Acronym Time: "GAPER"

[billski]

Time for another slang definition. Please define "Gaper"
I suspect there are several definitions....

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gaper

 

[kingslug]

You're kidding?

 

[billski]

You're kidding?

I never heard of it till I joined this forum. Maybe I'm hanging around with the wrong crowd, or maybe I'm just a gaper.:smile:

 

[andyzee]

Hi, my name is Andy, I'm a gaper.

 

[billski]

Hi, my name is Andy, I'm a gaper.

OH! NOW I GET IT!
:lol::lol::lol:
:roll::roll::roll:

 

[kingslug]

Hi, my name is Andy, I'm a gaper.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! Nah, you're not. Matter of fact you've got bigger cajones then most. You skied Tucks, and thats an accomplishment. I'm still hoping to do it. Maybe in March I'll go up with you.

As for GAPER. Best definition would be to see my face staring down some of the runs at Jackson Hole. Although it does encompass many things. The way you dress, carry you're skies, how you ski. Too me it's a BS term invented by people who think they have it all figured out and have always. I would prefer to help someone out who is in over their heads than stand there and laugh at them. One day you might be in the same situation praying for some help.

 

[dmc]

I'm not a "gaper" in my own backyard...
But I was called a "gaper" in Jackson last year.. when before turning, I side slipped for about a meter into a chute under a chair.. This chute was pretty friggin' steep - and i was being super cautious on entry.. By the end of the week we were bombing it with no stop...

 

[adamti91]

The single piece turquoise jacket is a sure give away. In fact, almost any "day-glo" color can designate a "gaper". Some of the most common atrocities? Magenta, aquamarine, tangarine, lime, etc. This, in conjunction with an exposed forehead, (a "gap", where the word "gaper" comes from) between the goggles and the hat (or in the example below, some sort of crudely made indigenous head covering), is an easy way to spot this rare breed from the lifts.

See image:

 

[MrMagic]

The single piece turquoise jacket is a sure give away. In fact, almost any "day-glo" color can designate a "gaper". Some of the most common atrocities? Magenta, aquamarine, tangarine, lime, etc. This, in conjunction with an exposed forehead, or a gap(er) between the goggles and the hat (or in this case, some sort of indigenous head covering), is an easy way to spot this rare breed from the lifts.

See image:

a picture IS worth a 1,000 words ................ well said

 

[ckofer]

Wikpedia:

Beginner in skiing

It is also a term for beginners on a downhill skiing mountain, generally coming from either Texas or California. Many mountains have a "gaper day," where locals to the mountain dress up as beginners. These people over estimate their skiing ability and have a "yard sale" as they spill their gear down the mountain slopes.

• EdwardPultar.com Edward Pultar won the 1st annual "Gaper of the Year" award held at Solitude ski resort in Utah in November 2006

Google images finds these nuggets

in addition to stuff that would get you fired from nearly any job

 

[andyzee]

One of my favorite gapers, Rustyk:

Then again, you can't always judge a book by it's cover, Rustyk in action:

 

[dmc]

RustyK is a gaper by choice...

 

[ckofer]

One of my favorite gapers, Rustyk:

Then again, you can't always judge a book by it's cover, Rustyk in action:

He's retro. Did he complain to management about the conditions?

 

[andyzee]

RustyK is a gaper by choice...

:smash: for nail on the head.

He's retro. Did he complain to management about the conditions?

To me it looked like he was enjoying the conditions. Especially if you take into consideration that the trails on either side of this one had plenty of snow.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I'm not a "gaper" in my own backyard...
But I was called a "gaper" in Jackson last year.. when before turning, I side slipped for about a meter into a chute under a chair.. This chute was pretty friggin' steep - and i was being super cautious on entry.. By the end of the week we were bombing it with no stop...

I feel like a Gaper in Jackson Hole since my jacket isn't 500 bucks and my skis are less than 100mm wide..lol

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

RustyK is an uber-Gaper..

 

[andyzee]

RustyK is an uber-Gaper..

uber-Gaper ?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

uber-Gaper ?

Yup..not your ordinary gaper..like a supergaper..

 

[ckofer]

I guess it begs the question: Can you be a real gaper on purpose?

 

[ckofer]

And was Dr Quackenbush the original gaper?