What is it about the resort? ;)

Has anyone else noticed a disturbing trend lately? It seems that in order to be core and cool here you have to ski at the resort. I saw a post last week alluding to something along the lines that the number of runs made "in-bounds" was greater than that in the bc and therefore it was more fun. Isn’t fun measured in the eye of the beholder? I always thought this place was about skiing, not the dick waving about where you were skiing.

The reason I bring this up is because when I open up a magazine or look at a current ski/snowboard video, I see a bunch of resort riding and terrain parks. Guys going huge off manmade hits or sliding on handrails placed into the snow. Nowhere in the magazine or video do they talk about the risks associated with riding at the resort or in a terrain park. It’s ridiculous! There is a huge frenzy, basically comprised of 18-25 y/o males, heading into the terrain parks at the resort. It's fueled by the media, I sit here with an edition of TW Snowboarding which has a cover story on “SuperParks” (nowhere do they mention the need for training or the safety gear needed to ride in said SuperPark).

I don't know if it is complete ignorance on the part of those folks heading out into the terrain parks at resorts, a disregard for personal safety in order to shred the park, or just the need for some good dick waving in front of your buds.

I'm from CA, I don't know jackshit about how to assess a terrain park, I have a small dick, I'm not core, and I don't ski at the resort.

Maybe someday some of those factors may change and I will make some forays into the terrain park at the resort.

Until then I sleep well knowing that the local ski patrol won't be calling my wife to inform her that her husband and children's father was killed in a terrain park at a resort.

You can't safeguard people from themselves in every stage of life but I think the skiing centered media needs to be doing a better job of letting people know that they can get killed very easily doing what they see in the mags and movies.



bwahahahaha!

Just a small aside to the above remarks...

I'm from the midwest. Our parks are really really bad for the most part (exception that I've found being parts of Tyrol Basin in Wisconsin).

I just got back from tahoe however and when we were at Squaw, there were kickers that were pretty ridiculously big. However, no one was going off them. So... while I'm sure the guys in the magazines, Candide, Tanner, et al. are going huge off ginormous kickers, perhaps not that many 'regular' people are?

The busiest park had smaller jumps that were quite a bit less intimidating.

Just my observations...

Oh, also noticed lots more people in parks out in Tahoe had helmets on vs. here in the midwest. Helmets seem like a good call on a 20' kicker.

I completely agree w/ bcrider... I love the BC and don't go to terrain parks, but you can definately get hut in them.

I agree, the dick waving steeze is very dangerous, and should only be attempted by professionals in a controlled environment.

Do NOT go into the park without at least a Level 3 course.
Also, be sure to check the daily pipe report.
Pay attention to weather and terrain traps.
Don't forget your baggy pants, never wear a backpack.
For proper steezing, please grab your crotch - do NOT sniff your armpit - that is only a BC maneuver.
Never go into the park alone.
Respect the park or you will die.

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Originally Posted by mitch buchannon

Oh, also noticed lots more people in parks out in Tahoe had helmets on vs. here in the midwest. Helmets seem like a good call on a 20' kicker.

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There are some differing views on whether helmets save lives or just make you feel more bulletproof: Read This

I feel safer in the B.C. (even on Considerable days if I'm on the right mountain) than at the resort. My biggest fear is the $2.50 outta control newbie hitting my kids like a locomotive. That has me a bit nervous all day.

The biggest issue for me, however, is that every decision you make at a ski resort is based on what other people are doing - where to park, where to ski, where's the untracked powder, which lift is crowded, etc. A resort powder day (even weekedays) is like force feeding the fun when you find yourself waiting in liftlines, waiting for the rope to drop, crossing gapers tracks and all out fighting for maybe two totally untracked runs before the shit is cooked!

You know it sucks when you get giddy because you make 10 untracked turns in a row.

And Terrain Parks tend to kick this old skooler's ass from time to time, so maybe that has me jaded too.

Don't know about all the dick talk, bcr - but I'm sure this thread will fire a up a few of 'em.

I think some of us enjoy the resorts for lift access pow skiing. Sure the trauma park is good fun once and a while, but i think your numbers are off. 18-25?? try 12-20yrs old. Most of us wouldn't last that long if we were to lap the terrain park, which has a new marketablity that ski companies love, its what's cool. Unfortunately the BC is becoming "cool" as well and more marketable, which will surely lead to more idiots going out there doing things they shouldn't be doing.

These are the plights of Darwin skiers.

Sierra - you might want to check the batteries in you sarcasm meter

I can't believe people post terrain park TR with no mention of how they evaluated the speed and take off angle needed to clear the jump. It's so irresponsible to lead gapers into thinking they can just ski of huge kickers with out having a safety meeting before hand with the buy in of all involved parties.

It seems there may be a few in this thread who missed the other and and thus are missing the sarcasm of the initial post.

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It seems there may be a few in this thread who missed the other and and thus are missing the sarcasm of the initial post.

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It also seems like someone might have missed part of the point in the other thread.

What is it about skiing/boarding?....discuss..http://www.dogsonacid.com/images/smilies/smashed.gif http://www.vidbusters.com/forums/htm...cons/johnb.gif

*applause for bcrider*
hahaha

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Originally Posted by Lurch

I can't believe people post terrain park TR with no mention of how they evaluated the speed and take off angle needed to clear the jump. It's so irresponsible to lead gapers into thinking they can just ski of huge kickers with out having a safety meeting before hand with the buy in of all involved parties.

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Hahahah - is it just me, or did you guys recently get a lot funnier?

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Originally Posted by Telephil

It seems there may be a few in this thread who missed the other and and thus are missing the sarcasm of the initial post.

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Whoops. I Didn't know there was another thread out there that he was jesting on. I was just trying to give my brotha, bcr, a little backup before the full on assault came rushing in from the resorters.

Seriously though, terrain parks can fuck a guy up.

Just remember, the kicker doesn't know you're an expert. Look no further than Tanner and what's his face in the orange camo. Scary, huh?

I thought that bringing the big mountain steeze to the park was the next big thing....

Yeah for those that missed it…this thread is a parody and play on words from another thread.
http://tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26862


And nater,
I didn’t miss “part of the point” in the other thread. I’ve always known that people should do what makes them happy, not what makes other people happy. And that we shouldn’t judge someone based on where they ski.

I have to admit that most of the BC TR's are boring and I don't read them. I do, however, like the park ones, but I don't care for the people that post a park TR before they've even completed their first rotation.

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I have to admit that most of the BC TR's are boring and I don't read them. I do, however, like the park ones, but I don't care for the people that post a park TR before they've even completed their first rotation.

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Rotations are only cool in the BC. Park TR's need more pit digging pics.

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Look no further than what's his face in the orange camo. Scary, huh?

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I can't see him. He's wearing camo.

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Originally Posted by 72Twenty

I can't see him. He's wearing camo.

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Yeah, but orange only hides you from the colorblind wildlife you're trying to shoot.




I got your back, seventytwotwenty!

bcrider=backcountry elitist snob, dick waver. :wink:

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Originally Posted by Telenater

It also seems like someone might have missed part of the point in the other thread.

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It seems to me like you two are gat.

Shut up and go skiing. Especially you Telephil.



Nater, Hood this year? Told wife I was going. Not a peep besides her saying she is not. Oh well, she misses out. She is cool with me heading.

if you don't have the steeze, you can't make the g's

I hate to cunt up another thread, but I think ski patrol should sit at the top of the park checking everyone for the required gear....you know, baggy pants, twin-tips, gorilla steeze and a jizz rag.

plus one

Nice take on things BCRider. Stay out of those terrain parks, they are killers.

Be safe out there, it would seem that you aren't one of the uninformed ones (and I enjoy good satire).