Dont stand on the landing folks.

feihlinationi live in europe

Well, that's the problem..

if the snowboarder hadn't injected so many pot, he wouldn't have hit the kid.

JahFeelsif the snowboarder hadn't injected so many pot, he wouldn't have hit the kid.

Where I ski, they have a sign that says stopping in landing areas is not permitted. So if there was a sign like that at this mountain/ resort then the skiers are in the wrong. Even if there isn't a sign the skiers should be held accountable because standing at the landing of a big ass jump with a blind landing( relative to the take off) is probably the dumbest thing you could do. What did they think was going to happen?

Standing on landings is dumb. Clearly those are some young kids who just didn't realize what they were doing.

i don't know how many mountains do it already but at okemo you need a park pass to get into the big park. all it requires is a basic test on park safety. if all mountains did this this wouldn't even be an issue.

It would waste a TON of paint but I know my resort and many others would seriously benefit from just spraying a huge circle with a line through it and the words DO NOT STAND HERE over the majority of the landing.

You're welcome gaperific ski resorts, I just saved you millions in liability insurance.

I mean even the most NYCish gaper joey couldn't mistake that right??

b-kuli don't know how many mountains do it already but at okemo you need a park pass to get into the big park. all it requires is a basic test on park safety. if all mountains did this this wouldn't even be an issue.

Park pass isn't always the best thing though. Maybe if more places adopted it and your pass transferred from place to place. If I drive a long way on a day off to go to a new mountain, I don't want to get up to the park, get denied entry, then have to find some place to get a park pass, walk between different buildings till I finally find it, watch a safety video, spend additional money, then go back up to the park to finally shred.

That said I know some places don't enforce the park pass on people who look like they know what they're doing.

PASKIINGSUCKSIt would waste a TON of paint but I know my resort and many others would seriously benefit from just spraying a huge circle with a line through it and the words DO NOT STAND HERE over the majority of the landing.

You're welcome gaperific ski resorts, I just saved you millions in liability insurance.

I mean even the most NYCish gaper joey couldn't mistake that right??

When I worked at Gore 06-08 the gaper problem was huge.(Still probably is) Only thing I could think of was fencing off the the knuckles. People weren't really doing any hand drags back then so it really didn't bother anyone. Also it worked.

It's amazing how completely unaware of their surroundings they are.

theabortionatorPark pass isn't always the best thing though. Maybe if more places adopted it and your pass transferred from place to place. If I drive a long way on a day off to go to a new mountain, I don't want to get up to the park, get denied entry, then have to find some place to get a park pass, walk between different buildings till I finally find it, watch a safety video, spend additional money, then go back up to the park to finally shred.

That said I know some places don't enforce the park pass on people who look like they know what they're doing.

thats shitty. at okemo you just walk into the patrol shack take a two minute quiz then go ski. if its a pain and costs money i can see the drawbacks though.

b-kulthats shitty. at okemo you just walk into the patrol shack take a two minute quiz then go ski. if its a pain and costs money i can see the drawbacks though.

Word, that's not that bad. Def been some places where there are multiple lodges, even multiple base areas, other employees have no idea where to go or probably even what a terrain park is.

Implementing shock collars would be fun. I don't know if that would help but I think the park crew would be feeling a lot better. Bad gaper ZAP

they should put it on some of the signs in the lift lines, you know the ones that say "know the skier responsibility code" and shit? just include it in there and say "please be advised that the terrain park is a dangerous place to ski, and is not recommended for families." and make sure to note that jump landings are possible hazardous areas to stand. it really cant be that hard. but then again, reading signs is for some reason difficult for a lot of people.

DeebieSkeebiesthey should put it on some of the signs in the lift lines, you know the ones that say "know the skier responsibility code" and shit? just include it in there and say "please be advised that the terrain park is a dangerous place to ski, and is not recommended for families." and make sure to note that jump landings are possible hazardous areas to stand. it really cant be that hard. but then again, reading signs is for some reason difficult for a lot of people.

The main signs are really designed to be read. They're like the agreements you sign for contracts. A whole bunch of text to cover the company's ass but they don't expect you to read it.

One of the guys from NSAA was talking about simplifying them in the future and making them easier to read and comprehend while still providing the necessary protection to the mountain.

The thing that sucks is a lot of the times the gapers are the types of people who keep the ski areas in business. They spend money but they're oblivious to any rules or simply think them and their kids are above them. Mountains are scared to offend them etc.



Here's my plan:

Find pack of gapers in the park. From a safe distance shoot a gaper with a sedative dart. If the rest of the pack takes notice and rushes to the side of said gaper, shoot them as well. Give them enough time for the medication to kick in before you get to close. Once they're sleeping we will slip out of the woods and instal radio tracking collars on them. The collars also have microphones and a small camera on the front. We will be able to use these to get groundbreaking information like we've never seen before. What draws the gaper packs to the park, what the world looks like to their eyes, how they communicate with other gapers inside the park as well as park rangers and other patrons.

If successful we might finally be able to develop a strategy to curbing gaper caused injuries in our terrain parks.

But remember kids, though they may appear to be slow, docile creatures the gaper can switch very quickly to it's alternative aggressive nature. Generally we see this when one tries they feel them or another in their pack is threatened or when one tries to restrict the gaper from doing exactly what they want to do.

If you see a gaper don't approach them directly. If they are coming toward you and you have no escape route, stand up tall and make as much noise as possible until they change direction.

BE SAFE

The younger generation doesn't read signs anyway. They ignore them like ads on the side of a webpage.

u guys might get more accomplished if you took this over to epicski. here you're just telling us all what we already know. there you could at least get through to some gaper family

b-kuli don't know how many mountains do it already but at okemo you need a park pass to get into the big park. all it requires is a basic test on park safety. if all mountains did this this wouldn't even be an issue.

I rarely got checked this year because they only do it on the weekends / holidays, which is really when they need to check. But I see people skiing down Nor'easter all the time like it's a normal trail, getting in the way and such. Last week there were 3 gaper boarders sitting right at the end of the A Frame, prime area to get destroyed. Same thing with the plateau / hip, gapers would just stand there and wait for no apparent reason.

The thing to do is not to yell at gapers, just say say it in a polite but forceful manner that they should be more considerate in the park. It's fine to ski through and watch kids hit stuff, but stay away from / off the features. Maybe it's because I'm older now, but I've outgrown my flipping shit at people phase. I just say it in a tone that portrays what they are doing is dangerous.

Dont feel the slightest bit bad for that kid. You ski around in the landing, or even worse, if youre with your parents and they bring you through the park when you shouldnt be there, the you deserve to get clocked

this happened to me last year. Gaper parent with a kid on a leash was skiing though the park and they were on the back side of the landing and luckily I didn't hit the kid but I rode right into the leash somehow. The dad yelled about how he was going to sue me and the mountain and luckily I'm pretty good with customer service and stuff so I talked him out of bringing it up to resort management.

I don't think any of my bosses ever found out but I was just pissed and dumbfounded that it even occurred.