out by an inexperienced rider hauling ass down the black diamond. I wasn't bein an a-hole riding down the hill I was simply heading to the lift line weelllll past the bottom of the hill. Both times were the same, they were hauling ass down it and couldn't stop nor turn (obviously) and used people at the bottom to stop.

Both times I wasn't hurt and luckily the other guy wasn't either. However just last night I was rockin my new Parkstar (came in yesterday and immediate left to go test it out) and the kid was on a rental and when he took me out it put a nice gouge/chip about an inch long on the tail of my new board and 2 scars between my bindings. This was less than an hour after arriving. Not a good start to the session.

So come on guys, be smart, you should know your skill level. if you don't feel like you have control of your speed and most importantly don't know how to go down a hill and be able to avoid people on the hill or at the bottom you need to stop and work on the BASICS.

I don't car so much about the damage to my board, it's gonna get scarred in time but I mainly DO NOT want to get break my arm, leg, or have to get stitches due to someone else's negligence to learn how to ride.

Sorry for the rant, but I just see it happening more and more now. Think guys, know your skill and learn the basics for your safety and others.

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Leo

· #2 · Jan 29, 2010

LoL. This is exactly what I tell all new riders. Learn how to effin stop before anything else (on the slopes, not off i.e. skating, getting up from sitting). People are so hungry to bomb down the first slope they see without realizing the danger. Glad to hear you and the kid weren't hurt. Sorry for your board. Always happens to me. I even almost got impaled by a kid who wasn't paying attention to the icey ground on the lift line. His no grip ski poles slipped when he tried to skate and it came flying at my torso. Good thing I was looking at the time. Can't imagine it would have been pleasant.

Catman

· #3 · Jan 30, 2010

Soo true, at our hill you have to skate down hill to all our lifts.People are always using the guy in front of them to stop it drives me crazy.

unsunken

· #4 · Jan 30, 2010

I've seen people on the bunny slopes completely out of control. That scares me enough. Can't even imagine what it would be like seeing 'em on the blacks. I hate it when beginners try to tough it up and think they're all cool by going on runs above their skill level.

kysnowboarder

· #5 · Jan 30, 2010

Snowolf said:
#1 Always ski or ride in control

#2 People ahead have the right of way

I think a lot of people don't understand #2 , and then they don't understand that that snowboarding and skiing are about turning....I always love the people that pass right next to you just before you are getting ready to initiate a turn. I have close calls every time out now, and most times I am not using the whole slope whith for my turns.

A few weeks ago a laddy fell in front of me. I had plenty of distance to go around her, but as I did I was taken out by another boarder. I heard his buddies yell, "he cut you off". HOw do you cut someone off in a sport that is about turning?

Deviant

· #6 · Jan 30, 2010

Yep this happens everywhere, it's the mentality that if you go down a black once that it's something to brag about to all your friends.

I'd love to take some of these kids to, say Alaska, drop them off on a summit and say "there you go, lets see how macho you are now!"

To any beginners reading this, the second you feel out of control, fall or stop. You're not "cool" riding down the blacks (or any run for that matter) at 50mph completely out of control. You're not going to be a better snowboarder for it either.

Anyone familiar with riding at Meadows at night when the high school buses come up, knows what I mean...

I don't ride at Meadows, but I agree the school bus kids are the majority of the problem around here.

ebs675

· #7 · Jan 31, 2010

Yeah, just last night I was out riding, and this skier hit me from behind, bounced off me to the left, and then took out another skier. Thankfully I did not go down, but the other two crashed pretty hard. I saw this same skier earlier, and he was the type that just bombs straight down the run, completely out of control, without the ability to turn.

I agree totally with the original poster's frustration; there is nothing more irritating than getting hit by someone completely out of control, from behind. I put in a lot of time on the bunny hills when I started, perfecting the basics, and gaining control. I did not rush it like a lot of these people do. There is no excuse for someone being out of control all the time. If you try a run once and it gets the better of you, then that is understandable. But these people know they have no control, and just don't care. They keep bombing the same runs, with no ability to turn or stop, and it's just a matter of time before they gnar someone up.

Anyway, thanks jputtho2. After the nonsense last night, I needed to vent.

-eBs

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slyder

· #8 · Jan 31, 2010

This hasn't happened to me thank goodness, but

#2
New skiers/boarders that crash at the top of the unload of the lift and just lay there. There friends don't try to help them up, other patrons dont' help them up and they cause more crashes messing up the lift drop point. I actually biffed hard as we were on a triple and she was right in front of me. I got out of the way quickly and then helped her up. We were the 2nd group to get tangled with her and the boob in the chair control just sat there

I did see a kid today bombing down the hill like you described and I thought something would happen but it didn't. Skies way wide in stance, standing straight up, poles raised and holding them way out. I was just waiting for something to happen and this was in the park, gets crowded in there around here.

-Slyder

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G

· #9 · Jan 31, 2010 (Edited)

ARE YOU NEW TO THE SLOPES? stay fuck off. i hate when u people dont know which way to turn and i end up riding over ur dumbass rental board and scraping my nice waxed board.

lol not tryna be a dickhead but dont get me started with those pimped out burton kids and cant board..

N0-BURTON

-Stay Steezy HUH? ayMoney

jputtho2

Discussion Starter · #10 · Jan 31, 2010

One way I have found to avoid this is just to go hang out in the park. Rentals aren't allowed there which should reduce my chances of getting hit....again...for the 3rd time in less than a month.

sevenstarsfall

· #11 · Jan 31, 2010

I just hit my first black diamond run today but I definately wasnt trying to haul, just carving back and forth and trying to stay in control and take it slowly....I dont see how people can just bomb down a hill without knowing how to stop or turn.

jputtho2

Discussion Starter · #12 · Jan 31, 2010

AyMoneyHUH? said:
ARE YOU NEW TO THE SLOPES? stay fuck off. i hate when u people dont know which way to turn and i end up riding over ur dumbass rental board and scraping my nice waxed board.

lol not tryna be a dickhead but dont get me started with those pimped out burton kids and cant board..

N0-BURTON

-Stay Steezy HUH? ayMoney

Uhhh wut?...I wasn't, like I said, riding the hill, I was at the bottom (actually past) skating over to the lift line both times when someone outta control took me out. Sorry if my first post was a little too much for you to read and understand.

milner_7

· #13 · Jan 31, 2010

jputtho2 said:
Uhhh wut?...I wasn't, like I said, riding the hill, I was at the bottom (actually past) skating over to the lift line both times when someone outta control took me out. Sorry if my first post was a little too much for you to read and understand.

If they took you out how did you ride over their rental board? Hmmm

baldylox

· #14 · Jan 31, 2010

AyMoneyHUH? said:
ARE YOU NEW TO THE SLOPES? stay fuck off. i hate when u people dont know which way to turn and i end up riding over ur dumbass rental board and scraping my nice waxed board.

lol not tryna be a dickhead but dont get me started with those pimped out burton kids and cant board..

N0-BURTON

-Stay Steezy HUH? ayMoney

I wish YOU would stay home. Thankfully, I'm pretty sure you frequent Mountain Creek which I do not.

jputtho2

Discussion Starter · #15 · Jan 31, 2010 (Edited)

milner_7 said:
If they took you out how did you ride over their rental board? Hmmm

Huh? I didn't say I rode over their board. He road over mine and scratched the top like I said in the first post. They basically swept my legs out from under me and I landed on top of them. If ya need, I'll post pics....hmmm

MunkySpunk

· #16 · Jan 31, 2010

AyMoneyHUH? said:
ARE YOU NEW TO THE SLOPES? stay fuck off. i hate when u people dont know which way to turn and i end up riding over ur dumbass rental board and scraping my nice waxed board.

lol not tryna be a dickhead but dont get me started with those pimped out burton kids and cant board..

N0-BURTON

-Stay Steezy HUH? ayMoney

F'in hate Jersey douchebags as much as I hate Long Island douchebags.

G

· #17 · Jan 31, 2010

it's amazing how fast some people forget they could not ride once too...

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alasdair

Grizz

· #18 · Feb 1, 2010

I'm not 100% sure how to interpret this.

alasdairm said:
it's amazing how fast some people forget they could not ride once too.

Are you saying...

Running into people is part of the learning curve so we should cut green circle bombers some slack.

OR

While bombing greens, riders should watch out for first timers learning downhill from them?

I didn't hit anyone when learning and I have a feeling you didn't either.

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Grizz

· #19 · Feb 1, 2010

slyder said:
New skiers/boarders that crash at the top of the unload of the lift and just lay there. There friends don't try to help them up, other patrons dont' help them up and they cause more crashes messing up the lift drop point. I actually biffed hard as we were on a triple and she was right in front of me. I got out of the way quickly and then helped her up. We were the 2nd group to get tangled with her and the boob in the chair control just sat there [/INDENT]

Lifty should have handled it. Probably "safe" in the shack.

Grizz

· #20 · Feb 1, 2010

Snowolf said:
#1 Always ski or ride in control

#2 People ahead have the right of way

Just last night, while teaching a "beyond a beginner" on a green run groups of high school kids were bombing the run 5 and 6 abreast and not a single one of them were capable of turning or stopping. I had to ride behind my student like a patrol car doing a traffic break on a freeway just keep her from being run over. I got clipped 3 times in that one run by these douche bags.

I was skiing with an Autistic gal yesterday coming down next to the zoo. A fair amount of traffic so I was following her playing blocker. She's linking great turns with shape, when I get clipped by some guy from behind, who bounces off me and plows into her.

He's the only one who goes down in the situation. I'm standing over him asking if he's OK, and reminding him of rules 1-2 and the only thing he said was, "well she turned right in front of me".

The guy was oblivious. I mean WTF!!? You're still the uphill rider and obviously don't have enough control to avoid someone or were trying to pass too close.

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