Skiing Pet Peeves....

[dmc]

Originally Posted by bvibert

Are you trying to say there are some angry boarder haters hanging out in here? :P

I sense a little passive agressiveness pertaining to riders here..
yes..

[subdude]

Originally Posted by tekweezle

i hate it when the lifts come to a grinding halt due to loading and unloading errors. i know it's a impossible to eliminate but it;s still a peeve.

i hate people who zoom down SLOW ZONES like GS racers.

no offense to all the good lifties out there but i can;t stand rude lift operators. i was at killington, loading onto the k1 gondola and this one Jamaican lifty in particular was just nasty. you can make a persons day with a smile or break it with an angry glare. the ones that say "how're you doing" make up for it.

Dude the fix for that is candy always keep some chocolates or some other kind of candy with you and give it to the lifties when you're ready to board. They wil remember you.

[dmc]

Originally Posted by subdude

Dude the fix for that is candy always keep some chocolates or some other kind of candy with you and give it to the lifties when you're ready to board. They wil remember you.

Remember...
Lifties are the most important people to shmooze and be nice to...
I've forgotten my pass before and lifties I've talked to have let me go...

[tekweezle]

no boarder hating over here.

i have a peeve that affects them too. I am starting to dislike flat traverses and ski resorts that only have traverses to link areas together. i know, it can;t be helped in a low snow year....but there has got to be a better way. especially when they get all rutted up by the ned of the day but it;s the only way to get to where you need to be. theyt should have mid day grooming of traverses.

[ctenidae]

Teenage boys (generally) who yell, just for the sake of making noise.
That, and pretty much everything else posted so far.

[Bob R]

No snow border dislikes or skier dislikes. There are people who meet negitive stereotypes on boards and planks. The majority of skiers and riders do get it, and are considerate of others. I have a snow boarding son who bangs his board to get the snow off it. I ask him to do it without making it real loud. I do see some guys bang their boards when there is no snow on them at all. No shots at you DMC your point was well stated.

Last weekend at Mt.Snow they had two sets of two people on a high speed quad in a row, followed by a triple and a single by himself! And there were sets of 4 on the lift before and after these people so I know it wasn't a day where two was the max number they could let on or anything. This is probably one of my biggest pet peeves, if a signle gets paired with a triple and the single stays back so he can have the whole lift to himself, just makes the usually already long line even longer

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by Treefingers

Last weekend at Mt.Snow they had two sets of two people on a high speed quad in a row, followed by a triple and a single by himself! And there were sets of 4 on the lift before and after these people so I know it wasn't a day where two was the max number they could let on or anything. This is probably one of my biggest pet peeves, if a signle gets paired with a triple and the single stays back so he can have the whole lift to himself, just makes the usually already long line even longer

How about the groups of people that use the singles line to cut everyone off! I have no problem with people using the singles line as long as they pair up with someone else!

[bvibert]

Originally Posted by dmc

I sense a little passive agressiveness pertaining to riders here..
yes..

I hope you didn't take anything that I said as being anti-boarder in any way...

[dmc]

Originally Posted by bvibert

I hope you didn't take anything that I said as being anti-boarder in any way...

No I think everyone here is pretty much boarder friendly...
But...
I do sense a little "us vs. them" thing going on occasionally...

Not a big deal...