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Jihaddist_jibberSki patrol can be really chill, or just huge pricks
casual.weekdaywe were on the gondi at whiteface talking about skiing the slides and a patroller said we could go up with her if we wanted to, 10am, first tracks. best day i've ever had at whiteface.
parkplaygroundI also see ski patrol occasionally as im about to duck ropes and they never say anything. Anyone else have this issue?
BortyAnd the first ski inversion I ever saw in real life(that I can recall was a ski patroller filming another ski patroller throwing down some type of rodeo ish deal in the pipe at Labrador in 98/99.
RozbrookLabrador in CNY? That's where I grew up skiing, the patrol was mostly cool dudes there.
parkplaygroundYesterday, it snowed overnight at my mountain (EC) and so it was a perfect day to ski under the liftlines and duck ropes. Normally the Skier ski patrollers give zero fucks about this shit but on one of the runs, we came down on a closed trail full of pow, and as we wait in line to get up, my vice principle sees us, and calls us out for dipping the ropes (hes an ambassador at the mountain) loud enough for the snowboarder ski patrol right next to him to hear. We got our pass ID's written down and were warned that we shouldnt fuck around.
This whole thing is stupid, because Last year, on the same exact liftlines, I waved to a ski patrol while I was on the trail and he looked hyped and waved back. I also see ski patrol occasionally as im about to duck ropes and they never say anything. Anyone else have this issue?
BortyI just nostalgia'd hard. Sorry
Denise_Reynolds??? you want to get caught?
californiagrownWhile in the longass chair lineup waiting for the lift to start spinning on a pow day I asked a troller if I could smoke a bowl.
He responded "sometimes its better to ask forgiveness than permission", and then walked away.
BogsProbably the time they helped prevent my friend from dying.
Anyone who hates on ski patrol is an idiot.
NobassettThe patrollers at Nubs Nob in Michigan got first tracks on the best pow day on the best lines, (its a big deal because we only have 400 vertical feet) and then cut everyone and waited for first chair on the sunday of MLK weekend.
californiagrownWhy you mad though? This happens at every resort ever on pow days.
And the fact it's flat and only 400 very makes it NOT a big deal haha.
Nobassettonly mad cause I'm an instructor who had to deal with screaming triplets after we got cut, and they happened to be a patrollers kids.
VinnieFUsually patrollers have to ski the runs first to make sure there's no hazards on them. So with many runs and a few patrollers it can take more than 1 lap.
Instructors can be some of the biggest pain in the asses to patrollers. Also some of the best help.
One night I was patrolling with another guy, both of us early 20s. It's not unusual to get 2 calls at or close to the same time on the nights when school groups come. Usually nothing serious. We had an instructor come bring us someone with a sprained wrist or something. Which is cool, appreciate him helping them get to the patrol shack. While helping him I leave my radio on the bed next to us and a call comes in for someone hurt. The instructor dude grabs my radio and responds to the call and starts acting like he's in charge telling the other patroller and myself what to do and how to organize ourselves for a second injury and being a totally demeaning prick about it assuming we knew nothing because we were young. I was so close to losing my shit on him.
Also another time an instructor came to me with a park rat he said cut off one of his kids causing an accident and was demanding I take his pass. I said that wasn't my job so he called the hill manager to come talk to me about my responsibilities thinking I was just siding with the park rat since I frequently lapped the park and had twin tips.
VinnieFUsually patrollers have to ski the runs first to make sure there's no hazards on them. So with many runs and a few patrollers it can take more than 1 lap.
Instructors can be some of the biggest pain in the asses to patrollers. Also some of the best help.
One night I was patrolling with another guy, both of us early 20s. It's not unusual to get 2 calls at or close to the same time on the nights when school groups come. Usually nothing serious. We had an instructor come bring us someone with a sprained wrist or something. Which is cool, appreciate him helping them get to the patrol shack. While helping him I leave my radio on the bed next to us and a call comes in for someone hurt. The instructor dude grabs my radio and responds to the call and starts acting like he's in charge telling the other patroller and myself what to do and how to organize ourselves for a second injury and being a totally demeaning prick about it assuming we knew nothing because we were young. I was so close to losing my shit on him.
Also another time an instructor came to me with a park rat he said cut off one of his kids causing an accident and was demanding I take his pass. I said that wasn't my job so he called the hill manager to come talk to me about my responsibilities thinking I was just siding with the park rat since I frequently lapped the park and had twin tips.
RparrWhy do all the older patrollers/instructors generally hate park rats. I once got threatened to have my pass taken for hitting a feature 4 features up fucking hill from a downed person they were attending too. I just skied right past them and didn't stop.
