Pet Peeves

[juicer9]

kids and other people who have no clue what they are doing in the bumps but decide to cut a 90 degreet course across the hill and fall right in your line as you are about to come through. Oh yea and the teenage hardasses who through snowballs from the lift at people below. not that i haven't done it a few times in my younger years but when you get older you relize how much of a jerk you were.

 

[forestnome]

- Snowboarder that sit in groups in the middle of the trail.

-Skier who notices snowboarders siting in the middle of the trail, even though skiers stand still in the middle of the trails in big groups and don't move.

 

[njdrumrun]

anyone that stands in the middle of a trail in large groups. ; )

 

[Phildozer]

I've never seen skiers sitting/standing in large groups in the middle of the trail.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Bump

 

[Hawkshot99]

people who bump 2 year old threads........

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

people who bump 2 year old threads........

Ahahahahahahaha...Greg likes to bump threads as well..

 

[BushMogulMaster]

-GrilledSteezeSandwich ( :wink: )

-Anyone who stops in my line in the bumps! (I'm usually ripping pretty quick... in my line is a bad place to be, even if you are the "downhill" skier with the "right of way")

-The lack of low pitch mogul terrain in New England. How the heck are people supposed to get good at proper mogul skiing if the only bumps on the hill are 25+ degrees?

-People wearing pants with knee patches that can't ski bumps

-Anyone stopped in the middle of a trail, regardless of gear (although our single plank friends seem to be the most frequent offenders)

-Poorly managed lift departments

-Uneven passes (resulting from poor grooming)

-Ski area management's perception that the answer to hard/icy bumps is to till them ASAP

-People who claim to be "expert" skiers but can't survive a 30 degree bump run and at least look decent

-Ski forums that won't let me link to my site (Epic). Thanks for being a good admin, Greg!

-Sheaves out of alignment

-"Guests" who feel that they are somehow entitled to anything and everything

-"Guests" who complain about windhold (folks... it really is windy up there, even if it's not down at the base!)

-"Guests" who assume that any time a lift is shut down, it's for financial reasons

-The price of resort food

-Fixed grip lifts servicing upper level terrain running less than 450fpm

-When people complain about day ticket prices, but fail to recognize that the ski industry has approximately a 3% profit margin on average on the ski operation

-People who can't read/understand "Wait Here" and "Load Here" and "Unload Here"

-People who sit down on surface lifts

-The way people go 100% limp as soon as you try to help them up

-Snowcats with yokes. Dang those things are annoying.

-Fan guns (they're big, immobile, and unsightly... give me a Ratnik any day over a fan gun!)

-Shaped carving skis (give me about three hours and I'll write a dissertation on the dumbing down of skiing due to the advent of the shaped ski... but I think I'd be writing to a very hostile audience!)

-Fat skis (anything more than an 85 waist or so)


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[SnowRider]

kids that get into the single line for shorter waits and then become afraid to ride alone and they just let all the triples go and when theres a double them and a buddy jump in.

 

[dmc]

Wow... you've covered the content of about 90% of posts made here!

Well done!

-GrilledSteezeSandwich ( :wink: )

-Anyone who stops in my line in the bumps! (I'm usually ripping pretty quick... in my line is a bad place to be, even if you are the "downhill" skier with the "right of way")

-The lack of low pitch mogul terrain in New England. How the heck are people supposed to get good at proper mogul skiing if the only bumps on the hill are 25+ degrees?

-People wearing pants with knee patches that can't ski bumps

-Anyone stopped in the middle of a trail, regardless of gear (although our single plank friends seem to be the most frequent offenders)

-Poorly managed lift departments

-Uneven passes (resulting from poor grooming)

-Ski area management's perception that the answer to hard/icy bumps is to till them ASAP

-People who claim to be "expert" skiers but can't survive a 30 degree bump run and at least look decent

-Ski forums that won't let me link to my site (Epic). Thanks for being a good admin, Greg!

-Sheaves out of alignment

-"Guests" who feel that they are somehow entitled to anything and everything

-"Guests" who complain about windhold (folks... it really is windy up there, even if it's not down at the base!)

-"Guests" who assume that any time a lift is shut down, it's for financial reasons

-The price of resort food

-Fixed grip lifts servicing upper level terrain running less than 450fpm

-When people complain about day ticket prices, but fail to recognize that the ski industry has approximately a 3% profit margin on average on the ski operation

-People who can't read/understand "Wait Here" and "Load Here" and "Unload Here"

-People who sit down on surface lifts

-The way people go 100% limp as soon as you try to help them up

-Snowcats with yokes. Dang those things are annoying.

-Fan guns (they're big, immobile, and unsightly... give me a Ratnik any day over a fan gun!)

-Shaped carving skis (give me about three hours and I'll write a dissertation on the dumbing down of skiing due to the advent of the shaped ski... but I think I'd be writing to a very hostile audience!)

-Fat skis (anything more than an 85 waist or so)


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[dmc]

I've never seen skiers sitting/standing in large groups in the middle of the trail.

Check the top of a crest sometime... Or the top of a mogul run..

I've seen skiers stand in mass at the top of mountains plenty of times..
Basically blocking snowboarders from getting to a place where they can strap in out of the way...
If the boarders try to squeeze their way through they get nasty looks... So instead they take the path of least resistance(human tendency) and strap in somewhere not so good..

A catch 22... We all need to be a little cooler and respectful.

 

[tjf67]

Not having garbage cans at the top of all the lifts.

 

[hardline]

im pretty sure someone has said this before. when you know there is a traverse or flat spot comming up so you need to to kep your speed up and the skier in front of you hears you and freaks out making some sort of eratic turn causing you to check your speed.
people that stop on the side of the trail. we all the best snow always gets pushed to the sides.

 

[SIKSKIER]

You forgot one

People who think that bump skiers are best skiers on the mountain and that if you don't ski like me you are inferior.

 

[Greg]

People who think that bump skiers are best skiers on the mountain.

They are.

 

[2knees]

People who think that bump skiers are best skiers on the mountain and that if you don't ski like me you are inferior.

:lol:

that was quite a list.

 

[BushMogulMaster]

People who think that bump skiers are best skiers on the mountain and that if you don't ski like me you are inferior.

Bump skiers ARE the best skiers on the mountain. However, non-bump skiers aren't inferior, they just haven't chosen to go that direction.

 

[highpeaksdrifter]

-GrilledSteezeSandwich ( :wink: )

-Anyone who stops in my line in the bumps! (I'm usually ripping pretty quick... in my line is a bad place to be, even if you are the "downhill" skier with the "right of way")

What do you do to them that makes it a bad place to be?

 

[2knees]

Bump skiers ARE the best skiers on the mountain. However, non-bump skiers aren't inferior, they just haven't chosen to go that direction.

Nice answer.

 

[Greg]

-Anyone who stops in my line in the bumps! (I'm usually ripping pretty quick... in my line is a bad place to be, even if you are the "downhill" skier with the "right of way")

What do you do to them that makes it a bad place to be?

And as a mogul advocate, BMM, you should know that you need to be tolerant of bump line poachers. We need to encourage more people to fall in love with ungroomed terrain. After my initial sigh of mild frustration, I think to myself that I might be looking on the next person to see the light.