Vail Sucks!

**mr_gyptian** · 01-07-2009, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by carvedog

I don't think the guy should lose his job for being a photographer and photographing the news on his own time with own camera. I asked Sharpshooters for an explanation of his suspension, I will post up the reply I receive if any.

If they don't respond, I will escalate this to the next level.
Any legal mags want to comment on any sanctions I/we may take or pursue to make these guys cough up the furball of their unrighteousness.

Vail does suck if they pressured Sharpshooters to suspend this guy.

I think they did him a favor.

Sharpshooting has got to be the worst job on any mountain.

**PTracy P1** · 01-07-2009, 07:36 PM

Originally Posted by beth_clark

The unfortunate skier pictured in these photos passed out. Luckily one of our patrolmen from Brokeback Mt. Ski Area was on the scene and gave the man mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and applied a warm compress to his frostbitten member. I am happy to report that the man is feeling well and is back to the slopes.

http://www.skibrokeback.com/pr10.htm

winner winner chicken dinner.

**Ripzalot** · 01-08-2009, 01:28 AM

it just made the local papers in switzerland today.

**mdskier** · 01-08-2009, 02:08 AM

At Blue Knob years ago a gaper guy with a belt and buckle on the rear
of his parka was offloading at the top. The buckle jammed between slats
on the chair holding the belt taut causing him to go around the bullwheel
hanging flat like a spider on a string.

I must have laughed for 15 minutes. The lifty was not helpful. He came out
yelling and screaming to the guy that he was a moron. LOL again!

**ex-powderbroker** · 01-08-2009, 08:28 AM

anyone going to Vail from Keystone today?

**Jag** · 01-08-2009, 12:12 PM

The next North Face ad:

"Whether you want to pull it all out on the mountain or just hang around the kids, North Face will always hold up"

**buckethead** · 01-08-2009, 12:46 PM

hehe you said blue knob. ^^how a propos

Originally Posted by mdskier

At Blue Knob years ago a gaper guy with a belt and buckle on the rear
of his parka was offloading at the top. The buckle jammed between slats
on the chair holding the belt taut causing him to go around the bullwheel
hanging flat like a spider on a string.

I must have laughed for 15 minutes. The lifty was not helpful. He came out
yelling and screaming to the guy that he was a moron. LOL again!

**Downbound Train** · 01-08-2009, 01:13 PM

Story made "The O'Reilly Factor" last night in the "Pinheads & Patriots" section. Bill made the pinhead of the day THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO TOOK THE PICTURE!! WTF.

**Steven S. Dallas** · 01-08-2009, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by Downbound Train

Bill made the pinhead of the day THE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO TOOK THE PICTURE!! WTF.

Your watching the O'Reilly Factor makes you the pinhead of the day.

**Downbound Train** · 01-08-2009, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas

Your watching the O'Reilly Factor makes you the pinhead of the day.

Never saw that one coming

(NOT)
Sorry you're not feeling good about yourself today.

**Steven S. Dallas** · 01-08-2009, 02:03 PM

I feel fantastic! But thanks for your concern.

**Downbound Train** · 01-08-2009, 02:27 PM

Originally Posted by Steven S. Dallas

I feel fantastic! But thanks for your concern.

Glad you are ok....
I just find it bizzare that people are shitting on the photographer.

Why aren't O'Reilly and everyone else PROFITTING from the pic at fault??
If a good picture exsists they HAVE to run it?
Did the evil photographer put a gun to their heads and make them show the world what happened to that poor bastard?
Media HYPOCRITES that's all....Nothing new there.

I think the guy who took that pic should be one of the "Real Men of Genius" in the next Bud Ad. Halftime in the Super Bowl would be cool.

**TyWebb** · 01-08-2009, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by Downbound Train

I think the guy who took that pic should be one of the "Real Men of Genius" in the next Bud Ad. Halftime in the Super Bowl would be cool.

You're kidding right...nice timing...check this out!!!

**Downbound Train** · 01-08-2009, 03:58 PM

Originally Posted by TyWebb

You're kidding right...nice timing...check this out!!!

WOW...No conection, I swear. That goes in the Great minds think alike catigory.

**alto** · 01-08-2009, 04:11 PM

edit -
Removed a contact at Vail's PR/Relations/Comm dept.

They claim to have not been involved with the termination of the photog. Sounds like bullshit to me, but so be it.

**techlogik** · 01-08-2009, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian

HAHAHAH!!!

Its peak gaper season right now. I have been slammed in the head with the safety bar at least a dozen times in the last week.

Is this a new cool trend, not have the safety bar down? As long as they say bar coming down...what's the problem?

Unless you are one of those cool kids that want to fall to your death one day.

Whatever..each his own.

**techlogik** · 01-08-2009, 04:51 PM

Me and a bud at Park City Mountain one year had a lifty hold the chair a long time for some dumb reason, let it go like a sling shot right as we were sitting down, the f(&ing thing hit us in the ass, we were barely on and got launched off the front off the platform into about waist deep snow.

They looked at us like we had a problem..sure, two of us just happen to fall off at the same time...I wanted to terminate this guys life...fortunately we just fell off the chair and down a foot or two and the chair went over our heads somehow missing knocking us out cold.

Took me about 5 minutes to get out of the snow, get my skis etc...out of that crap, lots of fun.

The lifties are something else for sure.

**gbarnum** · 01-08-2009, 04:53 PM

Back to your regularly scheduled program....... Vail was fun today. LOTS of snow, and Blue Sky was pretty untracked. Warmed up really fast, though.

**Whiteroom_Guardian** · 01-08-2009, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by techlogik

Is this a new cool trend, not have the safety bar down? As long as they say bar coming down...what's the problem?

Unless you are one of those cool kids that want to fall to your death one day.

Whatever..each his own.

"Cool new trend" what in 1940? Only gapers put the bar down. I have no problem with people putting the bar down IF THEY WARN ME but people will just slam it into your head with zero warning.

And statictically speaking gapers fall off the chair whether the bar is down or down or not.

**AMF** · 01-08-2009, 05:34 PM

Good thinking. Suspend the guy that took the picture not the liftie that couldn't manage the simple task of flipping down the seat (Although I think the human pinata definitely shares some of the blame).

**bfr** · 01-09-2009, 12:01 AM

Originally Posted by techlogik

Is this a new cool trend, not have the safety bar down? As long as they say bar coming down...what's the problem?

Unless you are one of those cool kids that want to fall to your death one day.

Whatever..each his own.

Please post more...once a year is not enough of this excellent commentary! It's the idiots that have the bar on your head before your boards off the snow...not the act of using the bar. 'tard.

Originally Posted by techlogik

Me and a bud at Park City Mountain one year had a lifty hold the chair a long time for some dumb reason, let it go like a sling shot right as we were sitting down, the f(&ing thing hit us in the ass, we were barely on and got launched off the front off the platform into about waist deep snow.

They looked at us like we had a problem..sure, two of us just happen to fall off at the same time...I wanted to terminate this guys life...fortunately we just fell off the chair and down a foot or two and the chair went over our heads somehow missing knocking us out cold.

Took me about 5 minutes to get out of the snow, get my skis etc...out of that crap, lots of fun.

The lifties are something else for sure.

I wish I was the lifty next time you go skiing.

**bfr** · 01-09-2009, 12:03 AM

Paul Harvey News and Comment today...

But the story was all messed up. "Vail's Blue Sky Resort..." or some such stupidness... "The lift went up...his pants went down..." Didn't know KMTN ran PH.

**gbarnum** · 01-09-2009, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by Whiteroom_Guardian

Only gapers put the bar down.

I concurr, my good man. You can always tell when you are riding the lift with someone from out of town.....

No disrespect to toursits - a lot of money and jobs depend on them, but please, just sit back, you WONT FALL OFF!! I swear!