Haha Ult... interesting perspective.  I've never viewed it that way, and always have tried to use vocabulary favoring snowboarding (especially given that JH is so much a skier mountain and skier friendly)... mountain resort, riders right/left, ride break, etc. vs the ski equiv, although I have slipped from time to time given how prominent the "ski" syntax is in the "ski" industry, oops I mean resort industry!

At the end of the day though I could really care less, and I love just going out with people who are stoked on mountains and snow.  My favorite is to be completely agnostic and call it shredding, some choose two shred sticks, and others just one.  The only other type of person on the mountain is a douche bag, which could be on either one or two shred sticks, you just don't know until you meet them!

Funny, I remember back in the day when the resorts called it "snowboard skiing".

skiers don't bother me...although I do find them rather boring.

Posted by Ale_Capone

Paolo's hockey fan cred is now under suspect for not catching that!!

Paolo...aren't you British? Hockey? In England? Isn't there a cricket pitch somewhere near you or something...shouldn't you be having crumpets and tea at your flat? Hockey? In England? Come on...

umm...skiers

Posted by mpdsnowman

 Just last week at a meet we had at jay Vt. I crashed full speed into a skier...full speed by both of us. She couldnt move for she froze when she saw me. [snip]

...its the caution and awareness of what is around you which really counts now. 

Posted by ult

Posted by mpdsnowman

 Just last week at a meet we had at jay Vt. I crashed full speed into a skier...full speed by both of us. She couldnt move for she froze when she saw me. [snip]

...its the caution and awareness of what is around you which really counts now. 

 

Uh...you're doing it wrong.

Posted by pinerider

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....

And so while I'm on a roll, you're a bitch for starting a thread like this unless it was clearly a joke, which is not real apparent if it is or not.

And if you need 30 feet to make a fucking turn, maybe you should stay on the bunny hill a while longer, or at least warn the other people that you will not be going left or right, you will be going straight.

Posted by riderspro

Posted by pinerider

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....

And so while I'm on a roll, you're a bitch for starting a thread like this unless it was clearly a joke, which is not real apparent if it is or not.

And if you need 30 feet to make a fucking turn, maybe you should stay on the bunny hill a while longer, or at least warn the other people that you will not be going left or right, you will be going straight.

I say "get the fuck out of my way, bitches!!". That way it's clearly somebody elses fault if I cut them off.

Skiier downhill has the right away.  It was in no way her fault that you hit her.  That's like me hitting someone with my car and then saying well if she would have jumped out of the way I wouldn't have hit her.

The clueless skiers that go in front of me off the lift means I have to get very good at maneuvering on one foot.

My belief is that there is nothing I can do about the clueless skier, so I've practiced riding on one foot and doing quick turns so I get good at avoiding clueless skiers (and inept snowboarders).  Almost all incidents are avoidable with practice but yeah, it's pretty tough to turn on a snowboard with one foot until you master it.  It's a skill well worth mastering.

Another thing I'll do is to push off the chair first and try to take off fast before the skiers get a chance.  This annoys some skiers due to the chair being pushed back as I push off so I try to avoid doing this.

In short, try to get very good at riding and turning on one foot.

Posted by riderspro

Posted by pinerider

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....

And so while I'm on a roll, you're a bitch for starting a thread like this unless it was clearly a joke, which is not real apparent if it is or not.

And if you need 30 feet to make a fucking turn, maybe you should stay on the bunny hill a while longer, or at least warn the other people that you will not be going left or right, you will be going straight.

Posted by mpdsnowman

When I was a skier, the only thing I hit were either trees or race course barriers. Just last week at a meet we had at jay Vt. I crashed full speed into a skier...full speed by both of us. She couldnt move for she froze when she saw me.

 

 

Posted by bluerider
The clueless skiers that go in front of me off the lift means I have to get very good at maneuvering on one foot.

My belief is that there is nothing I can do about the clueless skier, so I've practiced riding on one foot and doing quick turns so I get good at avoiding clueless skiers (and inept snowboarders).  Almost all incidents are avoidable with practice but yeah, it's pretty tough to turn on a snowboard with one foot until you master it.  It's a skill well worth mastering.

Another thing I'll do is to push off the chair first and try to take off fast before the skiers get a chance.  This annoys some skiers due to the chair being pushed back as I push off so I try to avoid doing this.

In short, try to get very good at riding and turning on one foot.

I just use the foot in the binding for balance and front kick anyone who gets in my way with my back foot.

Sometimes you fall down, but if you brace yourself and lean forward, you can hold your ground!