Boarding alone last night at the local hill, had a nice ride up the lift with an attractive lady skier, she road bikes and mountain bikes like I do, things were going well. At the end of the lift, I said I'm going left, (I was on the left side of the chair) she said she was too. I meant going left at the bottom of the lift hill, she meant going left 6' after her arse was off the chair!!! She skied across the front of my board and kept going, I landed in a slow heap. She did look back and ask if I was ok but by the time I said "I'm ok" I think she was well out of hearing distance.
Anyways I have a nice souvenir of the occasion, a big gouge on the top edge of my board.
Can't they do something about these reckless skiers on our hills?????

Maybe the conversation on the way up the lift didn't go as well as you thought?

[Edited by pinerider on 16/02/2008 at 2:55 AM]

well if the conversation went well then maybe she just fucked up and then was to embarrassed to stop, so just kept going.  She then proceeded to cry herself to sleep cause she screwed up an opportunity to get to know a great guy cause she made a simple mistake on the hill.  geebus you sure are insensitive, you should track her down and apologize asap!

SKATW, that's what I was thinking, thanks for the suggestion!   I was gonna go today and look for her so I could appologize for being insensitive and then accept her apology for skiing carelessly, but the weather is crap and my back is sore from playing 3 games on Saturday in a hockey tournament.  She'll have to wait until Wednesday night ! 

[Edited by pinerider on 18/02/2008 at 5:54 AM]

Lesson learned... ALWAYS finish first, or they'll ride all over you!!

Posted by pinerider
Boarding alone last night at the local hill, had a nice ride up the lift with an attractive lady skier, she road bikes and mountain bikes like I do, things were going well. At the end of the lift, I said I'm going left, (I was on the left side of the chair) she said she was too. I meant going left at the bottom of the lift hill, she meant going left 6' after her arse was off the chair!!! She skied across the front of my board and kept going, I landed in a slow heap. She did look back and ask if I was ok but by the time I said "I'm ok" I think she was well out of hearing distance.
Anyways I have a nice souvenir of the occasion, a big gouge on the top edge of my board.
Can't they do something about these reckless skiers on our hills?????

Maybe I'm the only one...but when preparing to get off the lift and discussing which direction everyone is going, that would mean immediately after standing up off the chair...this should be fairly common knowledge.  Sounds like you're the reckless snowboarder - the skier chick was in the right...err left...whatever.

You get off this lift on a big mpund,  I always thought you wait unitl you're off the steep part,(about 30' from the chair) then turn.  My new skiing friend turned about 6' away from the chair.  I was still congratulating myself for not falling off the chair, hadn't even thought of making the turn yet....

^^^Meh, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Things happen. It's all in the name of fun. What I would worry about is NOT calling it boarding anymore. Only deusche bags and soccer moms call snowboarding, "boarding"... and I'm guessin' you're not a soccer mom.

Just say "ridin"... We're ridin' this weekend. That's all that needs to be said. Then your neither a deusche bag or a soccer mom. Boarding just sounds like your don't really snowboard, but you want to sound like your cool. It's a buzz word. Like calling the internet, "the net".

Ale, we are ridin' this weekend. Where have you been lately? Hittin' Stevens on Sat. Might be a good day. The park has been nice.

[Edited by Ale_Capone on 2/21/2008 at 4:34 PM]

I love me some skiers and some Stevens Pass park.  Good times all round.

Time out!  When did the word "boarding" become taboo-LOL?

Posted by paolosmythe

i sometimes say riding, i usually say sliding, to non-snowboarding types i just say skiing but boarding..?

 

oh no never:

 

board·ing      /ˈbɔrdɪŋ, ˈboʊr-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bawr-ding, bohr-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

1.	wooden boards collectively.

2.	a structure of boards, as in a fence or a floor.

3.	the act of a person who boards a ship, train, airplane, or the like: an uneventful boarding.

Scott...  just say ridin' for every question and let your equestrian riding work mates figure it out.

Posted by pinerider

Posted by paolosmythe

i sometimes say riding, i usually say sliding, to non-snowboarding types i just say skiing but boarding..?

 

oh no never:

 

board·ing      /ˈbɔrdɪŋ, ˈboʊr-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[bawr-ding, bohr-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation

–noun

1.	wooden boards collectively.

2.	a structure of boards, as in a fence or a floor.

3.	the act of a person who boards a ship, train, airplane, or the like: an uneventful boarding.

 

4.  Slammin' someone into the boards in hockey.  Usually a 2 minute penalty, 5 minutes if there appears to be an intent to injure.....

 

One of the attractions of SNOWboarding for us more mature people is the opportunity to use language that non-SNOWboarders don't understand.

[Edited by pinerider on 22/02/2008 at 4:27 AM]
[Edited by pinerider on 22/02/2008 at 4:51 AM]

^^and if somebody asks you, he what are you eating under there? You just say "ridin'".

Tell Nyla that I'm keepin' my fingers crossed for her. 

That's funny. I generally say I'm going 'skiing'...since I think of skiing as the verb for people that like to slide down the hill. Some are alpiners, some telemarkers and still others snowboarders. Calling snowboarding 'going skiing' though always confuses folks who don't really have an open mind or don't know snow very well. Then I have to specify and say 'snowboarding'...and then I feel like a pompous elitist cause I don't 'ski'...I 'snowboard'. Yawn. Everyone is just sliding down the hill enjoying themselves.