In this snowboarder's opinion, the answer is a resounding 'yes'.
Advice needed Are skiers now the biggest menace on the hill?
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Voted yes.
They're also the menace on the road.
Are all late-model Audis driven by skiers?
Hardly ever see the stand up toboggan when it’s steep, moguls or back country.
They seem to congregate in Flocks around chair lifts.
Therefore , skiers are the problem.
This post actually makes sense, so I'm not sure it belongs in this thread?
There are responsible skiers and responsible snowboarders. And then there are the knobs.
I’m not sure why somebody else’s blind spot problem is everybody else’s problem.
I’ve always just treated the problem like a game of rugby. If in doubt drop in the shoulder and take ‘em out.
Heaps more split tobogganeer flocks in the BC in the past few years.
Leaving trails of nuts, bolts & washers.
That’s PBs theory also.
Seems to work for him.
Whereas I take evasive action and usually end up hurting myself. Should learn to drop the shoulder, but it’s instinctive right?
Telemarkers are the biggest menace. It's only since I spend more of my time whoring myself out on alpine skis that you've noticed the change.
most telemarkers are ok but a few seem to be a variation of the racing snowplougher. they may change feet a lot but don't seem to turn far and don't seem too much in control
I find yodeling whilst flapping my Whippet ski poles around gives me an invisible force field of impenetrable defence against wayward sliding attackers.
I just got a text from someone on a mountain today:
"Pretty funny today. All the “beautiful” people are up for their weekend in the sun thinking they own the place"
Telemarkers are just figure skaters who got confused and wound on planks instead of blades.
so what your saying, is skiers have trouble getting to the bottom of a mountain?
Happy to give lessons. Friday flat Sunday afternoon. Skate skis, rugby ball, beer and enough of us to make two teams. You will soon be taking out your opposite team mate with enough gratuitous violence to make any day on super trail fun again.
Indifferent if ski or snowboard.
Careful what you say. I'm a snowboarder and consider myself very responsible.
If they made that a sport I would sign up…Seems like good training.
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Blind spots ! A snow boarder is always 50% blind. Either facing up hill or down hill with no eyes in their back. And. Always hung over so that probably takes the level of blindness to maybe 95%. Everyone knows that skiers are clean living vegans and they eat activated almonds every morning and never touch the devils broth……….
Also. An oldie but a goodie. “What’s the favourite greeting of a snow boarder to a skier when they “catch up” on the slope. “Sorry Dude”
I consider myself highly irresponsible, so we average out to mildly irresponsible. That means @teckel is technically correct... the best kind of correct!
Arnt telrmarkers the left over die hards from the ballet cult.
I've tried spinning kicks, but difficult when both feet are strapped in
Last time I had a snow collision was 2010 on Perisher front valley during night skiing. Thought I was years past colliding with people at that point.
Middle age lady ran into me at near base of V8, early 30’s male, not small or a soft build, tried to turn away & soften myself as she hit, still felt like a truck running over a wallaby.
Poor thing made a noise like a deflating sack, was mortified, though I’d hospitaled her or worse. She hadn’t even seen me, was like she skied straight into an unpadded pylon. Ironically had been riding as far away as possible from centre of slope to avoid skiers & nabblers going too fast for their ability.
Moral of the story - don’t go to front valley.Fast skiing and snowboarding, especially on the weekend, is like driving a sports car at 150km/h or more on public roads.
The industry sells dreams of high G arc to arc turns, but most videos are filmed on empty slopes.
As both a telemarker and occasional figure skater I can say with authority they are polar opposites. Weight forward to tele well but weight forward on skates and your feet go backwards. Very disconcerting tbh.
One of the best ski school directors that I worked for who was and still is a PSIA luminary made a comment early in the shaped ski era that went something along the lines of "Why are we teaching people to carve and ski faster? We should be teaching them to shape their turns and ski slower!"
But isn't skiing fast on the inside ski how you become an expert (amongst your mates)
Now we give them fat skis so they can plough through anything without turning. Who needs turns? Straight lining is the new turn.
Lesson 1
Slow is good. Fast is bad. Let’s see who can go the slowest down this hill.
So many confused faces!
I love a short turn. Nice short turns all the way down cat tracks. Screws many who don’t actually know how to slow turn.
The snowboarder was so spooked that he decided to ski instead? That must have been a pretty traumatic experience to make someone self-harm like that!
Haha, snow boarding is like taking the drivers seat out of the car, and bolting it back in sideways!
You know it makes sense!
