Skiing Pet Peeves....

[Eski]

a few weeks ago I had the privilege of midweek skiing on uncrowded trails ... gondi loader filled each car to capacity (standing room only) ... sunshine, blue skies, NO WIND, NO line ... everyone was ragging on him ... made no sense to cram people in and stand, especially towards days end when it feels good to sit for a couple minutes :roll:

 

[smootharc]

Speaking of yelling "On you right"....

First day of the season about ten years ago at Killington, you know, like September 12th or so :lol: , I was coming up on this guy on his left. I didn't have my ski brain wired all they way quite yet, so I yelled "On you right" - as I passed him on his left. Realizing my idiocy, I yelled back after I passed him, laughing, "On your OTHER right", then stopped.

We shared a laugh at the knoll, and he said that he heard me on his left, and when my words didn't make sense he said "I decided to stay the course, hoping you'd figure it out".

So, maybe his pet peeve is skiers who don't know their left from their right !

:dunce:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

bump bump bump

 

[eastcoastpowderhound]

bump bump bump

wow GSS digging into the archives! I'm bored, its hot...I'll play. People who are so completely self absorbed that they have no idea of their surroundings...when merging, when alternating, on a cat track, when starting out, when stopping, when walking around the lodge, driving in the parking lot...etc etc :smash:

 

[Geoff]

My skiing pet peeve is summer

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

i hate people who zoom down SLOW ZONES like GS racers.
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Slow signs make great gates..:smash:

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

One of my peeves is people who run up on the back of my ski's in the lift line. I mean, its not a big deal, it won't hurt my ski's or anything, but *why* do people insist on doing it all the time?

When somebody stands on the back of my skis in a liftline..I abruptly lift my leg up..it actually caused one kid to fall on his ass..lol..my skis are my property and people need to stay off of them.

I hate riding the lift with people who move their legs back and forth the entire time..yikes some people just can't sit still..this one instructor was doing that so I started doing the same thing at exactly the same speed as him and he gave me the dirtiest look.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I can't stand snowboarders that have their pants down to below their butt. This is the hip-hop look that came from jail-birds having their belts removed taken away from them by the guards. Needless to say, all the EMIEMs on snowboards want to have their pants down and their boxers exposed. They make me sick to my stomach.

Hahahahahahaha..it's not just snowboarders..it's most white suburban teenagers..

 

[billski]

I don't have any pet peeves when I ski. Skiing is an out-of-body, out-of-mind, out-of-environment experience for me. I'm there to absolutely enjoy the day, the mountain, the snow. If there is anything the least bit annoying, there are plenty of acres for me to head to and avoid bad vibes. I can't ever think of a time when I've been cranky or let myself get wound up over an "infraction." Winter days are too short to get agitated.

 

[billski]

wow GSS digging into the archives! I'm bored, its hot...I'll play. People who are so completely self absorbed that they have no idea of their surroundings...when merging, when alternating, on a cat track, when starting out, when stopping, when walking around the lodge, driving in the parking lot...etc etc :smash:

This wasn't a peeve, but it was kinda funny: People who pay no attention to the task at hand. Got on the quad with this motor-mouth skier and her two pals, blah-blah-blah, I swear she never took a breath for air. Well, here it comes, unloading zone, her skis were crossed, she's looking sideways. Bar goes up... I shout "unloading!" blah blah blah. She realizes at last minute she's got to stand up and ka-pow, boom, down she goes. Now, I don't like to see people hurt, and she didn't get hurt but I do hope it knocked some sense into her. I would hate to ski near her when she's on the trail!

 

[darent]

That doesnt make sense...
I snowboard - I keep my head pointed down the falline just like a skiier...

Also - I'm dyslexic.. Left and right can get a little confused..
As well as the fact I ski with a deaf person who will never hear your warning...

Why don't you just slow down and wait to pass?

EDIT: I guess one of my pet peeves is people who come screaming up behind you and shout "On your Right" and expect me to jump at their command...

I don't think they mean for you to jump on their command, They are just informing you they are on your right or left, 98% of the time. the other two percent are screaming and expect you to jump clear of them!!

 

[darent]

I really get annoyed at the ski team kids who bomb around the mountain in full racing mode, and I really get irked when you mention this behavior to a coach and he gives you that look not to bother him or his charges, after all it's their mountain!!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I always yell on your right an on your left on cat-tracks..it's good etiquette..but as DMC stated..it startles the hell out of some people..I hate when people use a cat-track for cranking side to side turns..freaking trail-whores..I like to be a little more compact in my skiing

 

[mattchuck2]

mmmm.. I am a trail whore for sure ... what's a cat track any way?

Originally, A narrow track (one snowcat wide) out west, usually cutting across open powder fields . . .

Now, a lot of people use "cat track" as a synonym for switchback, cross-over, or traverse . . . You know, those trails that cut sideways across the fall line?

 

[mattchuck2]

My skiing pet peeves include:

- Littering
- People who complain about snowboarders, assuming I'm in agreement with them just because I'm wearing skis
- People who deliberately ski trails waaaaaaaayyyyy over their abilities
- People who don't get out of the way in a narrow traverse or uphill climb
- People who are in any way rude to lifties, snowmakers, or food service staff
- Ski Patrollers with authoritarian tendencies
- $6.00 Beers

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Old Slow Snowboarders from Maine..

 

[billski]

old and slow I be ...:lol:

does that make you a slowboarder? :blink:

 

[skiboarder]

Oh yeah...I forgot....URINATING on the side of the trail :dunce: (or heck in the middle as I have seen) is not a good idea. :wink:

Oh common, give me a break!! Just be a little discreet so you probably won't be seen and it is no biggie. And please don't give me that polluting the water table crap. Bear do much worse!

 

[billski]

Oh common, give me a break!! Just be a little discreet so you probably won't be seen and it is no biggie. And please don't give me that polluting the water table crap. Bear do much worse!

Agreed. Discretion is the watchword. This is after all,the "great outdoors."

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Oh common, give me a break!! Just be a little discreet so you probably won't be seen and it is no biggie. And please don't give me that polluting the water table crap. Bear do much worse!

The entire mountain is my bathroom...the best is taking a piss in the woods when an entire ski school group comes upon me..I go most of the ski season without using indoor plumbing...holla