friday game: stupid things said to you by non-skiers/riders

[bcrider]

"did you watch the football game this weekend?"

[baxter]

"i didn't know you could ski powder i thought you could only snowboard it, like wouldn't you get stuck"

[skiitsbetter]

"There's too much snow up here, let's go back to the park."

Do park rats count as snowboarders?

They should...

Why?

Well they were snowboard clothing (snowpants especially, without the cordura patches and end up shredding the inside of them)

They act like snowboarders- Follow each other into terrain that they do not have the slightest chance of being able to ski

They think like snowboarders-Bad attitudes, punks, just picture Tanner Hall

Ha read my avatar...

[jonski]

Up at A-Basin this spring, and some JONG with a NY accent and head to toe Burton Camo clothing, carrying a Custom X under his arm, was telling the chick at the pass office that the Snow sucked.
It was "..too hard and Icy. I only did one run straight back to here. Why won't you give me a refund?"
After explaining "No" about half a dozen times, he walked over to his friend (also head to toe burton gear) and loudly proclaimed as to how much the Basin sucked as they wouldn't give them a refund
"We so should have gone to Vail, the snow would be way better, and they aren't so tight with passes"

Amusing considering CO had no snow for a week or so and that they had $41 day passes instead of Vails $70+

[Kiki]

"You two must be the most colorful couple on the mtn. Those skis are really loud" Refering to my sethpistols and my bfs squads.

another good one "Why does a girl need to ride a ski that is over her head????????? Isnt that going to big for you?" This from a guy working at a ski shop. My respoce "the bigger the better maybe you dont know too much about that!"

[Kiki]

Ok... the dumbest thing I ever heard was just after a warm storm blew through Tahoe last season, and all of the resorts got rain from top to bottom. I called the Kirkwood snow report, and heard Tim Cohee say something like the following:

"Our base is has not been affected by the recent rains. Most people don't know this, but rain only runs along the surface of the snow, and doesn't affect the depth of the base."

WTF????

Mr. Cohee was a veritable fountain of dumb-ass remarks when he did the snow reports.

I remember that. I took a class from Cohee a while back and he really is the biggest tool ever.

[grskier]

Another Beaver Creek story...

Day was sick skiing some of the "side country" at Beaver Creek but it was a few days after the snow, was caked head to toe, snow inbetween my goggles and helmet, etc. Some dude was walking by with his family, and pointed, said, "Maybe someone should leave more snow on the mountain"
Kid "He must have fallen good"
Mom "Well"
by this time I'm cracking up, they are pretty much pass me, and I chime in with, "I couldn't find the groomers."
The father turned around and gave me a thumbs up, the mother looked disgusted that I was talking back.


On the Outback Lift at Keystone:
Some dude in jeans: How's the snow?
Me: Not bad for mid December, just trying to keep off the downed trees and rocks
Jeans: Why would you ski somewhere with rocks and downed trees

[Max Gosey]

Tonight at this girl's house in steamboat:

"How did you ski today? You can't ski today!"
"Umm... we just did. We got off the pass like a half hour ago."
"But you can't ski! It's September!"
"Eh...???"
"So Steamboat's really open?!" (with obvious brown on the entire lower half of the mountain)

[doublediamond223]

Yelling from chairlift to verge of controll gaper below on groomer: "Hey! Your shoe's untied." Then watching as gaper looks down to check & proceeds to yard sale.

Excellent! I'll have to try that one.

Oh, another Beaver Creek one:
While heading down to lunch with a Barking Bear, we did some random drills. We had no idea where we were going, and just headed to the nearest lodge. Unfortunately, we hit Bachelor Gulch and the fucking ritz. Me and the guy were on one ski for the whole lower half of the run, carving at moderate speed. Another bogner prick says at the bottom as we blow by, "Skiing on one ski is dangerous! Patrol should throw you off the mountain!"

On a crowded traverse at Loon, years ago, random older dude in a crappy wedge, repeated every 20 feet or so, "WATCH OUT BEHIND ME!!!!," while turning back to look behind him. WTF?!

[yooper]

While heading down to lunch with a Barking Bear, we did some random drills.

I nominate this for 2nd funniest thing in this thread.... Just behind the boot glove comment.

[doublediamond223]

I nominate this for 2nd funniest thing in this thread.... Just behind the boot glove comment.

Regarding your opinion:

[yooper]

Regarding your "Drills":

[Billy]

Kayaking related:
An old-timer remarks to my buddy at a gas station, with those two pontoons, you outta be in good shape if you roll off the road.

[Big E]

A few years ago we had a massive dump in MD (prolly same storm EPskis is talking about). By shear dumb luck, I was up in western MD where it was just pounding. By Monday morning, it finally stopped storming and was starting to clear. Final count: 51" in 40 hours.

I walked up to the ticket window and the guy in front of me said "I was here yesterday, I talked to someone, they said because of the conditions, I could get a free ticket today?" Woman behind the counter said "yes, do you have your ticket from yesterday?" He does, she clips it off, gives him a free ticket for the day. WTF?? Only the best conditions ever, and they're giving away tickets? So I stepped forward and said "they told me the same thing." I took my free ticket and didn't ask questions.

[doublediamond223]

Regarding your "Drills":

Good comeback, I must say.

[Squatch]

Good comeback, I must say.

I thought it was pretty funny too.

[yooper]

Good comeback, I must say.

Thanks. Feel free to use that graphic for future comebacks!

[bklyn]

One I get far too often, or some variation of:
"Black people ski?"

and this priceless one during an NBS summit in Keystone, from ski patrol:
"The Brotherhood has no business in the Outback"

[otter]

a few years ago my friend and I were riding the lift up with some gaper from New York. He broke into our conversation by asking my friend Jack "How do you ski powder?" MY friends reply was really well thanks. We continued our conversation. The look on that guys face was priceless!!!

[WWCD]

Good comeback, I must say.

You must not give up so soon. Now is when you pull this one out....

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[yooper]

Nice! (I've tucked that one safely away into my "email replies" folder..... Next to this one:

[rideit]

One I get far too often, or some variation of:
"Black people ski?"

and this priceless one during an NBS summit in Keystone, from ski patrol:
"The Brotherhood has no business in the Outback"

Holy shit, I cannot believe that keystone quip. Crazy.

I am waiting for the time someone says "smart people snowboard?" to me.

But it will never happen.

[DJMingus]

(I did have a texan tell me I needed to "hunker down on them rims" in reference to skiing moguls. I have no idea what he meant, and he fell getting off the lift, so I never got the demonstration

I am for sure going to have to use this one!

[KQ]

Me: You're going to like those skis
Guy buying skis at REI: I bought them 'cuz they're red

[DJMingus]

One I get far too often, or some variation of:
"Black people ski?"

and this priceless one during an NBS summit in Keystone, from ski patrol:
"The Brotherhood has no business in the Outback"

Ok, the first one is mostly just ignorant. The second one is way the fuck out of line. Wonder what marketing would have thought of that asshole?