As a gaper I also love gapers. I'll always remember my first day hitting 8" of fresh snow with really bumpy packed snow beneath alongside Lumberjack at Copper. I came out of two trees that are relatively close together in the middle of the groomed section of the run, got a tiny bit of air and got a cheer from the lift. I then hit the powder and they cheered me on even more as I felt like I could fall over at any time.
I've also been cheered coming out of trees and when I first started learning how to ski switch on a really mellow pitch.
After getting cheered in the little powder stash I always made it a point to cheer for other people too. It just makes everything a little more fun, and maybe just a little bit awesome.
