Shit that annoys you

[riser4]

Slarve.

[frorider]

I dunno, call it what you want but powersliding/drifting/buttering/sideslipping/falling leaf have been a legitimate technique in terrain management since the beginning of time. There are bullshit off camber firmbird parts of the mountain that I've been buttering for decades.

Sounds like you identify as a snowboarder

[Foggy_Goggles]

Sounds like you identify as a snowboarder

Is that preferred to crusty fuck! I've snowboarded plenty and yes lots of modern offpiste technique comes from snowboarding. The video doesn't advocate for heelside grooming a pristine chute. Most snowboarders have better style the average chachi skier with their unnecessarily aggressive up and down dork moves.

[Buster Highmen]

... average chachi skier with their unnecessarily aggressive up and down dork moves.

That would be me!

[Foggy_Goggles]

That would be me!

No. They are trying to be you. It would be as if your turns were the latest Tik Tok dance trend and many skiers are the no rhythm and coordination interpretation.

[bennymac]

The super high swinging pole plants while over exaggerating bobbing up and down always gets a chuckle

[plugboots]

Here’s my buddy in a couloir after foggy’s been at it:

[ötzi]

That's ugly. Looks like an army sideslipped down that.

[Ted Striker]

Getting a letter for fucking jury duty. I’m fairly certain I’d be dismissed though due to my very nature.

It's been determined here in the Jury thread that you can just blow it off. But it can be entertaining. Here's a repost of my "TR"


I was supposedly one of 200 yet only 30 showed. So much for coming up with a creative excuse - just don't show up!
I asked how many no-shows they get, and the answer was, "We don't know. We don't track that".

They needed 13 out of 30. Shit! This wasn't looking good. First person scratched broke down and cried when asked their first direct question. Serious wingnut, or academy award nominee. Either way, kudos. Next person gone with, "I'm her friend". Nicely played.

"Anyone here have any connection to the legal system?"

"I'm a border guard" Bzzt, Next! (thing is, he actually wanted to be picked)

"I'm a lawyer" What type of law? "Immigration" Not good enough, you're staying. " ...series of non sequiturs..." See ya! (funny thing here was that she was trying to plead her case for being on the jury, but too crazy and self-involved to stay in context)

"I've appeared before this judge before, and have an issue before him currently. Additionally, I have a previous conviction, but my rights have been restored" No problem, you're on the jury! What. in. the. fuck? Actually, I was kinda glad he made it because he was entertaining in the jury room.

"Who here really wants to be on a jury?"

Milton Waddams raises his hand. Civic duty, scales of justice, something in Klingon, 12-sided die, unintelligible muttering...
Thanks for playing! What's Milton's parting gift, Don?

"Who thinks this is a waste of time, and really doesn't want to do this?"

A few hands go up.
OK, you're excused.

You have got to be kidding me! I could've had a V8?! Facepalm.


"You thirteen be back after lunch. As for the rest of you, the Grand Ave Ale House is three blocks south."

[Buster Highmen]

Here’s my buddy in a couloir after foggy’s been at it:

Couloir du Lac?

I've never seen it that shitty.

[plugboots]

Couloir Patou.

[Buster Highmen]

I don't like that traverse, so I haven't skied it that much, but again, never seen it that trenched out.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Not me, I usually go Banane

[Buster Highmen]

Not me, I usually go Banane

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[KQ]

I find this kinda annoying.

Apparently GenZ thinks people who use this emoji [emoji106]are passive aggressive and/or angry at them.

[halliday]

I find this kinda annoying.

Apparently GenZ thinks people who use this emoji [emoji106]are passive aggressive and/or angry at them.

Let them think that.

[Harry]

Sounds like it annoyed them. Good, makes me not annoyed.


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I find this kinda annoying.

Apparently GenZ thinks people who use this emoji [emoji106]are passive aggressive and/or angry at them.

[emoji106]

[Meadow Skipper]

I find this kinda annoying.

Apparently GenZ thinks people who use this emoji [emoji106]are passive aggressive and/or angry at them.

❄️❄️❄️ <- snowflake emoji, in case it doesn’t come thru.

[Djongo Unchained]

I met my wife on the sublette chair at Jackson by getting her and her girlfriend to split up and be the 4th on our chair.
I feel like at Jackson on Sublette and Thunder the regulars would harass you if you didn’t fill the chairs correctly. I mean I do.

Generally in JH we have simple singles lanes and no one complains when ya wanna fill a chair...unless the maze is quiet or empty.
Then, assume peeps would rather ride alone unless politely asked if they'd like some company.
On a pow day, any empty slots are noticed and vocalized about.

Me too!
That chair is magical.

Back to shit that annoys me.
I’m dreading the high speed “upgrade”

Next summer is the scheduled new Sublette installation. You mags should look into buying a chair.
Last week, for the first time evaaaaaaar, I said to myself, "damn this chair is slow".

I'm generally willing to cut liftys a fair amount of slack, but some of them are pretty terrible at their job.

JH liftops has embraced hiring from the bottom of the barrel since housing them is nigh impossible.
It's a laughable junkshow mostly. 1 in 15 hires has any ski sense. Many are FDB's or advanced intermedes.
I give very little quarter to lifties m'self. FFS, it's a simple job. One day's instruction on the hows and whys of the job and they should be home free.
Bump that fucking chair! On Sublette, you let it hit my knees at full speed and you're gonna hear about it.
HSQs have all but killed the art of the sliding bump.

Contrarily, I treat them proper in general and connect with the cool ones. That new little librarian girl on Casper doesn't look very ski-ish but dang she's grinning at me on every lap. Cute lil' button.

[Foggy_Goggles]

Djongo gets the protocol as usual. If its busy, all chairs are filled one way on the other. If you don't like the system there are only two options a. STFU b. Regulate. Its a fucking ski area, the lifties ain't line cops unless they want to be. Really there is just one rule, "just fuckin' go". If it's slow, it's good form to ask.

IMO, the lift vibe can kinda make or break the place all the way from the total goob to the hardend family man. You have to deal with them on every run. Winter Park has great lifties that love skiing. It's kinda the step of job above bowl patrol or F&B. They really make the place a lot more enjoyable.

[Mustonen]

Oh right. In the quiet Midwest I always ask. If somebody seems unsure or dithers I don’t press the issue. If somebody just generally seems uncomfortable or avoids eye contact I won’t bother. I usually leave kids and snowboarders alone unless they seem pretty competent. Etc. It’s a very friendly, Midwest-nice sort of vibe with most.

Nobody is telling anybody they can’t go up alone around here, even if it is busy, though as patrol I’ll often encourage singles to make friends if the line gets long.

I’m still floored by the whole thing. I’m of half a mind to send a note to the hill manager to make sure they don’t make that a policy, but worried I’ll just end up having them bake something stupid in.

[Name Redacted]

Our recently upgraded 6pack lift is kinda funny. Awesome lift and super fast compared to the old three person fixed grip. But 6 is a weird number for people, and it is rare that the chairs are actually full with 6 people. It would be interesting if some kinda mathematician were to chart the real-world efficiency of a 6 person chair vs a 4 when this is taken into account. There is only one singles line, and the lift maze isn't set up for shit, so that is also a factor. Not annoying so much, just interesting I guess.

[Danno]

I’m still floored by the whole thing. I’m of half a mind to send a note to the hill manager to make sure they don’t make that a policy, but worried I’ll just end up having them bake something stupid in.

Careful. They'll put you on the list of malcontents.

[californiagrown]

this past weekend at a quad chair, the singles line was on the left and all the lines stretched up the hill about 2-3x the length of the roped corral. I didnt want to wait in that shit show, so i just skied up the right side and begged into the closest group of 3 to the front (i didnt join 2s as those were common and easy to match up). Technically i guess i was cutting the singles line, but it made the lifty's life easier and ensured a full chair.

What annoys me is when you have RFID gates, your group gets called forward by the lifty and people dont spread out to go through the RFID gates as a group at the same time. When they dont do this, the group doesnt stay together and you get unfilled chairs.