arneburner Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 After nearly being hit by a straight-liner kid skier yesterday, I think that people need to be aware of the dangers of straight-lining. Slogans that come to mind include: Only you can prevent sl'ers S lining kills mothers don't let your kids grow up to be sl'ers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 (edited) Armour up and hit the little turds mass usually wins. Edited January 25, 2014 by lowrider typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipstar Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Straight line blow. Not snow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn Poop Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Just because you can go fast doesn't mean you can be fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 I ride a small rural hill. I ride with armor. Many of those we observe straight-lining can ONLY straight-line. They've progressed past the falling leaf but have no ability to control their speed and their completely unfamiliar with the basic rules. As my son and I ride the lift we often bet on where they will wipe out... our observations are this group is wildly unpredictable. Stay safe don't straight line. or Friends don't let friends straight line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeho730 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Straightline Skiing Costs Millions If You Hit Someone. Then It's Not So Fun. My life has taught me that people don't speed not because it makes roads safer but mainly because they hate paying fines. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
west carven Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 howdy how about yelling "take a lesson you fool!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neanderthal Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 " You Carve you carve you carve...no slide...even when icy!" Peter Bauer and Jean Nerva quoted circa 1990. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekempmeister Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 full disclosure (for context, consider that i'm going back almost 30 years and am referring to my teen self who went on a few bus trips to NY, PA and VT a few times as a teenager. always on skis back then) i was most definitely a straight line skier once i "learned" to stay on my feet the whole way down the hill. the skis were straight and if someone had told me to keep my hands in front and be athletic about picking up my feet when turning, it'd been different. there were never lessons. when the bus doors opened, it was a rush to the rental garbage and then the chair. the chaperones were trying to get their own ski on and instruction was never mentioned. everybody wore cotton and wool, right? is it that much different now. the resorts will take the additional money for a lesson but how many parents pay the additional cost that it requires. maybe the kid even lobbies against it. renting a helmet is the additional expense that most people rationalize, i think. none of this is to defend straighlining - i dislike it as much as anyone, especially now that i have my kids on the hill. i run interference for them because of this very concern. some frat boys in jackets with crests and tweed caps were at Gunstock straightlining en masse a couple of years ago. drive you nuts. i suspect most had the ability to stop or turn but they clearly made it appear to be like a game of chicken. i still think they were more dangerous than one kid in jeans with arms straight out, yelling the whole way. east coast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 After nearly being hit by a straight-liner kid skier yesterday, I think that people need to be aware of the dangers of straight-lining. Slogans that come to mind include:Only you can prevent sl'ers S lining kills mothers don't let your kids grow up to be sl'ers Here's one: "Any jackass can straightline. Most of them do." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 After nearly being hit by a straight-liner kid skier yesterday, I think that people need to be aware of the dangers of straight-lining. Slogans that come to mind include:Only you can prevent sl'ers S lining kills mothers don't let your kids grow up to be sl'ers Here's one: "Any jackass can straightline. Most of them do." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganmachen Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 How about "Learn to Turn or go Straight home" Here's one: "Any jackass can straightline. Most of them do." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganmachen Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 "Always forward, never straight" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 just get three lines of gates put down the fall-line of a run, arranged in such a way that you cant tail-flick through them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbat Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Straight lining sucks, and then you die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 "Edges: use it or lose it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Straight lining sucks, and then you die. This made me laugh out loud :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 sidecut: not only a weight-saving feature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowrider Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 Straightliners scare,Carvers care,Slowdown A--hole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) You might beat me to the bottom by a few seconds, but I will have traveled thrice as far! Edited January 29, 2014 by b0ardski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganmachen Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) I recently got some swag which included a Burton Carnivore sticker with the image of some kind of prehistoric critter in a speed tuck. I cut all the Burton letters off and situated them on the back of my helmut so that they spelled 'Turn Bro' like a cross-word puzzle. Six letters. Four down and three across. I was pretty stoked with how concise and yet non-confrontational it is. The chopped up letters have a sort of punk appearance too, which never hurts. You might beat me to the bottom by a few seconds, but I will have traveled thrice as far! Edited March 31, 2014 by morganmachen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebiker Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 I cut all the Burton letters off and situated them on the back of my helmut so that they spelled 'Turn Bro' like a cross-word puzzle. ^Winner. Brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 Don't know that they care about what we say 'cause they think it's cool to go straight and fast...My last day at my local mountain this year had a s/l cut between me and the edge of slope as I was easing into a stop...I stretched my hand pointer finger to thumb and put it between his track and the end of my board...It reached...That's about 7"...AND he was going Mach Schnell! I went home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Prokopiw Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 We have a nice kid working at the bike shop.He gleefully told me the other day that he's "pretty good at snowboarding cuz I can shoot straight down the hill without turning". The mood in the mechanics' area changed for a while after I told him quite firmly,"If you or anyone else ever hits my kids while straight-lining,I will take the law into my own hands." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenn Posted April 1, 2014 Report Share Posted April 1, 2014 We have a nice kid working at the bike shop.He gleefully told me the other day that he's "pretty good at snowboarding cuz I can shoot straight down the hill without turning". The mood in the mechanics' area changed for a while after I told him quite firmly,"If you or anyone else ever hits my kids while straight-lining,I will take the law into my own hands." Good on ya' man...I usually don't have the courage to say anything. Best I can do is raise a "Hmmmm" and a "Oh, look what time it's gotten to be..." Usually those kind of people aren't the kind of people I have an interest in interacting with...Glad you expressed. That objection may have just saved somebody a world of hurt. Maybe planted a seed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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