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Dope-slap things I have done when skiing
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Savemeasammy
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No. Where there would normally be a keyed ignition there is only a push button. When you press the brake and push the ignition button, the car starts as long as the key is in range. Sadly I don't think remote start is a possibility for this car...!
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MEtoVTSkier
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I'm surprised it will let you put it in drive and move the vehicle without the key being in range...
Savemeasammy
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Me too! The alert system for this is actually pretty lame. There is a chime and the on-dash display says "key out of range" for a moment. It's very easy to miss. It should be more annoying the way a seatbelt warning is. It's kind of a big deal!
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Savemeasammy
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The jackass who left the cargo carrier open all day at sugarbush - with the key right in it? This guy right here. If it were a powder day, this might be completely excusable. It was drizzling. I've got nothing....
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HD333
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That could be looked at as a good move, you didn't loose the key, right?!?!?! And I bet it was much easier to just throw the gear in rather than have to put all the gear down and find the key and open up the box....efficiency.
Dickc
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And those new skis you absolutely hate are now an insurance claim..........
Savemeasammy
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Yeah, yeah, right... I totally forgot there was a brand new pair of skis up there!
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dlague
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Several years ago, we were parked pretty deep in the parking lot at Pats Peak. We knew we were going to be staying around for Après Ski so I actually skied down to my truck at the end of the day and parked it closer. When I went back inside, we had a great time with friends in the Sled Pub , but when I went to start the truck it was clicking - left my lights on! 
Same place different day. Skied all over the place! When we went to leave - could not find my keys. Earlier, I had remembered that my keys were in my outer pocket. Well, when searching for my keys I realized that the pocket became unstitched. I misplaced my backup set. a few days later, it cost me $350 for a mobile locksmith to come to make a new set of keys. About three weeks later, I got a call from Pats Peak - they found my keys. The date on the paper work the day after I lost them! :evil:
Pats Peak has bad luck for me!
I now have a truck with auto shut off lights and I keep a valet key in my wallet, I have an extra set at home and I never bring my keys with me skiing!
Same place different day. Skied all over the place! When we went to leave - could not find my keys. Earlier, I had remembered that my keys were in my outer pocket. Well, when searching for my keys I realized that the pocket became unstitched. I misplaced my backup set. a few days later, it cost me $350 for a mobile locksmith to come to make a new set of keys. About three weeks later, I got a call from Pats Peak - they found my keys. The date on the paper work the day after I lost them! :evil:
Pats Peak has bad luck for me!
I now have a truck with auto shut off lights and I keep a valet key in my wallet, I have an extra set at home and I never bring my keys with me skiing!
Boston Bulldog
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In my teens (age 14) at Sunapee;
I was with a bunch of buddies and we were knocking around on the terrain park (A place where I wouldn't dare be caught in now!). After lunch, the park crew debuted a bunch of new features and I was pretty stoked. They had this thing called a Whale Rail which was way out my league (The demonic thing goes up, down, then back up again!). I got peer-pressured by my buddies to go try it out.
My first attempt I had way too much speed and when the rail dived down I went airborne. I almost cleared the little rise at the end of the rail, but my tips slammed into metal and it quickly devolved into a full out yardsale. I was *this* close to breaking my collarbone.
Despite this horrifying experience, I tried it again. This time I approached too slow and got stuck at the top of the rail. I did the splits and came *this* close to losing my manhood. I hurt like a motherf****r and the mock cheers from the lift didn't help. The worst pain I have ever experienced in my life. Needless to say, my adventures in the terrain park will no longer include the demonic Whale Rail!
Fortunately all injuries were *this* close to occurring, but did not happen. I did deserve a dope-slap for trying the rail a second time.
I was with a bunch of buddies and we were knocking around on the terrain park (A place where I wouldn't dare be caught in now!). After lunch, the park crew debuted a bunch of new features and I was pretty stoked. They had this thing called a Whale Rail which was way out my league (The demonic thing goes up, down, then back up again!). I got peer-pressured by my buddies to go try it out.
My first attempt I had way too much speed and when the rail dived down I went airborne. I almost cleared the little rise at the end of the rail, but my tips slammed into metal and it quickly devolved into a full out yardsale. I was *this* close to breaking my collarbone.
Despite this horrifying experience, I tried it again. This time I approached too slow and got stuck at the top of the rail. I did the splits and came *this* close to losing my manhood. I hurt like a motherf****r and the mock cheers from the lift didn't help. The worst pain I have ever experienced in my life. Needless to say, my adventures in the terrain park will no longer include the demonic Whale Rail!
Fortunately all injuries were *this* close to occurring, but did not happen. I did deserve a dope-slap for trying the rail a second time.
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billski
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This is the most entertaining thread on AZ!
Rowsdower
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The first year I started snowboarding (I was 12 to put this into perspective) I met up with some of my friends at our local hill, Bear Creek. Now, at school I had bullshitted way too hard on how good I was. It was only my third time up and I could barely get halfway down without falling or long stretches of slowly sliding down sideways. Anyway, I was deep into my lies of how I had been "hitting these mad kickers" in the terrain park, and didn't want to fess up, so for our first run we all went up to the terrain park. I didn't even make it to the park entrance. There was a snowmaking whale part of the way down the run to the park. I went up and over it at speed, freaked out and windmilling my arms like a champ landed flat on my back. Once we got to the bottom I admitted it was only the third time I'd ever been on a snowboard and I wasn't that good. No hard feelings were had, and I even got complemented by my one friend saying I was actually pretty good for having just started out. We ended up just cruising easier trails and having a great time in the end, so it worked out for the best.
skiNEwhere
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This is not me but I found this gem of a skier at Alta
emmaurice2
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Bump...
Went to Catamount yesterday (1/20/14), excited to ski for free with a pass I got for Christmas. Getting dressed at the car and realized I packed two left-handed gloves. Tried one of them on backward but the way the glove is sewn made it impossible. Ended up paying $30 for new gloves... Had a great time, anyway!
Went to Catamount yesterday (1/20/14), excited to ski for free with a pass I got for Christmas. Getting dressed at the car and realized I packed two left-handed gloves. Tried one of them on backward but the way the glove is sewn made it impossible. Ended up paying $30 for new gloves... Had a great time, anyway!
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Enjoy your new gloves, I started walking to the lodge Saturday with my skis still on top of the car, DOH! I didn't get far, I had this feeling I was forgetting something. After what I did to them, I should have left them there.
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emmaurice2
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Have you found out if they're fixable yet?
Thanks, they're actually the nicest pair of gloves I own, now.
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Yep, sheepishly brought them in today. They all got a good laugh over it. They're not going to replace the edge, just secure it back in place. That edge will never be an inside edge again. Oh yeah, only $20, I just bought boots from them, and they know I'm in the market for skis. I was thinking of going narrower for a daily driver, the Mantras are 98mm under foot. Someone suggested Blizzard Brahmas, similar ski, metal in the ski, which I like, 88mm under foot. My shop doesn't have any for demo, but I can demo them at Sugarloaf during the AZ Summit. The Mantras will live on as my powder/rock skis, they've served me well.
The nasty gouge across from the broken edge was done on my last run of the day, at that point, I didn't give a shit, I figured they were toast, oops, again.
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The nasty gouge across from the broken edge was done on my last run of the day, at that point, I didn't give a shit, I figured they were toast, oops, again.
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MadMadWorld
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Wow was that a stump or log? Usually that's what causes damage like that.
Aren't the Blizzard Bonafide closer in size to the Mantras?
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Yep, I guess it belongs in this thread!
I just got them back from the shop, I got a day and about 3 runs on them before I blew the edge out. Like I said, the other core shot was almost intentional, I thought the skis were irreparable, double dope slap.Sent from my DROID X2 using Tapatalk 2
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