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This is what we really ought to do to gapers- specifically at 0:32. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf9VXkCpRjk Apologies for my lack of imbed skills
Also cool promo for Mt. Bohemia with some nicepow footage.
Oh yeah? Well my gaper friends do double blacks, sometimes even triple, quadruple black diamonds if they're really feeling good. They go wicked fast too.
Anyway, I play along and say that I'm still getting comfortable on blues. Skiing is clearly based on confidence on your skill, whether you are just making it through your first days or boosting a massive jump. Many consider that just "skiing" a black diamond will increase their skill, and that just making it down, no matter how out of control, will make them a better skier. It doesn't help when friends that really aren't that experienced either think it would be funny for the new guy to rocket down and steep trail. I don't blame them for seeking some of their first adrenaline in this sport, but it often means harder trails are filled with people who don't belong there. It can ruin your line sometimes and is dangerous for the beginner and anyone around. Even so, I really enjoy watching people learn this amazing thinjg we call skiing, and try to encourage it. This was more on general beginners than gapers, but whaterever. /rant
PS- could someone embed the youtube vid I posted above (+ k)
here ya go
conversatin between me and gaper:
gaper: do you like the "train" park
me: yes, i like the terrain park
gaper: oh can you do like 360's
me: yeah
gaper: yeah, im pretty good at 560's
*going up the t-bar at gnartock*
gaper: are you a skier
me: yes...
gaper : well i know that , i meant can you do a backflip and stuff?
me: no...
gaper: oh so you're not a skier?
me: *stopped talking
this story is true , this kid was a dumbass snowbaorder , like seriosly i'm obviously a skier if i have skis on. lol
this wasn't me personally but still a good story...
gaper - so did your skis start out with those curves on either end?
friend (w/ other friend) - well actually no, ours both started out completely flat but caught into the snow really easily. We needed a quick solution, so we decided to breed. Our skis made naughty love and through natural selection and evolution, they need to be lifted on either side. 9 months later, out popped our little twin skis. Now that you understand the origin of "twin" tips, do you have any other questions?
gaper - *looks, thinks, looks, thinks, looks away*
i at someskikid123 house and some guy that lives next to him comes out asking if we wanted some newish skis, we sid hell ya, he came out with these sick old rossis they are now mounted on my wall.
then last week at work my boss asked if i could ski black dimonds he then proceded to ask if the instroctors at my winter job had cpr traning. fyi the place i work at has 100 feet vertical and three trails
this happened to my friend at our local hill
gaper: hey your a good snowboarder, can you do rails?
my friend: yeah watch
friend does the rail and hikes up
gaper: your good, are you friends with shawn white?
my friend:....... hahahahhaha
Gaper at gore: somone do a backflip 1080
Me: I cant do them but im learning.
Gaper: WHAT THE FUCK WHO ARE WE BUILDING THESE PARKS FOR WHAT THE FUCK.
Me: just skis on
Everyone that has been a newbie once, know all these sayings and quotes. We have all claimed, shouted, asked and excused. It’s time to have a good laugh off this compilation of newbeginner quotes: [IMG]http://media.newschoolers.com/uploads/images/17/00/40/74/17/407417.png[/IMG]
Tricks, notes, and quotes from the summer big air blowout that never was.
Whistler Blackcomb closes out the season in the most memorable way possible with the annual and legendary Gaper Day. *updated with video*
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