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CabbyArrant
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Admit it!!! At one time or other most of us were gapers (I realize there are quite a few people who might not think they were). On NS we love to make fun of Gapers but I feel like we all have a few stories of our days of goggle gap. I know I sure do. So share your best, funniest, most embarassing stories of yourself as a gaper.


My very first day skiing I took out a slow sign and ended up screamin seamen with my ankles touching my shoulder blades.
Nov 23 2015 8:41PM
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Rennis_Deynolds
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put stickers on my skis that matched my gear.










































to look like i was sponsored
Nov 23 2015 8:43PM
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270on420out
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Fell getting off the lift once. Put my skis in a screaming seamen position on the lift and forgot to put them back. I have an ADD counselor now
Nov 23 2015 8:44PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51260 - Karma: 157,386
Everyone was a gaper when I was a gaper so it's hard to distinguish, but I did rock a fly one piece snowsuit until 98 or 99.

Hold onto your girlfirends.

I wish I had pictures. Throwin down in the steezwear
Nov 23 2015 8:47PM
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doot
Posts: 187 - Karma: 665
strapped on the secondhand race skis and hit the lips of jumps and/or went straight on boxes in the park
Nov 23 2015 8:49PM
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Anesteezia
Posts: 239 - Karma: 1,386
I tried skiing switch with regular skis and the back of my skis dug into the ground, double ejected and slid down the hill on my back.
Nov 23 2015 8:49PM
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skittiti
Posts: 172 - Karma: 434
AlsoKnownAsbut I did rock a fly one piece snowsuit until 98 or 99.


as did pretty much every kid. you're lying to yourself if you cant say you've ever rocked the onesie snowsuit
Nov 23 2015 8:49PM
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theabortionator
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skittitias did pretty much every kid. you're lying to yourself if you cant say you've ever rocked the onesie snowsuit



True, I feel like today everyone has saga, or jiberish their first day on the slopes. You actually could tell based on outerwear if somebody knew what was up. Now have the steeziest looking kids in the park can barely turn around the features.

I sometimes forget. I'll see somebody that looks like they're going to crush it and watch them run into a feature then they fuck up their turns and ski into the side of it, double eject and cry, and you're like "oh..."
Nov 23 2015 8:53PM
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Anesteezia
Posts: 239 - Karma: 1,386
AlsoKnownAsI sometimes forget. I'll see somebody that looks like they're going to crush it and watch them run into a feature then they fuck up their turns and ski into the side of it, double eject and cry, and you're like "oh..."


This reminded me of my gaper years. I want to go back in time and beat the shit out of myself.
Nov 23 2015 9:09PM
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Shoey-Ski
Posts: 1649 - Karma: 6,190
I'm still a gaper #freethegap #gapsrule!
Nov 23 2015 9:13PM
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HAMNATION
Posts: 814 - Karma: 1,719
not exactly in line with the thread but quality gaper stoiy. So I got this metalic purple weomens onzie at the thrift store in bv. On gaper day I was working ski vallet at the aribelle in vail so I had access to madd gaper shiz. I found this pair of 125 rental skis in the basement that the rental binding was just big enought to fit my sole lingth when I slid the heal piece all the way back and the toe piece foward. I got these poles that were like 5 feet long and this giant ass helmet with super tiny goggles from the lost and found so the gap was epic.

I was walking up the cheeze grater stairs at the base and this lady totally acosted me with genuine concern. She was like (southern accent) "honey you cant do that with rental skis they is gonna charge you" and I was thinking "lady your blowing my cover"

Ill try to stop rambling but this shit is gold coming up. So I was going to go the the shack off chair 26 and role a joint and there were these kids right by the treverse dressed like they can shred. I role up like "u guys going to the shack"? They say "no we are just taking a piss". So I ask them if they want to and they fallow me there. I ski in the door of the shack and onto the logs and there are like a half dozen fools in there some dressed for gaper day some in regular gear. The first thing one says sic gaper suit and gives me a tall can of pbr. I had to go back to work but its gaper day fuck it. At this point the kids who fallowed me to the shack come butt sliding down with their skis and snowboards and stumble in the door.

They start asking me questions like if I built the shack and how many people knew about it. I role a joint and ask if anyone wants to hit it and one of the kids does. Ten more minutes of bouncing around the shack on my 125's and acting retarded and my tall can is finished. These kids tell me their going to role out and the one who smoked the weed is like "how long does this take to kick in?" "and what is this going to be like?"
One dude asks him if he ever smoked weed before and he says no.

We all watch as the group attempts to ski out of the trees with some REAL difficulty. so here is the punch line... We were all laughing our balls off until it hit me... Were they really gapers or were they playing soo hard they just fooled all of us "MINDFUCK."

To this day I still second guess myself on this incident I still don't know.


ps I also loaded rode and unloaded the gondola with my skis on that day
Nov 23 2015 9:38PM
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Brue
Posts: 392 - Karma: 1,948
HAMNATIONnot exactly in line with the thread but quality gaper stoiy. So I got this metalic purple weomens onzie at the thrift store in bv. On gaper day I was working ski vallet at the aribelle in vail so I had access to madd gaper shiz. I found this pair of 125 rental skis in the basement that the rental binding was just big enought to fit my sole lingth when I slid the heal piece all the way back and the toe piece foward. I got these poles that were like 5 feet long and this giant ass helmet with super tiny goggles from the lost and found so the gap was epic.

I was walking up the cheeze grater stairs at the base and this lady totally acosted me with genuine concern. She was like (southern accent) "honey you cant do that with rental skis they is gonna charge you" and I was thinking "lady your blowing my cover"

Ill try to stop rambling but this shit is gold coming up. So I was going to go the the shack off chair 26 and role a joint and there were these kids right by the treverse dressed like they can shred. I role up like "u guys going to the shack"? They say "no we are just taking a piss". So I ask them if they want to and they fallow me there. I ski in the door of the shack and onto the logs and there are like a half dozen fools in there some dressed for gaper day some in regular gear. The first thing one says sic gaper suit and gives me a tall can of pbr. I had to go back to work but its gaper day fuck it. At this point the kids who fallowed me to the shack come butt sliding down with their skis and snowboards and stumble in the door.

They start asking me questions like if I built the shack and how many people knew about it. I role a joint and ask if anyone wants to hit it and one of the kids does. Ten more minutes of bouncing around the shack on my 125's and acting retarded and my tall can is finished. These kids tell me their going to role out and the one who smoked the weed is like "how long does this take to kick in?" "and what is this going to be like?"
One dude asks him if he ever smoked weed before and he says no.

We all watch as the group attempts to ski out of the trees with some REAL difficulty. so here is the punch line... We were all laughing our balls off until it hit me... Were they really gapers or were they playing soo hard they just fooled all of us "MINDFUCK."

To this day I still second guess myself on this incident I still don't know.


ps I also loaded rode and unloaded the gondola with my skis on that day



This is probably a good story but its too long.
Nov 23 2015 9:40PM
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HAMNATION
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BrueThis is probably a good story but its too long.


just read the 3rd paragraph
Nov 23 2015 9:42PM
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HAMNATION
Posts: 814 - Karma: 1,719
oh shit I meant the 5th paragraph
Nov 23 2015 9:43PM
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shin-bang
Posts: 4100 - Karma: 6,992
My first year skiing I wore all black, gaper goggles, and skied on old pointy black skis that had rounded rusty edges.

So you could say I loved to rock that og blackout style of clothing.
Nov 23 2015 9:59PM
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chuckmarty
Posts: 344 - Karma: 446
In high school I wore a fart bag and had no idea what ski maintenance was. I never waxed my skis and my edges were straight rust.

I used to hate skiing powder because I had skinny skis. I thought everyone who skied powder just had mad knee problems. Didn't realize fat skis made it easier.

Peed my pants skiing once.

Bought pro model gear because I thought it would make me ski better. Turns out it just made me look like a poser.

Still can't slide a rail.

Tomahawked 60 ft down a line at Breck.

First time I tried a 360 I rotated short and my heel piece went inside my ass. Had to go to the bathroom to make sure I wasn't bleeding. The anus was okay.

I gave Bobby Brown a pro callout and he laughed at me.

I bought snowblades and tuned them up.

Met a girl on tinder in a ski town. Slept over and hardcore clogged her toilet. Had to go buy a plunger while she made me breakfast. We're still friends.
Nov 23 2015 10:17PM
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whiteboi
Posts: 477 - Karma: 1,228
My first time at Alyeska about five years ago I thought that I was hot shit so I jumped in the big park and tried to send one of the 25+ footers. I was on rentals, and I hauled ass over the first jumps roller to get more speed, and then I did the classic gaper move and went off the jump super backseat. The next thing that I knew was that I was sprawled out across the landing on my back with both of my skis 20 feet apart. Good times
Nov 23 2015 10:38PM
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McNoche
Posts: 1731 - Karma: 3,661
chuckmartyIn high school I wore a fart bag and had no idea what ski maintenance was. I never waxed my skis and my edges were straight rust.

I used to hate skiing powder because I had skinny skis. I thought everyone who skied powder just had mad knee problems. Didn't realize fat skis made it easier.

Peed my pants skiing once.

Bought pro model gear because I thought it would make me ski better. Turns out it just made me look like a poser.

Still can't slide a rail.

Tomahawked 60 ft down a line at Breck.

First time I tried a 360 I rotated short and my heel piece went inside my ass. Had to go to the bathroom to make sure I wasn't bleeding. The anus was okay.

I gave Bobby Brown a pro callout and he laughed at me.

I bought snowblades and tuned them up.

Met a girl on tinder in a ski town. Slept over and hardcore clogged her toilet. Had to go buy a plunger while she made me breakfast. We're still friends.


You are the man! Keep on keeping' on
Nov 24 2015 12:07AM
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CHORIZO
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Crashed into a lift line fence too recently to admit...
Nov 24 2015 1:03AM
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BAYKUR
Posts: 344 - Karma: 2,579
my first backflip attempt i only leaned back and ended up landing directly on my head

i used to sag my size small plaid snowpants and wear a size extra small DC jacket. Needless to say I thought I was the shit.

Was completely oblivious to the fact that there were any pro skiiers outside of the dew tour

Used to put Line skis stickers on my old beaten up K2s and told my friends I had next years afterbangs
Nov 24 2015 1:21AM
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.tomskis
Posts: 380 - Karma: 1,025
I used to use the lips of rails as jumps.


Don't hate me.
Nov 24 2015 6:44AM
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steeze_louise
Posts: 548 - Karma: 2,094
when i was little I put scratch and sniff stickers on my helmet
Nov 24 2015 8:31AM
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shnazzyboyjamzy
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I once skiied into one of those plastic orange fences, somehow my ski stretched the hole and then went through then it closed so I was stuck. Ski patrol had to come back out with something to cut me out. Never really understood what happened.
Nov 24 2015 8:57AM
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Connor_Sullivan
Posts: 479 - Karma: 1,686
They second time I went skiing I picked it up pretty quickly and just took lessons to use the lift. I had some experience on the "big bunny hill" and thought I had my shit together. The issue was I was so confident that I knew what I was doing I ended up going on something that me with my 2 days of experience shouldn't have been on. I was with a group (school ski trip most of them had been skiers most of their life and I had just started) so we dropped in and I couldn't slow myself down very well. So like a runaway Ski patrol sled I was heading straight down the mountain on short flimsy rental skis, screaming so some unlucky Soccer mom and her children wouldn't end up becoming my airbag. I managed to avoid them (luckiest break I've ever had) and I just ran out the rest of the run. Long story short I almost killed myself and three other people because I thought I could ski whatever I wanted.
Nov 24 2015 9:06AM
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MNSkiers
Posts: 1154 - Karma: 7,533
I used to have a helmet to big for my head and whenever I went of a jump it would pretty much fall off. I remember I had a video of me falling and my helmet falling off but still buckled around my neck
Nov 24 2015 9:28AM
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chunk.
Posts: 115 - Karma: 316
I used to rock a pair of lime green and purple plaid pants with a lime green coat and a race helmet and all of it was about two sizes too small.

Always rocked the gaper gap.

had a pair of volkl race skis in 156 when I was almost 6'

proceeded to strait air every jump in the park

fell almost every time and couldn't get up without taking my skis off

I can now strait air with out flailing

still cant slide boxes or rails

I can do the switch on bunny hills

Yeah I'm still a gaper, i just cover it up with nice gear to make my self feel better.
Nov 24 2015 9:38AM
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tris10radeka
Posts: 267 - Karma: 665
i used to go off of the sides of the rail kickers.

i had atomic race skis, and this fucking stupid red jacket that made me look like a moron.

The moral of the story is that we were all gapers at one point
Nov 24 2015 9:46AM
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pattyeiks
Posts: 262 - Karma: 852
Last year I skied on 149 cm skis and I was 6'0.... On the last week of Hyland I was coming in hot to a big jump wearing a small high school sweater and I overshot by 20 feet and flailed in the air and feared for my life
Nov 24 2015 9:56AM
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scratchproteen
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AlsoKnownAsTrue, I feel like today everyone has saga, or jiberish their first day on the slopes. You actually could tell based on outerwear if somebody knew what was up. Now have the steeziest looking kids in the park can barely turn around the features.

I sometimes forget. I'll see somebody that looks like they're going to crush it and watch them run into a feature then they fuck up their turns and ski into the side of it, double eject and cry, and you're like "oh..."


This is super true, there used to be a time where the guy who was dressed in the steeziest looking shit was the best skier on the hill, and if you saw someone you didn't recognize you always watched to see if they were living up to the gear they were wearing.
Nov 24 2015 10:08AM
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The.Fish
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Had a large helmet with tiny white goggles for a huge gap. Then i bought a gopro cause I thought it would be epic. I used the j clip on top of my helmet so it looked really dumb (gopro owners know what a j clip is). I also had volkl race skis that i got used for $90 and were 149cm when i was 5' 8'. I had boots I bought online because the ones I got used broke in 1 day because the heel plates fell off. Did the typical little kid thing and undershot a jump in the "big park" probably 25 ft jump and i went 10 and doubld ejected onto my face. Now i actually kind of know what im doing lol.
Nov 24 2015 10:19AM
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vikidi.
Posts: 74 - Karma: 197
I made a sticker that spelled "tom wallisch" and put it on my helmet
Nov 24 2015 10:22AM
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Chair27Rider
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My first year competing (about 5 years ago) I was 11 and I thought I had the coolest setup. I wore orange oneil pants, purple yellow and grey orage coat, my helmet was orange and I wore rainbow electric goggles over my helmet. With the earmuffs out...
Nov 24 2015 10:43AM
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cydwhit
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I still use the lips for rails as jumps
Nov 24 2015 10:51AM
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joesdapoes
Posts: 171 - Karma: 1,898
I used to be a euro style gaper, full on neon light blue and orange
Nov 24 2015 10:55AM
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MARCOOO
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I use to wear this ugly old race helmet that I got from salvation army with a super small sky blue sweater and super small wall-mart marshmallow pants. Everything was tight as fuck and looked super un-proportional. I wore size small stuff because I was afraid of looking fat. Even though I'm a normal height skinny guy. My skis were long ass alpine skis paired with extremely heavy size 33 boots (I'm size 26.5). I would hit the jumps, knuckle them and talk about with my friends how much air I got even though the jump gives you like 2 feet of air. I'd even use the rail lips as jumps. Everyone would stare at me and I just thought I was cool, but then I eventually realized...
Nov 24 2015 11:00AM
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CUSHKOMA
Posts: 171 - Karma: 655
When I started skiing park I was getting sendy with 50 inch poles, I wasn't skiing like a gaper but I sure as hell felt like one.

Also I rocked a gaper gap about as big as Chad's Gap back in the day
Nov 24 2015 11:05AM
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milliescott
Posts: 137 - Karma: 350
I've fallen over whilst dropping into a jump, not just once either
Nov 24 2015 11:15AM
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HugLife
Posts: 476 - Karma: 221
used snow blades and poles... not proud of it.
Nov 24 2015 11:16AM
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meparadis
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"The Jibbers of today are going to be the Gapers of tomorrow"
Nov 24 2015 11:21AM
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galardogod
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I used to used hookit to get sponsors and
Legitimately thought I was a pro skier. I could barely 50-50 a box to make it better. Almost applied to the dumont cup lmao
Nov 24 2015 11:26AM
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tacoshoppedrew
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chuckmartyIn high school I wore a fart bag and had no idea what ski maintenance was. I never waxed my skis and my edges were straight rust.

I used to hate skiing powder because I had skinny skis. I thought everyone who skied powder just had mad knee problems. Didn't realize fat skis made it easier.

Peed my pants skiing once.

Bought pro model gear because I thought it would make me ski better. Turns out it just made me look like a poser.

Still can't slide a rail.

Tomahawked 60 ft down a line at Breck.

First time I tried a 360 I rotated short and my heel piece went inside my ass. Had to go to the bathroom to make sure I wasn't bleeding. The anus was okay.

I gave Bobby Brown a pro callout and he laughed at me.

I bought snowblades and tuned them up.

Met a girl on tinder in a ski town. Slept over and hardcore clogged her toilet. Had to go buy a plunger while she made me breakfast. We're still friends.


holy shit the last story had me crying
Nov 24 2015 11:33AM
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namessteve
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The best is kids wearing full rasta color gear.

I also hate it when people use the term "twin tips"
Nov 24 2015 11:37AM
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ABskier
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one of my first 360 attempts was off a mogul jump into a really soft landing, I ended up only spinning 180 and landed on my tails. rolled backwards and my tips dug into the snow almost all the way up to my boots, and my head was buried up to just past my goggles. I couldn't reach my skis and had to wait until someone came and unclicked my skis.
Nov 24 2015 11:56AM
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John18_6
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cydwhitI still use the lips for rails as jumps


finessin on em
Nov 24 2015 12:05PM
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trannyfinder.edu
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V_SvenfeltI made a sticker that spelled "tom wallisch" and put it on my helmet


Shortest, sweetest and best reply yet.
Nov 24 2015 12:06PM
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EvanWalz
Posts: 273 - Karma: 347
Entered a slopestyle comp when I was 8. Gaped every single jump. 11 years later, still haven't forgiven myself.
Nov 24 2015 12:08PM
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Campering
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When I was first learning how to ski switch, I never really caught onto the fact that I needed to always be looking over my shoulder. I usually did, but when I would turn I would switch shoulders. So this one time while I'm bombing the hill switch I do a turn and switch shoulders just in time to see a little kid (probably 8-10) turn right in front of me.

I smoked the kid full speed but I grabbed him full bear-hug style so he didn't hit the ground. Carried him for a solid 20m, plopped him down, asked if he was okay, and skied away in shame. I'm lucky there was no parent there to scream at me lol
Nov 24 2015 12:13PM
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finkinsella
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I was a smaller human at this time. Aged between 6 and 8, I didn't want to bother my ski school by making them wait for me when draining the main vein. So I used to piss in my cotton Long John's, after the first few times I discovered a rush of warmth and continued to do this for a couple of years, only feeling ashamed when getting home and sneaking to the bathroom to wash my underwear in the bath.
Nov 24 2015 12:29PM
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frontswap
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I shat in my snow pants. My dad made me throw out those underwear. That was my favorite pair of underwear...
Nov 24 2015 12:39PM
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Connor_Sullivan
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finkinsellaI was a smaller human at this time. Aged between 6 and 8, I didn't want to bother my ski school by making them wait for me when draining the main vein. So I used to piss in my cotton Long John's, after the first few times I discovered a rush of warmth and continued to do this for a couple of years, only feeling ashamed when getting home and sneaking to the bathroom to wash my underwear in the bath.


Definitely needed a new account for that one, good call
Nov 24 2015 12:40PM
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