Best Gaper qoute of the weekend?

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Originally Posted by rustypouch

Earlier this week we set up some brushies for corridor training, but we couldn't close off the run. The attention and reactions it got from gapers was "fun."

Besides the hilarity of watching people ride around and interact with them, there were some choice quotes. " What's with those things?" "Look, a race course!" "Is this where the jumps and stuff are?"

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Absolutely hilarious. (WTF is corridor training. Don't bother answering, I looked it up.)

My buddy and I accessed a zone a little out of bounds yesterday. We see this guy standing at the top of the hill above us before we accessed said zone. He comes skiing along with his damned music blaring on his chest speaker or whatever noise maker he has. He stops at the top of the zone and apparently is waiting for us to chat up. We ask him if he knows where he is going, he says "this connects back to the lift, right?". Do you have skins and a beacon, "nope those are in the car". Can I just traverse out of here and around and back to the lift, again, NO! He turns around and sidesteps back up the ridge where he saw our tracks dropping down. Dumbass just followed tracks blindly without knowing where they went. Not my problem if he didn't have the correct gear or know where he was going.
Dumbass just about ended up 1000' down without a way to get out other than to post hole all the way back on a FS road.

Sugar Bowl employee doing chain check at the bottom of old 40 asked me if my Subaru was 4 wheel drive.

You drive a BRZ?

Yesterday, Alta was a full out hotdog/gaper shitshow of a day. I saw dozens of young people in Bluejeans shots and jackets, Lycra, fart bags ans overalls. The funniest thing was that every time I lapped Collins, the same people would be standing around at the base in ski boots. Factions and Dalbellos are very hot right now. People who definitely wanted to be seen.

And the requisite pit vipers...

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Originally Posted by Benny Profane

I hiked up to Mary's Nipple at Targhee once, and it was one of the few times I had to put skis on a steep slope that was hard, and a patrolman came along and showed me a cool technique. You place a ski uphill to your body, and pull your downhill foot up and click in with that boot. It works.

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Downhill ski in first, always, Bunny.

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Originally Posted by Asspen

Downhill ski in first, always, Bunny.

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A patroller told him how to do it.
Here's a video (again) of a professional skier showing how to do it.

but I guess you know better than both of them

goat -
I am pretty-sure the downhill ski is being put on first --

yep.
( skiJ )

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Originally Posted by skiJ

goat -
I am pretty-sure the downhill ski is being put on first --

yep.
( skiJ )

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And OldGoat never said otherwise.
Further Benny never said otherwise.

You and AssPen seem to have some difficulties in reading.
(Reading comprehension is key.)

Why is this in the gaper thread?

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Originally Posted by Asspen

Downhill ski in first, always, Bunny.

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Nope. Watch the video.

Try it. It's a duh moment. Makes sense.

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Originally Posted by gregorys

And OldGoat never said otherwise.
Further Benny never said otherwise.

You and AssPen seem to have some difficulties in reading.
(Reading comprehension is key.)

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And I, skiJ, never said OldGoat said "otherwise" . though

I am not with Benny on this --


But I will take a lap, Because I think OldCodgers arguing about wording regarding a video demonstration IS the gaper move of the day !

Happy trails ! skiJ

Benny is so often wrong--when he gets one right it needs to be acknowledged.

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Originally Posted by Benny Profane

Nope. Watch the video.

Try it. It's a duh moment. Makes sense.

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Did we watch the same video? Down hill ski was put on first.

This is sorta like that video with the guy in the gorilla costume who runs on the basketball court.

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Originally Posted by gregorys

And OldGoat never said otherwise.
Further Benny never said otherwise.

You and AssPen seem to have some difficulties in reading.
(Reading comprehension is key.)

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This. AssPen just wanted to insult Benny so the cool kids would talk to him. There's plenty of things to insult Benny about. You don't have make stuff up. (And now I'm guilty.)

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Originally Posted by old goat

Sugar Bowl employee doing chain check at the bottom of old 40 asked me if my Subaru was 4 wheel drive.

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Did you say no, it is all wheel drive

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Originally Posted by old goat

This. AssPen just wanted to insult Benny so the cool kids would talk to him. There's plenty of things to insult Benny about. You don't have make stuff up. (And now I'm guilty.)

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I'm so confused now. Our "pro" in the video is putting on his downhill ski first.

I'm not here to make fun of Bunny, I'm here to reinforce proper technique.

Its like some of these regulars have never had a proper double ejection outside of groomed terrain, then had to pick up the ensuing yardsale.

Dentist don’t fall.

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Originally Posted by Core Shot

Why is this in the gaper thread?

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Because deep down we all have an inner Gaper ???

CK

At the beginning of the day I lay both skis down to one side--usually my right--then cross the foot on the side opposite the skis over the other leg to step into the ski closest to it. Basically the way Hattrup does it in the video, but on flat snow. No particular reason to do it that way, just habit. It's only a gaper move if I do it in jeans.

At A-Basin a couple of days ago and patrol is up on the East Wall doing control work to get it open (deep day).
Waiting in the Lenawee lift line a guy in his twenty's shouts out:

"Anyone got any Special K?!?
I can only send cliffs if I'm boofin' it!"

Silence.

I respond:

"Is that what the kids these days are calling backslappng the powder?"

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Originally Posted by old goat

At the beginning of the day I lay both skis down to one side--usually my right--then cross the foot on the side opposite the skis over the other leg to step into the ski closest to it. Basically the way Hattrup does it in the video, but on flat snow. No particular reason to do it that way, just habit. It's only a gaper move if I do it in jeans.

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Or if you trip over your leg moving your inside foot to the outside ski.

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Originally Posted by Ottime

Or if you trip over your leg moving your inside foot to the outside ski.

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This past November, at Alpine Meadows, it was early in the season so it wasn't busy but only a few chairs were running and lines were long. I was at Roundhouse Express, and the line was back to the steeper part. We were all side slipping while in line, and I don't know what happened, but in one of those, as I was sliding down, my skis caught on something (my stupidity, most likely) and I fell, with my skis crossed and uphill from me.

I feel like I recovered quickly and efficiently, but most likely it looked super awkward and slow in real life.