On mountain etiquette

[TropicTundR]

Whether the GoPro skier was right or wrong to be in that line, there's no excuse to hit him.

I wish the guy with the GoPro was a big black guy.

 

[2knees]

Best go pro ever.....

 

[bvibert]

Oh no he didn't:-o:-o:-o There's really no way who is correct based on the picture but that is pretty ballsy for that guy to walk over his top sheets and bang his helmet into the guy twice for thinking he cut the line. I'd be dropping the gloves over that one for sure.

No kidding, that dude would have been on the ground if he pulled that shit with me.

Whether the gopro dude was right or wrong doesn't matter, the other dude's shit was uncalled for.

 

[Tooth]

If someone walked over my board it would be really ugly. No excuse to do that. Whats up with people. It was wrong to cut the line though. Not violence wrong.

 

[powhunter]

Yea he was a total Jong for letting that dude get away unscathed

Steveo

 

[snowmonster]

No kidding, that dude would have been on the ground if he pulled that shit with me.

You're not a little guy. If someone tried to walk on your skis, I'd wonder about their relationship with reality.

I wish the guy with the GoPro was a big black guy.

Named Mike Tyson. That would be footage I would love to see.

 

[snoseek]

I'm sorta over Alta at this point because of an ever growing population of dickheads like this. A day without fresh snow then sure or even a storm day maybe but if its truly a powder day then I know where I'd rather be....

Both guys looked to be idiots but I with gopro dude had knocked out angry jersey transplant....



Oh and the Collins lift is fun fun fun!!!

 

[Riverskier]

I was in the singles line at the Jordan Bowl HSQ last weekend, and when I was next in line a group of 2 came forward. Someone from the singles line on the other side joined the group of 2 on one side, and I joined on the other, as it should be. So, we are approaching the loading area when someone from the group of 2 alerts me that 2 people (teenagers) skied out from the other side, so there were now 5 of us. Without enough time to confront them, and too far forward to return to the singles line, I am suddenly standing there ready to load a busy lift alone, and looking like a jackass. Luckily the people around me saw what happened and knew it wasn't my fault. A single from the group behind me joined me, and happened to be behind the 2 teenagers in the singles line. Apparently that was their plan all along, and had been standing there letting groups of 3 pass holding this guy up waiting for a group of 2. Mind you, the line was only about 5 minutes long. I was a teen once and did plenty of stupid things, but never something so blatantly inconsiderate.

 

[hammer]

Maybe this has already been posted and discussed. If not, watch and discuss. In sum, the guy taking the video thought (and maintains) that he was in the singles line while the other guy got pissed because he maintains that there is no singles line and that the guy was in the ski school line. This was shot at Alta's Wildcat lift last week:

Anyone read the comments over on YouTube? Seems like they are more critical of the guy who posted the video.

 

[Cannonball]

This reminds me of those new Direct TV ads where they follow the chain of events to bad consequences. This one would go like this:

- If you have a no snowboarding policy at your mountain then you will attract an elitist self-entitled clientele.
- If you have an elitist self-entitled clientele then they will feel entitled to cut everyone else in line.
- If a self-entitled dickwad cuts everyone else in line then another self-entitled dickwad will feel entitled to ski over his skis and flail around violently.
- If a self-entitled dickwad skis over another dickwad's skis and flails around violently then it will be captured on GoPro and posted to YouTube.
- If that absurdity is captured on GoPro and posted to YouTube then it will make Snoseek say "I'm sorta over Alta at this point because of an ever growing population of dickheads like this."

- Don't make Snoseek say "I'm sorta over Alta at this point because of an ever growing population of dickheads like this.".....Allow snowboarders.

 

[NotEasyBeingGreen]

3) Crouch with poles outstretched at knees and flapping all the while singing "Bird, Bird Bird is the word"

To pull off 3) you must start singing it as soon as you come off the lift. It also keeps snowboarders off with their Kamikaze Suprise attacks.

I am going to dare my husband to do this and I am fairly confident he'll give it a try.

 

[NotEasyBeingGreen]

Anyone read the comments over on YouTube? Seems like they are more critical of the guy who posted the video.

Everyone featured in this video is a jerk and wrong. Didn't they get the memo? It's supposed to be fun, people. Physical altercations and shouting fbombs in line sorta ruins the mood for everyone.

 

[drjeff]

Everyone featured in this video is a jerk and wrong. Didn't they get the memo? It's supposed to be fun, people. Physical altercations and shouting fbombs in line sorta ruins the mood for everyone.

Pent up Utah powder day frustration trumps all forms of rationale thought

BTW, the vast majority of the time if one comes upon a lift queue with a BIG line and they see some other entrance with little/no line, chances are the general public isn't supposed to be using that line

 

[Smellytele]

The guy skiing over the tops of the skis is an idiot who will do more damage to his skis than to the other guys skis. Who cares what the tops of your skis look like?

While there was no ski school sign there also was not a single lines sign either.

 

[snoseek]

This reminds me of those new Direct TV ads where they follow the chain of events to bad consequences. This one would go like this:

- If you have a no snowboarding policy at your mountain then you will attract an elitist self-entitled clientele.
- If you have an elitist self-entitled clientele then they will feel entitled to cut everyone else in line.
- If a self-entitled dickwad cuts everyone else in line then another self-entitled dickwad will feel entitled to ski over his skis and flail around violently.
- If a self-entitled dickwad skis over another dickwad's skis and flails around violently then it will be captured on GoPro and posted to YouTube.
- If that absurdity is captured on GoPro and posted to YouTube then it will make Snoseek say "I'm sorta over Alta at this point because of an ever growing population of dickheads like this."

- Don't make Snoseek say "I'm sorta over Alta at this point because of an ever growing population of dickheads like this.".....Allow snowboarders.

Now that I think about it Alta has always sorta been this way. I used to work there back in the day and could have easily seen this happening then. What's funny is both people actually work on the mtn. The only difference between then and now is the amount of skiers.

Oh yeah and the no snowboarding policy is just stupid, but that's another thread that is probably due for a bump....do it, you know you want to

 

[thetrailboss]

Everyone featured in this video is a jerk and wrong. Didn't they get the memo? It's supposed to be fun, people. Physical altercations and shouting fbombs in line sorta ruins the mood for everyone.

Spot on here. The Go Pro guy should have just ignored him so as not to escalate things.

 

[Ski the Moguls]

Spot on here. The Go Pro guy should have just ignored him so as not to escalate things.

Not sure that was possible. Wasn't the aggressor naturally moving with the lift line towards Mr. Go Pro? Hard to ignore a crazy person as they move closer! I think I would have just pushed back a few feet and loudly asked the aggressor "Well then, where is the singles line?"

 

[thetrailboss]

Not sure that was possible. Wasn't the aggressor naturally moving with the lift line towards Mr. Go Pro? Hard to ignore a crazy person as they move closer! I think I would have just pushed back a few feet and loudly asked the aggressor "Well then, where is the singles line?"

Yeah that is very true.

I can't recall how Wildcat is set up, but it did appear that the guy was in the singles line (there is no sign). Then again I might be wrong.

I have not encountered any guys like this at Snowbird.

And it's kind of funny how the Go Pro has become the cop car cam of skiing. :lol:

 

[steamboat1]

Did you see the length of that line?

The go-pro guy was the idiot & deserved what he got.

What are you just supposed to let some idiot get away with cutting the line?

 

[SkiDork]

what was the deal with the ski school line? Was the go pro dude an instructor? I don't understand