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Mary Malmros wrote:
Chuck wrote: Mary Malmros wrote: Yah, when I said "hot button" I didn't mean that your objections aren't based in reality...just that, well, you _do_ jerk the knee whenever snowboarding is mentioned. And weren't you the guy who bragged about slush-splashing a bunch of riders in a parking lot just 'cuz? Nope, not me. I have better manners than that. I wasn't replying to you, Chuck. My mistake. Must be that dang newsreader software again. It showed your post as a reply to mine. -- To reply by email remove "_nospam" |
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"Mary Malmros" wrote in message
news:Xd2dnaSEvo9-fXrcRVn- And weren't you the guy who bragged about slush-splashing a bunch of riders in a parking lot just 'cuz? worth bragging about. It was bloody funny. I've been hit three times in my life, all by skiers, twice while I was snowboarding ;-) Twice was on a learning hill, once (while I was on skis) was just a real clueless individual. I was very lucky to get out of that one without a bad hurt! I have been hit numerous times in recent years, and all by boarders. In fact, if you count having your skis run over or someone brush by slowly, I would say it's a daily occurance. They are changing the sport for many people. ant |
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ant wrote:
"Mary Malmros" wrote in message news:Xd2dnaSEvo9-fXrcRVn- And weren't you the guy who bragged about slush-splashing a bunch of riders in a parking lot just 'cuz? worth bragging about. It was bloody funny. I wonder if it would be so bloody funny if some snowboarder did the same to you. You'd just lie down in the slush and roll around laughing, right? -- Mary Malmros Some days you're the windshield, other days you're the bug. |
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"Mary Malmros" wrote in message ... ant wrote: "Mary Malmros" wrote in message news:Xd2dnaSEvo9-fXrcRVn- And weren't you the guy who bragged about slush-splashing a bunch of riders in a parking lot just 'cuz? worth bragging about. It was bloody funny. I wonder if it would be so bloody funny if some snowboarder did the same to you. You'd just lie down in the slush and roll around laughing, right? They'd have to be able to afford a car first. Or they'd have to try to run away with their pants around their knees. I saw t-shirt on a guy the other day that said "real men pull up their pants". I thought that was funny too. |
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"ant" wrote in message ... I have been hit numerous times in recent years, and all by boarders. In fact, if you count having your skis run over or someone brush by slowly, I would say it's a daily occurance. They are changing the sport for many people. ant Seriously Ant, if you have been hit numerous times in recent years, you need to start looking at yourself and what you are doing to make yourself such a target. Maybe you need an orange reflective jacket or something. I've been skiing over 35 years getting around 1500 days and have only been hit twice. Both by skiers. And, to my embarisment, I did hit someone myself way back when. snoig |
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snoig wrote:
"ant" wrote in message ... I have been hit numerous times in recent years, and all by boarders. In fact, if you count having your skis run over or someone brush by slowly, I would say it's a daily occurance. They are changing the sport for many people. ant Seriously Ant, if you have been hit numerous times in recent years, you need to start looking at yourself and what you are doing to make yourself such a target. Maybe you need an orange reflective jacket or something. I've been skiing over 35 years getting around 1500 days and have only been hit twice. Both by skiers. And, to my embarisment, I did hit someone myself way back when. snoig Those of us who have to ski slow from time to time are often targets. Ant's an instructor. She has the added disadvantage that she has to pay attention to her class rather than to what's coming down the hill at her. VtSkier |
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ant wrote: "Mary Malmros" wrote in message news:Xd2dnaSEvo9-fXrcRVn- And weren't you the guy who bragged about slush-splashing a bunch of riders in a parking lot just 'cuz? worth bragging about. It was bloody funny. I've been hit three times in my life, all by skiers, twice while I was snowboarding ;-) Twice was on a learning hill, once (while I was on skis) was just a real clueless individual. I was very lucky to get out of that one without a bad hurt! I have been hit numerous times in recent years, and all by boarders. In fact, if you count having your skis run over or someone brush by slowly, I would say it's a daily occurance. They are changing the sport for many people. ant Yes, indeed they are. Usually when I've gotten hit, it's been getting off the lift. Now, I will almost always pass up riding a lift with a boarder if it's on a lower lift. So many of them don't even know how to get off of a lift, it would be funny if they didn't run into me. And this after I've told them which way I'm going. Another place I've gotten run into is when a boarder cuts in front of me int eh lift line. They don't even bother to check to see if they're going to run into me. Accidents happen, rude and stupid behavior shouldn't. Martha |
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"snoig" wrote in message ... Seriously Ant, if you have been hit numerous times in recent years, you need to start looking at yourself and what you are doing to make yourself such a target. Maybe you need an orange reflective jacket or something. I've been skiing over 35 years getting around 1500 days and have only been hit twice. Both by skiers. And, to my embarisment, I did hit someone myself way back when. Wow! You need to get out more! Maybe you should start skiing falline too. My experience is that it's the more aggressive skiers that get hit by borders in the full on collision type of hits. The timid are always looking behind themselves to watch out for any careening objects. And are usually out in the middle of the run far away from the edges where they might accidentally veer out into the woods. They get hit by the "rad dudes" that are unable to avoid women and children but somehow develop some ability to control their skids when the possibility of retaliation exists. But a good skier, at a relative high speed, skiing the falline is the one that's going to get clocked and suffer real damage. And that's more likely to happen where snowborders are stinkin' the place up. I had a guy at Deer Valley pull a snowborder stunt one day and blind jump right next to my head. I followed him to the chair and pointed him out and his pass was pulled for the day. Were it not a *ski* area that would be old hat and not worth noticing. |
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"Mary Malmros" wrote in message ... ant wrote: "Mary Malmros" wrote in message news:Xd2dnaSEvo9-fXrcRVn- And weren't you the guy who bragged about slush-splashing a bunch of riders in a parking lot just 'cuz? worth bragging about. It was bloody funny. I wonder if it would be so bloody funny if some snowboarder did the same to you. You'd just lie down in the slush and roll around laughing, right? doesn't alter the fact that the event, in 1998, was extremely funny. You should have been there, although I'm glad you weren't. ant |
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"snoig" wrote in message ... "ant" wrote in message ... I have been hit numerous times in recent years, and all by boarders. In fact, if you count having your skis run over or someone brush by slowly, I would say it's a daily occurance. They are changing the sport for many people. ant Seriously Ant, if you have been hit numerous times in recent years, you need to start looking at yourself and what you are doing to make yourself such a target. I teach skiing. I therefore ski slowly in areas where boarders want to "maintain their speed", or maybe they just want to show off how cool they are. be that as it may, being hit by other snow users didn't happen to me in the 60s, or the 70s, or the 80s. It started when snowboarders came on the scene, and increased when I slowed down, in order to match the speed of my students. BTW, when boarders hit me, I don't fall down. They do. But what if I was your mother, trying out skiing? Tell her to change what she does? Or isn't she allowed to go skiing? Especially if she doesn't ski fast enough. How about requiring ALL snow users to respect a very basic tenet of snow use: DON'T HIT OTHER PEOPLE ? I don't have to wear a reflective vest. I wear red. I'm pretty visible. I'm quite solid. I'm there. Most snowboarders who hit me knew I was there. After they hit me, they do regret it. Not all females are good things to hit. As others have said, women do seem to get hit disproportionately. If I have time to raise my ski pole at them, they don't hit me. Isn't that weird? ant |
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