Latest moron on the slopes video.........sigh

[ss20]

For example, I ski without a helmet and with bindings that basically don't release.

Is there a way to force Highway Star to use this in his signature line?

Yes please.

And claiming that you're "safer" because your ability permits is insane. When an out-of-control skier hits you your skill level isn't worth anything.

 

[timmyc]

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[VTKilarney]

Screw that. You're not a real skier unless you've skied on Mars. You also can't wear a helmet and must have bindings that don't release.


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[timmyc]

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[darent]

It was a Big Lebowski reference.

This isn't Nam, there are rules

that sequence

If this was the Nam, they both would have been fragged!

 

[Highway Star]

Yes please.

And claiming that you're "safer" because your ability permits is insane. When an out-of-control skier hits you your skill level isn't worth anything.

Whatever makes you happy buddy. And I haven't been hit in the last ~800 ski days at Killington, so I must be doing something right.

 

[Tin]

 

[MadMadWorld]

There was a tragic accident at Killington today. An incredibly experienced, expert of all expert skiers had a leg ripped clean off after tucking at 50 mph right through an orange slow sign. Ski patrol says all could have been avoided had the bindings not been so tight and had this God's gift to skiing been "heeding" to the slow sign. To add to the irony, ski patrol lost control of his sled on the way down and the top of his un-helmeted head hit a few trees before the sled came to a stop in a ditch. Reports say the man was yelling about the lack of slow sign enforcement and how he has navigated the treacherous Killingon traverses for years as his sled and exposed head slid towards the ditch. Patrol plans to use this as a lesson to teach kids how not to act on the slopes.

Here's the video of HS https://youtu.be/VOQhc1Cp6bA

 

[VTKilarney]

Here's the video of HS https://youtu.be/VOQhc1Cp6bA

I so did not need to see that.

 

[Domeskier]

When I ski K, I set my DIN to 1. If you can't keep your skis on your feet at Killington without nailing your boots to them, you probably need to work on your technique. Sure, I wear a helmet, but it is lined with razor sharp spikes just to keep it kind of interesting.

 

[ss20]

Here's the video of HS https://youtu.be/VOQhc1Cp6bA

I do believe that guy died, IIRC...

 

[catskills]

Alright, I'm jumping into the pool on this one. First off, the snowboarder appears to be on the trail once he rolls over from the woods. Its doesn't seem to me that he was blocked from view in any way from the skier and could be interpreted as merging onto a trail. If that is the case, he is downhill from the skier and its up to the skier to avoid hitting him. If he was riding in the trees and just flew out onto the trail, that is a different story.

I AGREE. In a court of law the uphill skier would be at fault. Of course this is all theory and nobody got hurt.

Just to add. Snowboarders and skiers are allowed to go real slow down that trail and traverse from trail edge to trail edge without having to look up hill. It is the uphill skiers/rider responsibility to avoid someone going slower than them before passing them. It looked to me like the snowboarder traversed the trail after getting back up on his board, which the uphill skier was not prepared for.

 

[dlague]

Alright, I'm jumping into the pool on this one. First off, the snowboarder appears to be on the trail once he rolls over from the woods. Its doesn't seem to me that he was blocked from view in any way from the skier and could be interpreted as merging onto a trail. If that is the case, he is downhill from the skier and its up to the skier to avoid hitting him. If he was riding in the trees and just flew out onto the trail, that is a different story.

I AGREE. In a court of law the uphill skier would be at fault. Of course this is all theory and nobody got hurt.

Just to add. Snowboarders and skiers are allowed to go real slow down that trail and traverse from trail edge to trail edge without having to look up hill. It is the uphill skiers/rider responsibility to avoid someone going slower than them before passing them. It looked to me like the snowboarder traversed the trail after getting back up on his board, which the uphill skier was not prepared for.

Finally people with common sense!

 

[fcksummer]

I AGREE. In a court of law the uphill skier would be at fault. Of course this is all theory and nobody got hurt.

Just to add. Snowboarders and skiers are allowed to go real slow down that trail and traverse from trail edge to trail edge without having to look up hill. It is the uphill skiers/rider responsibility to avoid someone going slower than them before passing them. It looked to me like the snowboarder traversed the trail after getting back up on his board, which the uphill skier was not prepared for.

If we're using Ski Code in this court then the boarder violated 4.

4) Whenever starting downhill or merging into a trail, look uphill and yield to others.

He was technically starting downhill and he didn't yield to others. Not even sure he properly looked uphill based on the footage, looked more like a head bop while trying to get off the ground.

Regardless they both seem like idiots and I'd rather not be on a trail with either of them.

 

[catskills]

If we're using Ski Code in this court then the boarder violated 4.

4) Whenever starting downhill or merging into a trail, look uphill and yield to others.

He was technically starting downhill and he didn't yield to others. Not even sure he properly looked uphill based on the footage, looked more like a head bop while trying to get off the ground.........

Haha the skier could tell that defense to the judge and jury. Skier might get off or he maybe not. If skier hit the snowboarder and killed him at that speed, then the jury just may throw the skier in jail for a long long time. You just never know what will happen in the court of law.

 

[Not Sure]

http://unofficialnetworks.com/2016/01/watch-gnarly-collision-between-snowboarder-and-skier

No excuse for this one!

 

[bigbog]

I lol'ed when the snowboarder called the skier ugly the first time around.



Does anyone else find it funny how the snowboarder says "I'll kick your ass" then continuously back pedal?

++1! it's great stuff....ah, nothing like a blissful day of post-holiday skiing in New England..

 

[keyser soze]

I just read the last page or 2 of comments and then went back to see the video. Can' t believe there are 16 pages of talk about this non-event. That wasn't very close to an accident and I've seen many similar situations on the hill that would result in nothing more than a "heads up" being yelled. the skier was 100% wrong. The boarder was hardly moving across the mountain and there was plenty of time for the skier to react if he was skiing within control.

I think the skier needs to get laid cuz he clearly has a hardon for boarders. Maybe he got buzzed legitimately earlier. It's a good thing the boarder backed away or that skier would be in jail as he is clearly the instigator.

 

[danimals]

Reminds me of a day at Hunter.