Best Gaper qoute of the weekend?

[midwest_skier]

Kid on the chairlift with me at Bridger " Wouldn't it be great to be caught in an avalanche so you could try to ride out of it?"

[The Gnarwhale]

I got whacked on the head by the #*&^#%$^@ safety bar being lowered without warning at least 5 times last weekend. Never ceases to amaze me they can't seem to notice they're not the only ones on the lift.

I was riding Silver Queen in CB with a co-worker a few years ago. An older guy, in his 60's, joined us in the corral. Co-worker, clad in full face, was bent double fiddling with his boots as we started up the hill. Because we were three on a four person lift, we were spaced wider than intended on the chair.

Without warning, or apparently noticing my friend bent forward, the older gent SLAMMED the bar down. The pistol grip on the bar went full-force into co-workers C7, just below the bottom of the back of his helmet. If he didnt have an arm looped around back of the chair he would have been flipped off.

Wincing with pain and surprise he said something along the lines of "You need to f*ing give people heads up before you do that"

Rather than an "Oh gosh, I didnt mean to bash you in the spinal cord. I apologize" The silver-maned man said something like "You need to f*ing pay attention"

At that point I was put in the akward role of restraining the co-worker as he tried to climb over me (bar still down) to punch the man. It was akward, because, had I not been in the middle of the two, I would have like to see him punched.

At that point the man scooched over further, compressing himself into the smallest possible area in the far corner of the chair, saying nothing.

It was a long, very quiet ride.

[Pancakes]

Kid on the chairlift with me at Bridger " Wouldn't it be great to be caught in an avalanche so you could try to ride out of it?"

Whoops. Did I say that? I meant to say, "Wouldn't it be great if YOU were caught in an avalanche so that you'd stop posting dumb shit on TGR?"

[Helldawg]

"Just be sure to do it before they put the moguls in."

Word. FTW.

[stuckathuntermtn]

I was sitting on a lift in Winter Park. It was band week so there were buss loads of kids there. This kid starts telling me that he gave up snowboarding because he had learned all the tricks already and it got boring. So he decided that skiing would be his next challenge. He then tells me that he is going to spend all day in the park working on his back flip. There was 2 feet of powder the last thing I was going to do that day was to go be in the park. Later that day I find out that he did not land a back flip but did manage to break his left arm I laughed alot after this.

you're a terrible person. Some little kid breaks his arm and you laugh? It used to get me all pissed when people were lapping the park on powder days, but then I realized it just meant more snow for me.

[stuckathuntermtn]

Seriously? You're that much of an ass?

I've done it. Yeah it feels like a shitty thing to do, but I hate that bar.

fucking euros

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose

Godammit!

[QuikR12]

Me to a guy wearing a TGR shirt: "Hey dude, nice shirt. Where'd you get it"

Guy wearing TGR shirt: "I got it in Montana"

Me: "Really, cool. You a mag?"

Guy: "Am I a mag? Like a magazine?" "No, I'm from Montana"

Me: "No dude, TGR. Its an internet forum/ski community thing"

Guy: "No man, a friend gave me the shirt, I'm just from Montana"

Me: "Yeah, but it's on the internet, its everywhere"

[nihiles]

not a quote but im sure it belongs here. hunter mountain.

[JimmyCarter]

So this gaper came up to me the other day all drooling over my sick tgr shirt (now on sale in the shop!)

Gaper: "Hey dude, nice shirt. Where'd you get it"

Me: "I got it in Montana"

Gaper: "Really, cool. You a mag?"

Me: "Am I a mag? Like a magazine?" "No, I'm from Montana" (trying not to laugh)

Gaper: "No dude, TGR. Its an internet forum/ski community thing"

Me: "No man, a friend gave me the shirt, I'm just from Montana"

Gaper: "Yeah, but it's on the internet, its everywhere"

If he had only asked for change I wouldn't have fucked with him...

[Tunco]

Me: "Really, cool. You a mag?"

You sound like a JONG.

[nogophers]

Conversation between a guy and a girl in a Minneapolis elevator Friday...

Girl: "I want to take the train to a Cubs game next summer"
Guy: "Cool. I'm taking the train with friends to ski in Montana"
Girl: "Jackson Hole?"
Guy: "Yep. Maybe some other places too"

[pfluffenmeister]

^^^^ you had me for second there nihiles.
all i could see was the flick-lock in the fore-ground and i'm thinking:
"that's where i keep my duct-tape (on the same model flick-lock even)!! am i a gaper too? (or again? )"
then i saw the righteous jeans in the background and once again felt at ease with my coreness.

[Chicalorado]

At Beaver Creek this weekend around 9am (cold and snowing):

Lady: Is it 3 o'clock yet?
Guy handing out trail maps: Huh?
Lady: I don't want to ski, I just want the cookies!

[QuikR12]

tief: "You sound like a JONG."
there is a perfectly good explanation for that.

If he had only asked for change I wouldn't have fucked with him...

funny shit, fooled me

edit: Guess this quotes on me.

How was that beerfest? Pretty awesome, brought the GAPER out

[gunit130]

Dude on the lift says to me: "Hey man, do you have change for a nickel?"
Me: "Na man, I don't carry my wallet when I ski."

[nihiles]

^^^^ you had me for second there nihiles.
all i could see was the flick-lock in the fore-ground and i'm thinking:
"that's where i keep my duct-tape (on the same model flick-lock even)!! am i a gaper too? (or again? )"
then i saw the righteous jeans in the background and once again felt at ease with my coreness.

im pretty sure gapers dont use duct tape at all! not on their skins, not on their poles and sure as shit not on their fresh threads!

im still fucking amazed at how vacuum sealed those pants are. i gave up long ago trying to estimate how long it took to tuck boots under skinny jeans and how in that allotted time the thought 'this is fucking stupid' doesnt pop up.

[whyturn]

Skiing near 50 foot cliff that this boarder never looked at and he tells his freind, lets just drop in there..................

[jm2e]

Overheard right after my last run at the base of Copper on Saturday:

"Daaaaaad, can I have, like $5 for some water?"

I just kept walking, so don't know the response.

[buckethead]

from bromley website:
along the lines of:
"14" fresh snow for opening weekend...will all be laid out as fresh corderoy"

most excellent!

[Sessiøn]

Heard while waiting for my GF at Timberline on Sunday

"At least it's not snowing."

[Zeppelinskier]

Heard while waiting for my GF at Timberline on Sunday

"At least it's not snowing."

Someone said, " I wish it wasn't snowing, at least they groomed a few runs"
I couldn't help but laugh as i waxed their skis for $25...

[Ted Striker]

So this gaper came up to me the other day all drooling over my sick tgr shirt (now on sale in the shop!)

Gaper: "Hey dude, nice shirt. Where'd you get it"

Me: "I got it in Montana"

Gaper: "Really, cool. You a mag?"

Me: "Am I a mag? Like a magazine?" "No, I'm from Montana" (trying not to laugh)

Gaper: "No dude, TGR. Its an internet forum/ski community thing"

Me: "No man, a friend gave me the shirt, I'm just from Montana"

Gaper: "Yeah, but it's on the internet, its everywhere"

If he had only asked for change I wouldn't have fucked with him...

awesome.

[Snowvols]

Conversation between a guy and a girl in a Minneapolis elevator Friday...

Girl: "I want to take the train to a Cubs game next summer"
Guy: "Cool. I'm taking the train with friends to ski in Montana"
Girl: "Jackson Hole?"
Guy: "Yep. Maybe some other places too"

That's awesome. I love it when people do not know locations of places.

[finsy]

"there were definitely warning signs. I felt a couple collapses. We
deliberately stuck to sub ridges and spread out. I didn't think the
new snow was enough to cause deep slab failure. I also didn't think
that there was enough new snow to be too much of a problem. Had the
4th climber been 5 feet to the left or right, he probably would have
been fine. He was in exactly the wrong spot at the wrong time."

At least they had some BC gear! rember the best gear to take into the backcountry is knowledge, experience and a good crew.

[carvedog]

"there were definitely warning signs....... I didn't ............ I also didn't think ........he probably would have
been fine..........

This is what I read. Jackasses. Are they still alive?