lowrider Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 (edited) Me to a woman staring at her cell phone in the middle of a busy run " Not a Good place to be talking on your phone" her response to me "I'm looking at a video of my son so SHUT THE HELL UP !" For a person to be that angry that fast i'm thinking her sons sperm donor is probably her major problem (domestic issues at home). Edited March 18, 2018 by lowrider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keenan Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 5 hours ago, lowrider said: Me to a woman staring at her cell phone in the middle of a busy run " Not a Good place to be talking on your phone" her response to me "I'm looking at a video of my son so SHUT THE HELL UP !" For a person to be that angry that fast i'm thinking her sons sperm donor is probably her major problem (domestic issues at home). I don't know why I didn't think about this earlier but I'm going to start carrying an airhorn for occasions such as this. Maybe it would help with the people who get off the chair and stand in front of the "Clear Unload Area" sign as well. Oh, and the bro brah's standing in line on the tail of my board. I'm not kidding, I'll really do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1xsculler Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 One of my boards has a row of individual metal spikes, like stomp pad spikes, on the tail. No one has messed with me so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mord Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 7 minutes ago, 1xsculler said: individual metal spikes So you have a Mad Max snowboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveo Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 35 minutes ago, 1xsculler said: One of my boards has a row of individual metal spikes, like stomp pad spikes, on the tail. No one has messed with me so far. Always been meaning to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_s Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Had a guy in the line really curious about my setup this weekend - he apparently saw me come carving by, and actually changed trails to follow me and ask about it at the end of the run. Nice guy, lots of questions, and I was happy to chat w/ him, which we did for a good 4-5 minutes in the line. I explained the type of board it is, what this style of board is typically used for, what it is good at and bad at, what I love about it, etc, and at the end, he asks, "Do you snowboard, too?" Maybe I was just unclear in my explanation, dunno... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1xsculler Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Valid question as far as I am concerned...never had an interest in snowboarding and still don't. I also have no disrespect for skiddiing snowboarding but just not intetested in it even though it saves my ass from going into the trees now and then. Carving vs skidding snowboarding = two different sports, IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 33 minutes ago, 1xsculler said: Valid question as far as I am concerned...never had an interest in snowboarding and still don't. I also have no disrespect for skiddiing snowboarding but just not intetested in it even though it saves my ass from going into the trees now and then. Carving vs skidding snowboarding = two different sports, IMHO. If you are on an alpine board, you are snowboarding, full stop. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_s Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 3 hours ago, 1xsculler said: Carving vs skidding snowboarding = two different sports, IMHO. LoL, well, I'd grant you different disciplines of the same sport of snowboarding, but in the end, we're all a bunch of geeks sliding around with our feet strapped to an expensive strip of polymers. I've seen a few soft-booters making quite enviable carves (though perhaps not on canoe-shaped park boards...), so its not entirely an equipment thing - its as much a mind-set thing, as anything, I suppose. (Like yourself, it kinda ruins my carving run when I have to make a skidded turn, though I'll throw them in guiltlessly on sketchy steeps, and at any time, if it keeps my butt out of the woods. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 3 hours ago, 1xsculler said: Valid question as far as I am concerned...never had an interest in snowboarding and still don't. I also have no disrespect for skiddiing snowboarding but just not intetested in it even though it saves my ass from going into the trees now and then. Carving vs skidding snowboarding = two different sports, IMHO. I hear you, but it's not really true. It's just another skill in the sport of snowboarding. Guys who carve (really carve) on softboots - when they stop skidding and start carving are they not still snowboarding? It goes both ways too - if you can't have fun on your alpine board on mixed terrain/conditions, are you really snowboarding? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) stepin plates on an old arbor D70... hard to convince them it's actually a snowboard not a monoski the poles really confuse them Edited March 20, 2018 by b0ardski 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jng Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 12 hours ago, Jack Michaud said: I hear you, but it's not really true. It's just another skill in the sport of snowboarding. Guys who carve (really carve) on softboots - when they stop skidding and start carving are they not still snowboarding? It goes both ways too - if you can't have fun on your alpine board on mixed terrain/conditions, are you really snowboarding? +1 I was softbooting on Sunday and rode down a 300 ft long steep black which was a chunky mess except for a 12' wide groomed channel. I made controlled skidded turns and I find it hard to believe anyone would be able to control their speed with carve turns. Meanwhile on the same day, I was carving on a wider pitch, also on softboots, and got props for "nice carves" from the chair. Whether we're comparing skidded vs carved or hard vs soft, it's all snowboarding and your choice of tools and techniques is situational. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1xsculler Posted March 20, 2018 Report Share Posted March 20, 2018 (edited) Total respect for anyone who manages a board well, carving or skidding. It's just that my particular interest is in trying to lay it down and being on edge whenever possible. I wish that happened more often than it does but that is what keeps calling me back up to the Mt. all by myself or with grandkids. Edited March 20, 2018 by 1xsculler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chouinard Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 Heard it in the lodge - pulling my boots off I overheard one guy leaving the hill talking to another guy booting up, both skiers. The guy leaving tells the guy booting up that that face is trashed out. He says " guys on boards this morning were leaving trenches this deep" as he holds his hands about six inches apart. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger jr Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 Skier woman goes by at top of lift and says: You guys are having waaay tooo much fun! We were that day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softbootsurfer Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 getting off the Gondola this morning...2 SB buckling in...one duck the other alpine stance...the duck says let's Go, the Alpine stance says "I just want to Carve" that made me Smile... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigwavedave Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Chouinard said: Heard it in the lodge - pulling my boots off I overheard one guy leaving the hill talking to another guy booting up, both skiers. The guy leaving tells the guy booting up that that face is trashed out. He says " guys on boards this morning were leaving trenches this deep" as he holds his hands about six inches apart. This made me laugh, as I had a very similar experience recently...posted in the Spirit Mt thread...click on the arrow, upper right to go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big mario Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 While catching my breath on the side of the trail, a soft boot rider skids by and said “ those are some sick carves bro” I simply said “ thanks” mario Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 in line for the big quad at schwizz, it was fun to hear a skier in line behind me tell his fellows "it's not monoski, it's a snowboard" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Tsao Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 Guy at top of quad at Bretton this weekend: "There aren't many of you guys left...." "What do you mean?" "Guys that ride mono-skis" "Nope. Not many left...." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Brammer aka PSR Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 "Wait, Pink/Blue Graphics on a Sims? How old is THAT??" ' How old are You? ' Liftie: "Um, 28" . Me; 'Then you were in 1st Grade the last time this board went up a Lift onto hardpacked snow.' liftie: "No Way!" , me, as I jump onto chair "yup, made in '89, in California!" .. I love Carving an old Sims!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
40tude Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 To start with I live in Florida... Riding up the lift with a skier on St. Patricks Day in Winter Park, Skier- "Man finding a guy on a carving board from Colorado is like finding a leprechaun, I don't even know what you are!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slopestar Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Usually a half dozen leprechaun’s can be found at Loveland on any Sunday 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0ardski Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 we had 5 furrowing cathedral at swizz today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted April 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2018 "You should add some butters to your turns." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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