This rant sums up exactly how i was feeling after my last trip to Austria. There were constantly families and little kids and general gapers just cutting in, not even trying to hit the jumps and then just standing around on the lip, table or landing. I had to wait 10 minutes at one point for some guy who just stood still on a box getting his photo taken. It completely fucks up any flow on your run and i nearly cried at the amount of times i was halfway into a feature and someone cut in, not even with th speed to hit it and i had to stop and hike back up and start again.
I know kids have got to start somewhere but you've got to draw a line cos its just plain dangerous. one 5 year old girl nearly got annilated, she and her mum moved onto the knuckle of a 40 footer whilst a guy was speeding into the jump- it was one of the most irresponsible things i've ever seen, they missed each other by feet but if they hadn't it would have been ugly- look what happened to Cr. I saw another kid the same week get his wrist broke cos someone didn't chechk the landing to a box and smashed into him. Its just ireesponsible and dangerous.
The worst though was a ski instructer teaching complete beginners in the park whilst there was a wide open piste directly next to it, you'd expect them to at least have a small clue about safety and etiquettte