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ok picture this ...
it like hot tub time machine ...
its 1988 ...
I'm riding pow !!!
ok its australia and its 5cm of wet cement.
I cant get my boot into my binding toe piece. (edit for ski bindings eh)
first day blah blah blah ...
random ski instructor walks past,
and I ask why ...
gotta shake-n-scrape that shit off eh?
and then my life changed ...
I became a snowboarder !!!
a big, loud, camo sporting Texan comes into my rental shop showing off to his wife and kids about how much he knew about snowboarding. I get him set up on a basic snowboard package. on the way out he demands poles. I explain to him that snowboarders do not use poles. Accuses me of lying to him and that he used poles in 1986 when "Tom Burton" taught him to snowboard.
He insists on speaking to my manager who also explains that poles were not necessary but he was welcome to rent some. this 5'7" demands 54" poles reaching up to his armpits.
Guy leaves. Comes back 2 hours later with a recently broken nose. Drops his gear at the front door ranting that he did it on a double black diamond, we never told him poles were dangerous, and that he was going to sue the shop and storms out.
Later found out from ski patrol that the guy tried to get on the chair fully strapped in, hooked the pole tip on the chair as he was loading and took the pole handle to the nose.
It was only post accident paperwork I've ever done with a smile
You ain't seen nuthin' yet. Wait and see what happens when they start selling these things. As your lawyer, I would advise against your shop even considering renting them. Imagine the carnage.Quote:
Originally Posted by gcmcgurn
http://www.snowshift.com/
That's awesome. Top notch first post.Quote:
Originally Posted by gcmcgurn
Haaaa....speaking of gaperific...that was sposed to be a text message about the Wilco festival that I posted here in my stupor last night.....fail. BwaaaaaQuote:
Originally Posted by philth
I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by biff chalupa
Okay, at least this guy wasn't wearing a fanny pack.
Solitude last weekend:
http://i342.photobucket.com/albums/o...8/Bennyski.jpg
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Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Holy FUCK that's retarted.
Solitude?! You sure that ain't Davos?Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDaddy
100 bucks you read about a incident where that thing is used as a weapon.Quote:
Originally Posted by iscariot
I'm not a snowboarder, so that may be why that thing makes sense to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
Other than his ski choice, that's pure win!Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDaddy
They should have used avalungs?Quote:
Originally Posted by inthemtns
She's not a gaper (she skis very well), but a girl in my lab was talking yesterday about going to ski some backcountry in another part of the state. I go over there to ski sometimes so I knew what the conditions were like. They had a really bad avi cycle last week and I started telling her about it. She brushed it off and said "I'm safe. My dad got me an airbag for Christmas".
STICK YOU TURNSQuote:
Originally Posted by Benny Profane
I... don't... understand...
Quote:
Originally Posted by shafty85
No, No, No...
It's
"STICK U-TURNS!"
That device will allow you to u-turn like a mofo...
i thought it was to decapitate the enemy
how many ski resorts are gunna let me load with that thing in my hand?
do I need a leash for it?
I'm guessing at least $80 maybe $100
but I'm stupid enough to try it ...
but not stupid enough to buy it ...
It's like adaptive skiing for people with fully functional legs. :confused:
Fixed. No way this is real.Quote:
Originally Posted by biff chalupa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmOytunYX1s
I think he made it to Val Thorens
^^^^That was painful to watch.
"The Canyons is no joke" Red Pine Gondola line
Water skiing, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Garrett
To bad nitrogen makes up about 80% of the air we actually breathe.Quote:
Originally Posted by daught
Guroo..... That was seriously funny shit right there. That dude did not go down without a fight, even though the fight was with himself.