skierman_jack
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14083334:SKRockies said:
I have no idea who that is so prob not
Bar up on Chairlift
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I have no idea who that is so prob not
ScootSkiLyfe
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Back home in MN I don't think I've ever seen bar for the chair. Except for at Lutsen
**This post was edited on Dec 2nd 2019 at 7:50:13pm
**This post was edited on Dec 2nd 2019 at 7:50:13pm
ASSholebomber22
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14083364:GKS said:
You ever see some dumbass accidentally drop the bar on a group of peeps trynna load? Shit's super whack. This is probably why the lifty got heated.
PeppermillReno
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A little kid fell down getting on the chair in front and couldn't ride with his dad/brother today at Monarch their chair was in the air. Only one lift has bars. So liftie throws him on my chair with me and some boomer. Not being an asshole I put the bar down cause were talking small maybe 4/5 y/o (too small to get off on his own I had to carry him off the lift and give him to his dad.) The boomer is all shocked when the bar hits his poles (I didn't crank it on his head and did it slowly) and comments that he forgot the things existed and the dad looking back to make sure his kid is OK puts his bar down after I do but probably would have rode with the 2 little ones without it if he didn't see me do it.
DASZ.mp4
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The few times I’ve skied with my family from Germany they are always hilariously cautious. I’m talking bar down right as we leave the station and bar up once we are in the station. I remember I once tried unknowingly putting the bar up a bit after the last tower and I got lectured by my uncle about how dangerous it was and how I should take it very seriously. Legit told me with a straight face I would slide right off if the lift stopped(he’s an experienced skier and an engineer lmaoo). It’s a whole different culture over there. I was lucky enough to ski Mayerhofen for a few days and over there people don’t even ask they just give a quick “bar” right as you take off. Seems like they can’t even imagine riding without one
skierman_jack
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14083757:iSki13 said:
Forgot about that vid. Terrifying stuff
Any lift in the US should have and roll back mechanisms tho. I have never seen one without and I could be wrong but I’m pretty sure it’s a law that lifts in the US are required to have them
SavageBiff
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14083757:iSki13 said:
Proper way to shred the lift line
Nuno812
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Sugarloaf a few years back had a rollback on kingpine. The drop dog mechanism that should stop the bull wheel failed to deploy and people jumped. Not as bad as that video but shit can hit the fan in the US.
As for bar down? I’m cool with it especially on higher lifts... nothing like an emergency stop/panic stop to launch you forward out of your seat and 30ft into the stream bed below, no thanks
As for bar down? I’m cool with it especially on higher lifts... nothing like an emergency stop/panic stop to launch you forward out of your seat and 30ft into the stream bed below, no thanks
14083775:SkylineGTR_R32 said:
gengar.
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Where I'm from, the bar down isn't very common, and when it is down, its usually when there's kids next to you.
By myself, i usually don't put it down simply because i didn't grow up using one and honestly, i forget its there. Once you get to a certain point it really is just sitting in a chair. I wouldn't really think of it as thinking that its "cool" to ride with it up.
I don't mind when people i'm riding with put the bar down at all. As long as they let you know they're going to do it. Especially with the footrests, I've had people accidentally knock my skis off by smacking them with them
By myself, i usually don't put it down simply because i didn't grow up using one and honestly, i forget its there. Once you get to a certain point it really is just sitting in a chair. I wouldn't really think of it as thinking that its "cool" to ride with it up.
I don't mind when people i'm riding with put the bar down at all. As long as they let you know they're going to do it. Especially with the footrests, I've had people accidentally knock my skis off by smacking them with them
FruitBootPro
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Putting the bar down probably costs you 10 seconds of very minimal effort per chairlift ride.
I really don't understand people who don't put it down, and it even kinda pisses me off that people will leave it up. You have no good reason to do so.
I really don't understand people who don't put it down, and it even kinda pisses me off that people will leave it up. You have no good reason to do so.
prince_polo
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14082486:Biffbarf said:
Two completely different scenarios. No one in the history of skiing has ever been rear ended or t-boned by another lift chair there for your argument is invalid.
ASSholebomber22
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14084272:Prince_Pollo said:
Somewhere at this very moment, there's a highschool debate teacher drinking heavily because of posts like these.
prince_polo
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14084279:Biffbarf said:
Are you a high school debate teacher?
ASSholebomber22
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14084285:Prince_Pollo said:
Nope just paid attention in class
prince_polo
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14084289:Biffbarf said:
Yeah but Brian Sugon didn't
ASSholebomber22
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14084297:Prince_Pollo said:
6.9/10 effort. +9 for being clever, -2.1 for originality.
prince_polo
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14084300:Biffbarf said:
ya got me
14082503:CLQ said:
Your couch is 50 feet off the ground? You put a seat belt on because you are in a moving car. If you were on a car seat in your living room you would not wear a seat belt.
When I was a kid back east I never put the bar down. I was definitely doing it to be cool. When I was 12 at Belleayre I once refused to put the bar down. The lifties told me they would not start the lift up until I did. I'm curious as to why you think no one is doing it to be cool? There are certainly plenty of people who do it for that reason exactly.
I wish people would ask before putting the bar down, that goes without saying. I usually put it down, I don't see any good reason not to do so.