Girlfriend doesn’t like lapping parks with me

Railslayer69

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This is my first year skiing with my girlfriend and she seems to hate lapping the parks. She claims “it’s just the same run over and over”. Any advice on how to get her to appreciate the parks?
 
topic:Railslayer69 said:
This is my first year skiing with my girlfriend and she seems to hate lapping the parks. She claims “it’s just the same run over and over”. Any advice on how to get her to appreciate the parks?
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You probably aren’t going to change her mind, best thing you can do is find her some friends to lap with while you lap the park with your bros then meet up again after a few laps
 
14211739:drifts said:
You probably aren’t going to change her mind, best thing you can do is find her some friends to lap with while you lap the park with your bros then meet up again after a few laps
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Or compromise, ski a park lap, ski a regular run
 
14211739:drifts said:
You probably aren’t going to change her mind, best thing you can do is find her some friends to lap with while you lap the park with your bros then meet up again after a few laps
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this. you can’t expect her to enjoy the same things you do and that’s alright as long as you don’t force it on her. don’t kill your relationship or your enjoyment of skiing over something like this bro
 
14211745:ski_salmon69 said:
this. you can’t expect her to enjoy the same things you do and that’s alright as long as you don’t force it on her. don’t kill your relationship or your enjoyment of skiing over something like this bro
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yeah i figured I just thought everyone loved lapping the park so when she started getting annoyed I was like wtf is wrong wit you
 
It’s still early in the season, maybe give her time to adjust to the idea and she might like it. But commenting as a female i used to hate park laps when i started it can be a bit intimidating at very first. If she does not end up liking it then ya you both can compromise to split time on a run/park or hopefully if she has friends to ski with while you’re in the park
 
take the occasional park lap but also do the runs your girl wants to ski. if that bores you you can easily make simple runs feel fresh: find sidehits, work on your switch skiing, do butters etc. you’ll be a better skier and you’ll both enjoy the time together and maybe she’ll want to try out some side jumps and stuff as she progresses as well.
 
you didn't mention if she's actually hitting features or not.. if not it would def be pretty boring. get her doing some 50-50 on the box or something to light the spark.

if she's a killer but just doesn't like lapping, i feel like there's not much you can do
 
14211782:runbeerski said:
you didn't mention if she's actually hitting features or not.. if not it would def be pretty boring. get her doing some 50-50 on the box or something to light the spark.

if she's a killer but just doesn't like lapping, i feel like there's not much you can do
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She hits little side hits when we do the normal runs that she likes and she’s always complimenting me on my flow and style when I do butters or spins or ski switch so I feel like there’s something inside of her I just gotta get it out of her. She likes hitting a different run each time and never the same one so I gotta figure out how to summon the inner park rat in her
 
14211785:Railslayer69 said:
She hits little side hits when we do the normal runs that she likes and she’s always complimenting me on my flow and style when I do butters or spins or ski switch so I feel like there’s something inside of her I just gotta get it out of her. She likes hitting a different run each time and never the same one so I gotta figure out how to summon the inner park rat in her
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Lol dude maybe shes just complimenting you and she doesn't enjoy riding the park herself.
 
14211769:kalle. said:
if that bores you you can easily make simple runs feel fresh: find sidehits, work on your switch skiing, do butters etc. you’ll be a better skier and you’ll both enjoy the time together and maybe she’ll want to try out some side jumps and stuff as she progresses as well.
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definitely this then
 
My GF hits the rails and the biggest jumps, and drives the car home when I fucked up, and is just happy when she doesnt have to take me to the ER :p

But honestly, make it fun for her, she on twintips? teach her stuff, make it a fun thing, get her hot cocoa and some tasty pastry/bakery whatever you call it in english
 
14211801:anders_a said:
My GF hits the rails and the biggest jumps, and drives the car home when I fucked up, and is just happy when she doesnt have to take me to the ER :p

But honestly, make it fun for her, she on twintips? teach her stuff, make it a fun thing, get her hot cocoa and some tasty pastry/bakery whatever you call it in english
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Imma definitely start hyping her on everything she does. The pizza is almost 10$ a slice at my resort
 
Maybe she just needs her own squad. Honestly when I was learning it was always kind of intimidating lapping with people I perceived to be way above my level. Once you get into it lapping with people who are better than you is the best way for you to learn but if she's just getting comfy it may not feel "right" for her.

**This post was edited on Dec 14th 2020 at 2:32:34pm
 
14211769:kalle. said:
take the occasional park lap but also do the runs your girl wants to ski. if that bores you you can easily make simple runs feel fresh: find sidehits, work on your switch skiing, do butters etc. you’ll be a better skier and you’ll both enjoy the time together and maybe she’ll want to try out some side jumps and stuff as she progresses as well.
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This 100%. My gf isn't the biggest fan of park laps either, but she's more than happy to do a few throughout the day. She rips on the mountain though so whenever we go I actually look forward to riding outside of the park for a change and to find drops and side booters and stuff. She told me she wants to land a 360 this season so we'll see how that plays out but yeah dude, don't force her to ride in the park and especially don't force her to like what you like. If it happens then great, but if not, as long as she's chill with you still going to ride, just leave it alone.
 
topic:Railslayer69 said:
This is my first year skiing with my girlfriend and she seems to hate lapping the parks. She claims “it’s just the same run over and over”. Any advice on how to get her to appreciate the parks?
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Made this mistake once. Your relationship is over.
 
14211870:johnblaze said:
Made this mistake once. Your relationship is over.
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Nah, my now husband got me to switch from snowboarding and taught me how to ski on the side of a51 park... so... You never know. But if you force it she's going to hate it out of principle.
 
If it brings you any piece of mind, this is a very very minor thing in the grand scheme of relationships. Even if you live to ski the park
 
14211785:Railslayer69 said:
She hits little side hits when we do the normal runs that she likes and she’s always complimenting me on my flow and style when I do butters or spins or ski switch so I feel like there’s something inside of her I just gotta get it out of her. She likes hitting a different run each time and never the same one so I gotta figure out how to summon the inner park rat in her
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Tell her that the variety in lapping the park comes from doing/learning new tricks every run, instead of doing a new run every time you go up the lift.
 
I want to say something along the lines of “ski with the boys only simp”... but honestly i just feel bad. keep ya head up king.
 
14211928:snowdaynw said:
I want to say something along the lines of “ski with the boys only simp”... but honestly i just feel bad. keep ya head up king.
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Its honestly giving me anxiety. It’s my senior year I wanna do park all day everyday, I wanna grease the shit out of rails and throw huge ass corks and flat spins and rodeos...
 
There’s one couple at my hill that rips the park doubles style. It’s the sickest thing ever total relationship goals to watch the girl follow up and get her boyfriends back on super kinked rails and gnarly features. This is not exactly practical though lol coming from having to spend the last 3 seasons with a “beginner” level significant other. You gotta compromise or it just won’t work. 50/50 idea always works for us. She picks a run, then I choose one. We both have fun and don’t really argue on the hill like we did at the beginning. Does she have female friends that she rides with?
 
14211940:DesertStix said:
There’s one couple at my hill that rips the park doubles style. It’s the sickest thing ever total relationship goals to watch the girl follow up and get her boyfriends back on super kinked rails and gnarly features. This is not exactly practical though lol coming from having to spend the last 3 seasons with a “beginner” level significant other. You gotta compromise or it just won’t work. 50/50 idea always works for us. She picks a run, then I choose one. We both have fun and don’t really argue on the hill like we did at the beginning. Does she have female friends that she rides with?
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No she skis with me and sometimes her sister and brother other than that she only likes skiing with me
 
14211942:Railslayer69 said:
No she skis with me and sometimes her sister and brother other than that she only likes skiing with me
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Get her a NS acct there's a bunch of ladies I'm sure would be down to shred. Lady gabber is a very low pressure and supportive squad.
 
topic:Railslayer69 said:
This is my first year skiing with my girlfriend and she seems to hate lapping the parks. She claims “it’s just the same run over and over”. Any advice on how to get her to appreciate the parks?
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Yo dude u posted this 9 hours ago and ur profile says single. wtf happened
 
For sure I was just wondering if she could spend a few hours riding with friends while

you lap the park

14211942:Railslayer69 said:
No she skis with me and sometimes her sister and brother other than that she only likes skiing with me
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The key to any relationship is radical honesty, that's where intimacy comes from. Just tell her the truths that you have told us in this thread: that shredding the park is more important to you than her happiness, and that you wish she was different.
 
14211790:Railslayer69 said:
Guys I just ordered her a tall t. Cross your fingers that that does the trick
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I'm afraid to say that if this does not work, nothing else could possibly work
 
14211746:Railslayer69 said:
yeah i figured I just thought everyone loved lapping the park so when she started getting annoyed I was like wtf is wrong wit you
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Lol "wtf is wrong wit you" STUPID GIRLS UGH
 
14211933:Railslayer69 said:
Its honestly giving me anxiety. It’s my senior year I wanna do park all day everyday, I wanna grease the shit out of rails and throw huge ass corks and flat spins and rodeos...
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Take turns finding different runs and practice your park skills outside of the park as much as you can. Honestly just lapping random runs switch is definitely the only reason I've gotten a lot better at switch on to rails. Have fun with the natural terrain as much as possible, just skiing in general is better than nothing and it's even better you have someone to do it with! Goodluck
 
14211745:ski_salmon69 said:
this. you can’t expect her to enjoy the same things you do and that’s alright as long as you don’t force it on her. don’t kill your relationship or your enjoyment of skiing over something like this bro
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My gf doesn’t even ski, consider yourself lucky.
 
14212360:Railslayer69 said:
It was probably for the best :,(
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So you gonna give her my number or nah? We would be the side hit power couple (;

but seriously I hope you didn’t end a good thing over her not liking park laps, you’re saying shit about senior year and that’s the wrong mindset to have homie, this is about the long run not just senior year. If you are patient you could probably get her to try tricks off the side hits and then maybe she’d start to take an interest in park but it’s gonna take a few seasons
 
I haven't run into this issue yet cuz I haven't skied with my girlfriend yet but, I'd say since it's still early in the season I'll get my feet under me on the groomers and side hits and work on my switch, to try to get her to ski park I'm building her a pair of park skis from some left over material I have so maybe the new skis will get her to try.
 
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