Best Gaper qoute of the weekend?

**Skidog** · 02-19-2021, 09:01 AM

Originally Posted by John_B

Nordic boots are death on parking lots. I feel like I'm 80 as I slowly hobble around.

The key? The "shuffle". pick up feet as little as possible. Now that I mostly run touring boots with rubber soles its not as much and issue, but still gets slick in the lots.

**Skidog** · 02-19-2021, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by whyturn

It cant slide they do control work in the resort

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should probably remind that one of that poor snowboarder girl that got killed inbouds at the Bird a few years back.....

**RootSkier** · 02-19-2021, 01:58 PM

Originally Posted by toast2266

My wife had a great moment bragging about how easy it was to walk around in the vibram soles on her touring boots. As expected, 3 minutes later, spectacularly eats shit. That was almost a decade ago. Like a good husband, I still bring it up a few times a season.

On the deck at the Bowl while carrying food/drink? Pretty sure I witnessed this.

**Tads** · 02-19-2021, 02:07 PM

Where's that pic of the kid with the snowblades and the powder cords on the ground in the parking lot when you need it?

**rfconroy** · 02-19-2021, 02:58 PM

Watching someone at Keystone spend 10 minutes to get into their left binding.... then finally getting it and moving on to the right one....

People watching at that place is prime, and it better be, because the skiing leaves something to be desired...

**old goat** · 02-19-2021, 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by Skidog

The key? The "shuffle". pick up feet as little as possible. Now that I mostly run touring boots with rubber soles its not as much and issue, but still gets slick in the lots.

Rick, the parking mgr at Alpine, was demonstrating the shuffle to me the other day when I was telling him about the guy who asked me if the ice was slippery in ski boots.

**thefortrees** · 02-19-2021, 04:52 PM

Saw another shift toe piece locked out and said “hey you know your toe is locked out”. He lectures me for probably 30 seconds about how touring bindings work. I pointed out a person near him using shifts properly. There was an awkward silence and he clicked the lever down. Victory!

**~mikey b** · 02-19-2021, 04:54 PM

huzzah!

**TahoeJ** · 02-19-2021, 05:55 PM

Originally Posted by thefortrees

Saw another shift toe piece locked out and said “hey you know your toe is locked out”. He lectures me for probably 30 seconds about how touring bindings work. I pointed out a person near him using shifts properly. There was an awkward silence and he clicked the lever down. Victory!

I had this same experience just last week (first time I'd seen it in the wild) but instead of looking elsewhere I pointed down at my own skis also mounted with shifts! lol...

**toast2266** · 02-19-2021, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by RootSkier

On the deck at the Bowl while carrying food/drink? Pretty sure I witnessed this.

Hahaha! I'd forgotten about that one, but it was indeed spectacular. I was simultaneously embarrassed for her and super bummed that my chicken wings were now on the ground.

I'm realizing that my wife just really isn't cut out for walking in ski boots.

**Sessiøn** · 02-19-2021, 09:13 PM

Some asshole thought he was cool today buzzing by people and popping windlips. Promptly stuffs his tips in to one, double ejects and does a full front flip stuffing his big melon in the snow.

My back still hurts a little.

**~mikey b** · 02-19-2021, 09:24 PM

[emoji38]

**jonesy** · 02-19-2021, 09:24 PM

Our little bump parking lot usually gets 1 or 2 injuries a week. One guy went down and cut his head with his skis. I've went down once but didn't spill my coffee.

**TBS** · 02-19-2021, 09:54 PM

Reverse gaper moment
Helping jonesy with some 9yo racers today.
One of the kids decides it would be fun to ski a black run with 6” of warm fresh low-elevation cascade “pow” on top of re-refrozen crust. All nicely rutted and chopped to shit. Viz is about 10’
I struggle. My old knees and back don’t like this. I arrive last at the base, beat to a pulp.
On the lift ride back up one of the kids says “you looked like you had a hard time on that run. Did you use to be good?”

**old goat** · 02-20-2021, 12:02 AM

I was at Sugar Bowl a few years back, first decent storm of the season, a good amount of Sierra cement and I was struggling on powder skis. The SB Academy racer kids were given the morning to free ski the new snow and they were blowing me off the mountain--on their GS skis. None of them asked me if I used to be good; they could see I didn't.

**TahoeJ** · 02-20-2021, 09:14 AM

Those Sugar Bowl and Squaw freeride kids absolutely shred. Two of them competing on the FWT right now, placed 1st and 4th in yesterday's Andorra event.

**Meadow Skipper** · 02-20-2021, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by TBS

Reverse gaper moment
Helping jonesy with some 9yo racers today.
One of the kids decides it would be fun to ski a black run with 6” of warm fresh low-elevation cascade “pow” on top of re-refrozen crust. All nicely rutted and chopped to shit. Viz is about 10’
I struggle. My old knees and back don’t like this. I arrive last at the base, beat to a pulp.
On the lift ride back up one of the kids says “you looked like you had a hard time on that run. Did you use to be good?”

lol

**old goat** · 02-20-2021, 10:36 AM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Those Sugar Bowl and Squaw freeride kids absolutely shred. Two of them competing on the FWT right now, placed 1st and 4th in yesterday's Andorra event.

That doesn't make me feel any better.

**TahoeJ** · 02-20-2021, 11:31 AM

Ha. But seriously props to Truckee’s own Ross Tester who won his first ever FWT event.

**Tahoepa** · 02-20-2021, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Those Sugar Bowl and Squaw freeride kids absolutely shred. Two of them competing on the FWT right now, placed 1st and 4th in yesterday's Andorra event.

All of my sophomores buddies are steadily inverted in the air......Woodward trained trampoline bouncing shredders.

The kids comin out of those places on race team, Freeride, and freestyle is cool to see.

Lucky little groms........

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**Ottime** · 02-20-2021, 03:44 PM

Late in the day midweek some dude fails at loading High 5 express at Mammoth. Whatever. Kind of hard to miss, but the snow does slope away from the loading point pretty quickly. Maybe he started to slide low w/o realizing it.

They stopped the chair and we waited for not more than one minute while they got situated.

The dude in front of us could not stop talking about the “major jerry move” and “who can fail to load a chair” and so on non stop. Until my 9 year old pipes up, “It happens. I once fell off two chairs at the same resort on the same day.” Matter of factly.

Guy says nothing, turns away and then starts his same conversation, but now with a lift attendant. Attendant kindly nods but says nothing disparaging about the dude who fell.

As the guy boards his chair and gets lifted away I can hear him say, “what a kook!” to no one in particular.

Also at Mammoth, my family is skiing into an empty corral. Of course, there is some dude waiting for others and we need to slow down and ski around him. My son and I pass the guy. As my wife is making her way around him, dude’s companion flys into the corral and comes around my wife and literally skis across her tips. Chick says nothing. My wife give the two of them a look and dude says - you go ahead, we are waiting for someone.

Spent four days at Mammoth. Some absolute hard pack rippers there and some of the biggest kooks I’ve skied around. Must be a frustrating place to be a local at times.

**Tahoepa** · 02-20-2021, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by Ottime

Late in the day midweek some dude fails at loading High 5 express at Mammoth. Whatever. Kind of hard to miss, but the snow does slope away from the loading point pretty quickly. Maybe he started to slide low w/o realizing it.

They stopped the chair and we waited for not more than one minute while they got situated.

The dude in front of us could not stop talking about the “major jerry move” and “who can fail to load a chair” and so on non stop. Until my 9 year old pipes up, “It happens. I once fell off two chairs at the same resort on the same day.” Matter of factly.

Guy says nothing, turns away and then starts his same conversation, but now with a lift attendant. Attendant kindly nods but says nothing disparaging about the dude who fell.

As the guy boards his chair and gets lifted away I can hear him say, “what a kook!” to no one in particular.

Also at Mammoth, my family is skiing into an empty corral. Of course, there is some dude waiting for others and we need to slow down and ski around him. My son and I pass the guy. As my wife is making her way around him, dude’s companion flys into the corral and comes around my wife and literally skis across her tips. Chick says nothing. My wife give the two of them a look and dude says - you go ahead, we are waiting for someone.

Spent four days at Mammoth. Some absolute hard pack rippers there and some of the biggest kooks I’ve skied around. Must be a frustrating place to be a local at times.

Agreed. Weird SoCal vibe down there. I have weird interactions on the snow every time down that way.

Unbeatable terrain tho......love that place

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**tellybele** · 02-20-2021, 04:41 PM

Mammoth = LAliens

**romeo tango** · 02-20-2021, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by Ottime

“..... I once fell off two chairs at the same resort on the same day.” ....

. sounds like a baller!

and sig worthy
.

**waveshello** · 02-20-2021, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by Ottime

Late in the day midweek some dude fails at loading High 5 express at Mammoth. Whatever. Kind of hard to miss, but the snow does slope away from the loading point pretty quickly. Maybe he started to slide low w/o realizing it.

They stopped the chair and we waited for not more than one minute while they got situated.

The dude in front of us could not stop talking about the “major jerry move” and “who can fail to load a chair” and so on non stop. Until my 9 year old pipes up, “It happens. I once fell off two chairs at the same resort on the same day.” Matter of factly.

Guy says nothing, turns away and then starts his same conversation, but now with a lift attendant. Attendant kindly nods but says nothing disparaging about the dude who fell.

As the guy boards his chair and gets lifted away I can hear him say, “what a kook!” to no one in particular.

Also at Mammoth, my family is skiing into an empty corral. Of course, there is some dude waiting for others and we need to slow down and ski around him. My son and I pass the guy. As my wife is making her way around him, dude’s companion flys into the corral and comes around my wife and literally skis across her tips. Chick says nothing. My wife give the two of them a look and dude says - you go ahead, we are waiting for someone.

Spent four days at Mammoth. Some absolute hard pack rippers there and some of the biggest kooks I’ve skied around. Must be a frustrating place to be a local at times.

Dinfucious say:

On the path to enlightenment lies acknowledgement of the Jerry within. Without this understanding, the journey is incomplete. This is the eternal truth.

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