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Dope-slap things I have done when skiing

Madroch

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Put iPhone in breast jacket pocket- crashed and cracked a rib......
 

Savemeasammy

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Put iPhone in breast jacket pocket- crashed and cracked a rib......

I cracked a rib last season in some bumps, but it never occurred to me that my phone might have been a contributing factor. I wear my phone on a string around my neck (so I don't lose it while using it on the lift...). Hmmm...!


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Poaching powder, on an employee pass, under the chair.

Plan: Don't fall

Result: Nailed a buried main snow making supply line and double ejected into a superman face plant. Rushed to snap back in and didn't get the heal fully latched. Gained speed and pre-released for a second double eject superman face plant.

Lesson: Ski patrol closes trails for a reason

Haha that reminds me. When I was an instructor at Wachusett, I thought it would be fun to throw on the Orson (white polar bear) suit and go skiing with the kids. After awhile I got a little over confident and decided to make my skills into the park. I went off a jump and because seeing is so hard in those things, I overshot the landing and double ejected out of skis. I made sure to hold onto Orson's head as I slid down the mountain. It must have been hysterical to watch. The kids definitely got a kick out of it.

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Haha that reminds me. When I was an instructor at Wachusett, I thought it would be fun to throw on the Orson (white polar bear) suit and go skiing with the kids. After awhile I got a little over confident and decided to make my skills into the park. I went off a jump and because seeing is so hard in those things, I overshot the landing and double ejected out of skis. I made sure to hold onto Orson's head as I slid down the mountain. It must have been hysterical to watch. The kids definitely got a kick out of it.

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Nice!

In an attempt to gain respect from my students I decided to demonstrate a "tickler" so pulled a spread eagle over a tree. The takeoff went a little off center line, a branch caught the inside of my pants and ripped out the seam from ankle to ankle. I had to ski the remainder of the run to the lodge with a drafty pair of pants that were littering the White Mountain National Forest with fiberfill. The kids definitely enjoyed the show and the looks from the skiers/riders we passed.
 

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Jumped in my buddies car at 5am to catch first tracks on a pow day at killington. This was one of those huge December storms from a few years ago. Got to the access road before I realized I forgot my jacket. Ended up spending $150 for a coat off a clearance rack to salvage the day.

Now I always do the mental check list twice before leaving the house and again when I stop at Dunkin before hitting the highway.
 

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Oh, also. how could I forget. Falling from the loader at the Skyline at the Loaf

Wasn't going to bring it up again ...

My first season on night league I pole planted between my legs out of the start gate. Slid down on my face to the first gate.
 

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Wasn't going to bring it up again ...

My first season on night league I pole planted between my legs out of the start gate. Slid down on my face to the first gate.
Almost the same for me.!st time night league racing I puss off hard out of the start and snap my (dh)pole and went head first into the 1st gate.
 

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Thinking I could gap that mogul line during a no-rules race. I was wrong. Luckily I went into the trees feet first....
 

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Ok, I'll ask. How'd the phone make out?

Phone was fine... My rib still hurts on occasion two years later.... And it occurred on New Year's Eve afternoon- what a zoo at the hospital for cat scan...
 

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This one is right up there with the dumbest.I got to the top of the tram at Cannon and realized I left my skis at the bottom.

69 other skiers/riders didn't question that you forgot your gear? Damn! This stranger danger thing has gotten WAY out of hand.

Unless it was a powder day, then I totally understand their silence.
 
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