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What's a beginner called?

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skigumby
Posts: 10 - Karma: 91
In rock climbing you call them a gumby (I'm climber if you can tell from my name...) and in mountain biking you call them joeys. What about skiing? I'm labeling myself one forever for starting this thread...
Jan 20 2021 12:05PM 20 2
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Sharko
Posts: 2265 - Karma: 3,914
Why is it important that we label and stigmatize inexperienced people?

I call them skiers.

**This post was edited on Jan 20th 2021 at 12:12:31pm
Jan 20 2021 12:12PM 52 5
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poofartpee
Posts: 7401 - Karma: 1,187
Punter, Jerry, Gorby. Americans seem to like Gaper
Jan 20 2021 12:12PM 30 1
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DummyBears
Posts: 1117 - Karma: 3,128
Novice if you want to be technical.
Jan 20 2021 12:16PM 17 0
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RichKid
Posts: 251 - Karma: 1,786
Jerry or Gaper depending who you ask
Jan 20 2021 12:23PM 23 0
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aFrogiscool
Posts: 25 - Karma: 147
jerry. i just call them a jerry
Jan 20 2021 12:26PM 10 0
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GrandThings
Posts: 1845 - Karma: 12,506
Jerry =/= Beginner. You can be a skier for your entire life and still be a Jerry if you have a wack attitude or do ignorant shit.

If anything I'd call a new skier a grom but thats more of a snowboard term IMO
Jan 20 2021 12:44PM 43 2
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ReturnToMonkey
Posts: 1274 - Karma: 7,362
GrandThingsJerry =/= Beginner. You can be a skier for your entire life and still be a Jerry if you have a wack attitude or do ignorant shit.

If anything I'd call a new skier a grom but thats more of a snowboard term IMO

Groms are just kids, whether it's their first time on skis or if it's kai jones
Jan 20 2021 12:47PM 52 0
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wyld_stallyns
Posts: 448 - Karma: 4,171
Type I Skier
Jan 20 2021 1:33PM 25 0
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Biffbarf
Posts: 2492 - Karma: 22,370
How's about just calling them beginners

Gapers are the skiers who ski 4x a year on their annual trip from texas to aspen and will tell you they've 'skied their whole life'. It's different.
Jan 20 2021 1:59PM 26 2
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Bended_Toenail
Posts: 1191 - Karma: 7,528
Jerry/Gaper: Skis a couple of times a year, or just bad at skiing. Often douchey

Grom: Child who may or may not be good at skiing. I've also heard Grom used to describe a significant other that is being taught to ski

Beginner: could be a jerry, but only if they are doing something completely wrong other than being bad at skiing.
Jan 20 2021 2:03PM 17 1
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SendyMcSendyface
Posts: 1470 - Karma: 6,761
Beginners. Fuck this labelling newcomers bullshit. Got mad respect for anyone trying it out, especially as an adult. Save kook/gaper/jerry for people who actually deserve it.
Jan 20 2021 2:40PM 21 0
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BruceDogFart
Posts: 149 - Karma: 617
richiiiJerry or Gaper depending who you ask


gaper master-race
Jan 20 2021 3:02PM 0 0
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typicaldenverkid
Posts: 110 - Karma: 1,051
A beginner is simply a newcomer to the sport

A jerry is one who will tell you they’ve been skiing for 20 years but only have 40 or so days in their skiing career
Jan 20 2021 3:30PM 11 1
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TRVP_ANGEL
Posts: 9567 - Karma: 60,937
beginner
Jan 20 2021 4:02PM 0 0
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first_rodeo
Posts: 2302 - Karma: 7,243
fukin Kook
Jan 20 2021 4:02PM 3 0
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DeebieSkeebies
Posts: 30509 - Karma: 36,354
leave those who are getting into this stuff for all the reasons we did alone, man. Its all fun, and we've all had plenty of experiences bagging on gapers, but its just playing more into barriers to entry in our sport and keeps things exclusive. Not everyone is some rich asshole from Cali on an ikon pass.
Jan 20 2021 4:10PM 2 1
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snowmosexual
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 5,371
These are the bread and butter of the ski industry. We may provide the media culture, but they are the ones buying day lessons/rentals/tickets, getting full lunches in the lodge, and over paying for goggles when they forget their own. Without these Gapers we would pay too much to ski or have to earn all our turns. Maybe the culture would be solid, but we would suffer in diversity. Plus who would be amazed at our crappy nose butter 3s.

tldr: Respect the Gapers
Jan 20 2021 4:31PM 22 0
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gilbertressel
Posts: 216 - Karma: 2,586
snowmosexualThese are the bread and butter of the ski industry. We may provide the media culture, but they are the ones buying day lessons/rentals/tickets, getting full lunches in the lodge, and over paying for goggles when they forget their own. Without these Gapers we would pay too much to ski or have to earn all our turns. Maybe the culture would be solid, but we would suffer in diversity. Plus who would be amazed at our crappy nose butter 3s.

tldr: Respect the Gapers

Holy fuck this man spittin
Jan 20 2021 6:52PM 8 0
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SlitherySnake
Posts: 476 - Karma: 2,023
snowmosexualThese are the bread and butter of the ski industry. We may provide the media culture, but they are the ones buying day lessons/rentals/tickets, getting full lunches in the lodge, and over paying for goggles when they forget their own. Without these Gapers we would pay too much to ski or have to earn all our turns. Maybe the culture would be solid, but we would suffer in diversity. Plus who would be amazed at our crappy nose butter 3s.

tldr: Respect the Gapers


not the hero that we deserve, but the one we need
Jan 21 2021 1:35PM 3 0
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