iLikeSnow Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) That's crazy. Just like if they told skiers not to use GS skis. As long as respecting alpine code and slow zones everyone should be fine. Woah, those slow zones actually work in the States? Where i board in Austria, the SLOW signs are more like warnings: speed up, or you'll be carrying your board for the next 100m Edited February 26, 2015 by iLikeSnow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I don't know about the US but in Canada it's a good idea for your own health to pay attention to the slow signs, they usually indicate congested areas or a blind drop-off that may or may not be full of beginners or some other hazard where you really ought to slow the hell down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Um, yeah, what? Everywhere I ride "Slow" signs indicate beginner runs, merging trails or lift lines - none of them places you need to be speeding through, unless you fancy explaining to a homicidal parent how you almost killed their kid. I do know of one hill that has a sign warning of an uphill and to carry speed (Sunshine has one on the green run off Angel Chair), but I've never seen one anywhere else. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Sunshine maybe ought to have a few of those - that thar hill is a prime reason to run step-ins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aracan Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 I'm not familiar with ALL Austrian resorts, but every SLOW sign I have seen so far was where it made sense to decelerate, not the opposite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philw Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 Slow zones work in Canada, and are enforced. The locals aren't armed, but they will think you're very rude if you aren't considerate of others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted March 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2015 Today as I was clipping in, I noticed a group of skiers staring at me. As I made eye contact, one said; "We love how you do 6-meter 180s." Me: "Pardon?" Skier makes small swooping S-shapes with his hand, mimicking tight S-carves. :) Guy #2 (nice guy I've chatted with multiple times) told me quite definitively that my Skwal was called a monoski in Europe. A liftie gave me fist bumps every time I got on the chair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominic Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Was in long line for lift. A girl in front of me with snowboard glanced my board... few seconds later she looked back again and said I thought you're on ski O~M~G~. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Buggs Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Bump an old thread for a brag post Today at Berkshire East, "Dude you are my hero, You get so low you could Kiss the snow" Guess broken down Bobby Buggs was gettin it done today. Question is will I walk tomorrow 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAlexander Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 After giving a demo run/exposure to carve to a friend on skis and his 12 yr old son on softboots, I asked the son, what he thought of carving. He asked , "Why?", I replied, "why what?" , him, "Why are you doing that?", we were still on the snow, so I just said because it is fun. Later in the lodge I asked him to explain his question a bit more, So he asked, "why are you falling down every time you make a turn? Why don't you just go down the hill? I answered, That is how you carve, because it is fun, and because I can. On the drive home I started questioning myself, that he had a good question, why, am I doing this, and how did I get here. Why don't I just relax and go down the hill, gently and easily. anyone...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 you aren't relaxed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teach Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Because turns are more fun? Ask the kid whether a straight roller coaster would be more fun than one that makes wild turns. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Buggs Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 I relax on the couch with Don Julio 1942, Not on the mountain 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rikytheripster Posted March 9, 2015 Report Share Posted March 9, 2015 Pushing the envelope brings the greatest rewards! Its like driving a race car slowly vs. Drifting it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yesterday at Spirit Mt, 45 degrees, slarving in granular snow, lift op said "looks like you're water skiing, no... water boarding". Water boarding? I think not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucasgo Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Liftie telling me I should go hit the nastar gates they had recently set up because I was making such hard carves. Caught up to a boarder and started slalom carving with him down the rest of the hill... looked different but I couldn't put my finger on it while riding. Light day, so we ended up on the lift together and I saw exactly what it was. Tele-board. I'd never seen one, so we had a great talk about similarities and differences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Guy... Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 This isn't so much something I heard, rather than saw. This past weekend, I was grabbing a drink of water in the lodge and saw some 40- something soft booter with a selfie stick taking pictures of himself outside. The sad part was that there were plenty of people around to take it for him, but instead, he chose to raise the stick skyward. The sadder part was that by taking the picture the same way 19 year old girls do it, he put the surface of the dirt parking lot in the background, instead of a majestic 9800' peak that was just on the other side of the lot. Later on that day, I saw this same guy doing the most insane heel side ever. And by that, I don't mean he was turning. I mean he was straight up facing down hill, knees locked and sliding on his heel side with the board completely perpendicular to the fall line. It was a fairly steep blue, and he was going for it. I'm not even kidding- he must have been doing 30- 35 MPH and in my 22 years on the snow, I've never seen someone go that fast in a skid that wasn't crashing. Truth be told, I was a little impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zone Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) Top of the black run today (Kandahar, Tremblant) Skier :'hey you have a carving board, are you one of those guys who go really low on the snow? ' Bottom of the same run (checked for large clearance area before taking off etc), another skier yelling at me : 'You have no right to turn like that on a public run' Edited March 18, 2015 by Zone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboarderdude Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Riding my rock board on a pow-ish day in St. Louis. I Slide up to a liftie I know well, and he goes: "You have ANOTHER one??" In the lift corral at snowmass, and a female skier comes up behind me. (In a stern tone) "Hey, I saw what you were doing." Me: "Um, ok?" Her: "It was awesome!" That one definitely put a smile on my face Also on the lift at snowmass, with an instructor and 3 of his 10ish year-old jibbers. All the usually questions, and the instructor brings up ses(well, not exactly) Inst: "yeah, there's always some big even in January and those guys RIP." Me: "are you thinking of ses?" inst: "No I don't think so" me: "Are you sure?" inst: (random snowboard babble) me: "It's ses." inst: "noooo...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpyride Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Today a darling little 9 or 10 year old girl on skis, slides all the way over the slope to me and says, " That is sooo cool". Much rather have a compliment from someone so young than pretty much anyone, especially when it's to a 65 year old hardbooter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordmetroland Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 Not strictly the Lift Line, but strapping in after hiking the ridge at Loveland, a guy on a freestyle board says, "is that thing a 200?" "Yep, you got it," I reply. "Dude," he says before dropping in, "you're an animal!" Clutching the sides of my grossly misshapen head, I bellow, "I am not an animal! I am a human being!" Most of this is true. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunSurfer Posted September 14, 2015 Report Share Posted September 14, 2015 Yesterday at Turoa. "Can you ride it backwards?" Me: "Well, yes..... you can, but why would you drive a Ferrari backwards round a racetrack!" My last day of the season here, eight days in total given work commitments. Lots & lots of "What is that....?" for boards, plates, boots, and hand helmets, and after the explanation lots of "That is so cool." A few people confessing to having ridden carving boards back in the day pointed towards the Bomber website. And my second to last run of the year, lady in her thirties smiling after I carve down the approach to the Giant chair "That looks like fun!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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