dantheman0177 Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Last season at Hotham I got "At last, someone with style" from a liftie (he obviously only saw my gear, not my riding ) And at SES last year I got all the questions from two cute single college girls saying how cool all the riders looked. So I sent them down to see Fin at the demo tent and one of them rode for an hour or so on plates. She seemed to do pretty well for a first time, but she wasn't at the pub at the end of the day. I did all the hard work for him but Fin just couldn't finish it off :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowFarmer Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Utah Uppity Ski Resort 1997: Skier to other skier: Hey look he can really turn and stop with that thing August, 1989 Angeles Crest Forest. A glacier hideaway we hiked. Lady 1: What is that thing? Me: It’s called a Snowboard. Lady 2: Naw that’s one of them Ski-Boards! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shred Gruumer Posted December 22, 2005 Report Share Posted December 22, 2005 Wow..my brother was on the hawk,,shell back he became.. He was in with the hawk when Mogadishu went down. Cool boat!!! My favorite.."do you like that"? my response,, " no!,,,my mom makes me do it!" Second.. "why is yours longer"? answer Genetics!! :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carverbob Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 As I was snapping into my Skwal at Targhee Saturday, a group of young (11-13ers?) snowboarders said "Cool", "Awesome", and my personal favorite, "You're my idol", etc., all without the benefit of even seeing me carve (which wasn't possible with zero visibility). Nice change from all the standard inane comments mentioned previously in this thread. BTW - any Skwalleurs or other trench-diggers in the Boise area that could give me some pointers? I am "plateaued" at intermediate (on a good day). Cheers, Bob Boise Thias Skwal FreeCarve 180 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCdice Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 I got hit in the chest with a snowball at Wachusett last week riding under the lift. I guess those young punks didnt like my style. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Dahl Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Liftie chick at Stevens Pass, "You sure get that thing leaned over!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ar(angel Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 we're waiting in line when this kid and his buddy pull up behind us and he procedes to tell his friend "ya, that's one of those one-ski's, you're supposed to use poles with them but he must not have his" I about fell over.....I've heard the term mono-ski so many times my son and I use it as a joke now when someone we don't particularly want to talk to asks us what we're riding. Keep smiling, they'll eventually go away.... Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy T. Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 Two days ago I was in the lift line and I hear a guy behind us say, look at them they have ski boots. His buddy says oh yeah those are them mono skis where you ride with your feet together. I'm thinking WTF look at my bindings. So the rest of the day me and the girl I was with joked about it and complimented each others 'mono ski'. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy S. Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 I ran a race clinic on Saturday at Alpine. One of the guys in the clinic was doing both the ski and the board clinic so I carried his board up to the top of the course for him and he wore his skis. I got more than one comment about my super wide powder skis. One woman was actually serious "those are the widest skis I've ever seen." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 One woman was actually serious "those are the widest skis I've ever seen." That's good. There is a guy in Utah who has mounted up two Factory Primes as powder skis.... I just look at him and think "Don't you want to sink just a LITTLE when you're skiing powder?" If there's three feet of fresh, personally, I want to sink into it a little and enjoy it, not float on the top three inches of it. Another guy I know also mounted up a couple of alpine boards as skis for a pond skimming contest. Unfortunately, he crashed before he made it to the pond. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgang Posted January 10, 2006 Report Share Posted January 10, 2006 got on the lift with ski partol on sunday...looks over and me and says "cant believe it out of all the chair lifts I get on with a hardbooter" turns out when he not partoling on ski he only rides hardboots. Also got a "look at that skiboard" and "look at that speed board". got a "what is that?" told them it was a snowboard. didnt believe me until I showed them it was all made by burton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecarve Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Making a toeside arc around three teenagers parked in the middle of the run: "Nice bindings!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 11, 2006 Report Share Posted January 11, 2006 Overheard this weekend when I was riding my Arbor freeride board with plates: "That's one of them skiboards." Huh? Kind of crossing the line from ignorant to stupid, wouldn't you say? "Look, he's riding with skiboots," I could understand, but it's hard to see how anyone could look at an Arbor and think it was anything besides a snowboard. On the other hand, I get a lot of positive comments lately, especially from lifties, things like "you guys rip" and "I'd like to try that." I only started hard booting in the 2000/01 season, but I feel like we're more visible (at least at Hood) now than we were then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleb Posted January 12, 2006 Report Share Posted January 12, 2006 "hey buddy, you're snowboard is broken..." Me: damn it! not again! i cant wait to be actually able to lay down some nice turns so i get compliments from the chicas. ...lol, clown on fire... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big mario Posted January 14, 2006 Report Share Posted January 14, 2006 At the top of spillway at loveland today, D.T. and I were acused of being monoskiers. We seemed to be missing our poles, however..... mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yard Sale Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Today at Mt. Rose: A middle-aged woman in a stylish (in a middle-aged woman kind of way) one-piece suit with a fur hat (wanna guess whether she was on two planks or one?) telling her friend that helmets are dangerous because they are heavy and throw off your balance, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleb Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 thats like saying you shouldn't wear a seatbelt because if you get trapped under water, it would be harder to get out. It might be true in .0000001% of the cases but not usually. I wouldve fallen over laughing at that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyYT316 Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 Another guy I know also mounted up a couple of alpine boards as skis for a pond skimming contest. Unfortunately, he crashed before he made it to the pond. :( That's funny, I think I might have seen that one. Was it at The Canyons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tufty Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 "Is that a snowblade?" (kid on board asked instructor as I scooted past them) Heheh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleb Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 I guess i'll start a 2005/2006 thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully Posted January 24, 2006 Report Share Posted January 24, 2006 That's funny, I think I might have seen that one. Was it at The Canyons? Yep, it was at The Canyons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnstewart Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 At Sundance today, a *liftie* asked me what the hell was I riding. I didn't see another carver out there at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pushee Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 Hero snow Saturday morning at Bromley. I was there accompanying a Boy Scout troop. Fate in the Sun Lift line paired me with a young lady skier (mid 30's is definitely young when you are almost as old as PatMoore :D ). I was floored when she immediately said "I was admiring your form earlier - I mean on the snowboard". I really don't think of myself as all that great a carver, and I was riding my K2 Recon and not my Axis, but I had been slicing some reasonably clean lines under the quad anyway. I think I talked her into taking some snowboard lessons with her son. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyYT316 Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 At Sundance today, a *liftie* asked me what the hell was I riding. I didn't see another carver out there at all. Yeah, I stay away from sundance as much as possible. It's only 10-15 minutes from my house, but I'm just not a fan of it. I just never did like the vibe I got there when they started allowing snowboarding back in 97. I'll stick to da Canyons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paappraiser Posted January 25, 2006 Report Share Posted January 25, 2006 cut some really deep clean lines (in the slush we have over here in the east coast) I was really way over. I stopped for a second to look for my cousin and some old timer skier ( I stopped next to ) just looked at me and really smiled big. .. didnt say a thing but you could tell he just thought it was way cool. Made my day. Later my cousin said all he had to do was follow the trench and he knew what trails I was on to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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