J0hn Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Not exactly in the lift line, but a couple of days ago I was at Solitude in Utah and stopped for a breather about halfway down. A skier comes up behind me a says "I love the way you turn, I figure 8'd you the whole way down!", then he gave me a fist bump. I guess skiers and snowboarders are getting along now :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stroke Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Female liftie in her 20s at the Village Express "Is that the most fun on earth to ride, or what?" (Kessler SL 162 with a BBP) Sounds like an opportunity for a cheesy pick up line... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) I'm in my early 50s, given the age difference a pick up line would have been kind of creepy, though momentarily I had the same kind of temptation. I really couldn't think of something a gentleman would say. Edited March 1, 2013 by SunSurfer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2stroke Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 yeah well, I didnt become a dirty old man, everyone else just got younger :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtanner Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 "I figure 8'd you the whole way down!", Sounds kinda dirty... yeah I'm on nightshift with nothing better to do. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levinnyog Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 This one really pissed me off. At Stratton today, i hear from behind me in the lift line a kid on skis say to his dad "Hey day, what kind of board is that?" while he stabs the back of my board with his ski pole. Really? Really? If that happens to me, I would have wrapped the ski pole around his neck.... On the other hand it happened to me several times while waiting in the line people slide on/over my board - leaving markings on the top sheet. This makes my blood to boil... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breeseomatic Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 This one really pissed me off. At Stratton today, i hear from behind me in the lift line a kid on skis say to his dad "Hey day, what kind of board is that?" while he stabs the back of my board with his ski pole. Really? You can always give back by kicking him in the knee cap and asking what type of pants he's wearing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruincounselor Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 You can always give back by kicking him in the knee cap and asking what type of pants he's wearing... I've found it kind of fun to lift up my board with the grom still standing on it - not great for the topsheet - but when they fall over they remember for next time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keltacer Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 (edited) I let it go cause the kid was no older than 10. A year older and it would have been certain death. It was kind of funny cause a lot of people heard and saw it happen. As I was getting on the chair I heard a couple of snowboarders at the front of the line comment to each other "that kid asked what kind of board that was and stabbed the tail of it, not cool." Edited March 2, 2013 by keltacer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn Poop Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 it happened to me several times while waiting in the line people slide on/over my board - leaving markings on the top sheet. This makes my blood to boil... Grip tape works great to protect your board, tear up their bases, and prevent them from going too far up your board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floBoot Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 In the lift-line(my first black run in hard-boots), skier says to me looking at the snowboard,"good to see hard boots". we had a pleasant chat on the subject.:) Top of the black run, another skier says to me, "I see you're going to carve". He saw the surprise in my face and said, "i'm also a snowboarder and I carve and I use the old fashioned 'clicker' bindings". Again another pleasant chat on the subject.:) At bottom of another run, liftie stares at my board and says, "that's different". I got yanked away by the poma before I could answer. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breeseomatic Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Grip tape works great to protect your board, tear up their bases, and prevent them from going too far up your board. GREAT IDEA! There is clear-ish spray on grip that Sector 9 uses for some of their boards. I need to find out how to get some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levinnyog Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Grip tape works great to protect your board, tear up their bases, and prevent them from going too far up your board. pretty smart, thanks. actually i have purchased a few of the small round shaped step mats/aluminum spikes and placed on several spots on the board. that works too. today, while riding next to a group of young kids I have heard a pretty loud: what the f@ck is this...? - while looking at my board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floBoot Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 I let it go cause the kid was no older than 10. A year older and it would have been certain death.It was kind of funny cause a lot of people heard and saw it happen. As I was getting on the chair I heard a couple of snowboarders at the front of the line comment to each other "that kid asked what kind of board that was and stabbed the tail of it, not cool." A kid about 8 yo, thought my board was a great stopper for his skis, whilst moving forward in the queue. His father was with him. After about the 5th bash into my board, I turned to the child and said in a firm tone, "my board is not here for you to keep bashing into, to stop. So please stop doing it." Then I looked at his father, waiting for a challenge, to which there was none, and the kid stopped doing Bad manners, and rudeness I cannot abide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1 Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 floBoot, maybe the father learned something also? Sounds like their's as much 'common sense' there as there is here in the USA :( .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopestar Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 I'm with you 2stroke. Boards although are nice when pristine but I think many here take it too seriously. I am always concerned about my base and edges but reall don't care what happens to the top sheet. After all, boards were made to be ridden. My friends and I are in the habit of buckling in as fast as possible just to say " is that a new board?" While running over the top sheet whenever possible. Bonus points for deep edge engagement. I always hear old school or speed board. Sadly, it's a new board but the two comments still apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 I had a great weekend with many positive comments. "I'm a big fan of your work. Nice carves!" - That made me laugh! The first part was totally dead-pan, second part had a huge smile. Then, while carrying two boards (167 and 182) to the car at the end of the day, someone in a group said something about my super-wide skis. I mentioned that they're snowboards. One guy loudly proclaims: "No they're not." I just laughed, turned around, and kept going. slopestar - Really? I think that would start a fight with some of the people I've ridden with. :p I definitely tend towards keeping stuff relatively unscathed, but stuff happens outside your control sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopestar Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Corey, Fortunately I don't ride with my old buddies very often but we have some strange ways of showing our "brotherly love" for each other. They gouges remind us like tattoos or scars remind you of where you have been. My daughter has begun to link turns on the bunny hill with a quiet upper body(so proud) and my son now gouges my top sheet as he is learning to ride. I welcome the scrapes and scuffs everytime we go. Someday ill be able to pose that same silly question to my kids as I leave my mark and vice versa. Maybe some of you will understand? Snowboarding makes me happy and the smiles on my kids faces are priceless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 Then, while carrying two boards (167 and 182) to the car at the end of the day, someone in a group said something about my super-wide skis. I mentioned that they're snowboards. One guy loudly proclaims: "No they're not." I just laughed, turned around, and kept going. I get this a lot... nearly every session. a) people tell me what I'm riding or tell others (almost always incorrectly) what I'm riding. b) people disagree with me about what it is I'm riding. c) people attempt to tell me the (largely incorrect) history of what I'm riding. I try to remember no matter how idiotic it seems Monodude must get it 100 times worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran Posted March 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 I try to remember no matter how idiotic it seems Monodude must get it 100 times worse!yeah but maybe monoskiers deserve it more... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted March 5, 2013 Report Share Posted March 5, 2013 I try to remember no matter how idiotic it seems Monodude must get it 100 times worse! Yes, and HE can HANDLE it ! Don Rules. Skis, snowboards, skwal, mono and anything else he steps on to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monodude Posted March 6, 2013 Report Share Posted March 6, 2013 yeah but maybe monoskiers deserve it more... :D Monoskiers are the "Red-headed step-children" of the snow sliding world... Don Feed the addiction... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floBoot Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Today, a liftie who snowboards said, whilst looking at my board, "thought about trying one of those but I know I couldn't hack-it" Made me feel better that i'm sticking with it:biggthump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabatha Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 At Smugglers Knotch in Vermont on Saturday I got a lot of questions, starting with a few park-kids (their boards were in terrible condition) who were really interested in what my board was after confirming that it wasn't a mono-ski. One said he recently started tele-marking because he wanted to try something different. More interesting though were the classes that I would bump into in the lift line. The nine-year olds were really interested in what the board was and when they could try one. Their teachers seemed very supportive and interested too, except one who told his class it was a "Nordic Board" and that my heels were not attached to the bindings. And as they were all interested in the board, they were really careful not to bump their boards against it, and one of their teachers even reminded them to be careful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tufty Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 So, spent the day skwalling in Courchevel yesterday. Got lots of comments from the lifties along the lines of "that's an endangered species", "holy cow", etc. Then, as I hit the last drag lift of the day (a "téléski difficile" that I'd done at least 3 times), the spotty young oik came out of his cabin, pointed at my board, and said "c'est interdit ici, ce - truc" ("that's forbidden here, that - thing"). He proceded to try and show me how I wasn't allowed to take "his" draglift on a - umm - "thing". Which turned out to be cobblers. And next time I go to Courch', I'll be hot-gluing woodscrews to the tail of my board first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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