Normal people think we are assholes... (rant)

I usually get intimidated when i see really good park skiers at my hill but the ones that ive actually talked to are usually nice people. One of them saw me eat shit on my attempt on a flat down rail, he was nice enoguh to help me back up and give me a few tips on what i was doing right and wrong. Its people like that who really make a difference and make it a better place for skiers of all levels. I've met a few assholes who chirp after i eat it trying a new spin but after that I see them in the park and they cant throw down anything.

I've also gotten the "skiers are pussies" 101203921903 times from boarders at my school and when i ask them if they do park, backcountry etc. they just say "i just go down the hillz" so i just change the conversation there. When i actually meet good boarders, they have the same respect for me as they do for any other snowboarder, which is something that i hope to see in the future.

Bottom line: I hope to meet less jerks both skiers and boarders, and more helpful positive people.
 
i am still a beginer, and the whole atmosphere in m park is bullshit. i get yelled at and made fun of all the time. it would be alot cooler if everyone was trying to help other people and compliment other people
 
i used to get really nervous in the park before i knew that most people were actually really chill and not assholes. but then i manned up and when i stopped caring what people thought i progressed so much faster its great.
 
where i live and ride, big bear mountain, in southern California the displacement of freestyle skiers to snowboarders is about 95 to 5 percent although it is slowly changing. Also a lot of the freestyle skiers seem to have good attitudes and are pretty friendly towards each other. I definitely am friendly to anyone who is trying anything, although i definitely do get annoyed by those weekend warriors trying to be bad asses, cutting you off in your line etc. i am polite to anyone of every skill level because quite honestly, we have all been there and done it and didn't want to be made fun of in the process.
 
Completely with u on this. I was at mount snow last week and i was just cruising and hit a flat down box and for some reason my ski popped off right at the kink. I didnt even fall i did the rest of the box with one ski and some skiers go by and go nice try u faggot. Oh yeah thats a great way to get people into the sport.
 
if a gaper cuts in front of me in the park, i make sure i yell at them or spray them,, but usually im pretty nice on the mountain
 
I try not to be cocky but it just happens sometimes without even thinking about it. For the most part I am stoked when a kid comes up to me asking how I do something or if I could help him out. Some kids in my school tell me I am good but I never agree because I dont think I am at all and because agreeing with them would make me sound dumb.
 
Oh and also, i dont judge people based on the dopeness of there outerwear, i couldnt give a shit about that as long as they are doing something. And i will laugh if i see a gaper, rentals and all, eat shit in the park but im nice to the ones i meet on the lift etc.
 
Ill admit i can be a cocky bastard sometimes, but not because its my nature its because i have to. Where i live skiers are maby 5% of the population (for say). If i tell someone im a skier or someone i know sees me skiing i get a, "OH wow what a skier fag, skiing is gay." and shit like that. So when you get hated on you tend to hate back. and also people atimaticly assume if i ski i cant do triks or hang in the park because everyone is to ignorant to understand that skiers can do the same thing as snowboarders. But the truth is untill someone actually sees me shred i dont really get any respect. And even after they realize that im twice as good at skiing than they will ever be at snowboarding i still get the "wow skiings gay." So that just makes me mad so i just pick on the skiers and snowboarders that are beginers because i hate being a lower class(for say). Its kind of the same way black people felt playing baseball. They were just as good if not better but they werenot accepted. Same with skiers they are not accepted in the park(at least were i live)............. So i kind of confused myself with all the metaphores but i hope you get the picture.
 
that ridicolous. its sound like hockey. you get laughed at and yelled at in hockey and you should never get yelled at in skiing unless you do something ignorant. skiing should be chill and everyone feeding off each other. everyone starting somewhere. the best didnt start off doing huge tricks. they started off on the small jump crashing lots.
 
yeah i know whatcha mean. I have a lot of fun in park when im with friends who dont know how to do anyting, and we're all just having fun screwing around and getting hurt. Skiing just isnt as fun when its competitive
 
My mountain (snoqualmie) has an awful vibe sometimes. I watch other park skiers cut off little kids after they come off a rail. The kid asks why they cut him off and they say. Your trick sucked, you have no rights." Sometimes everyones chill though and its way more fun then.
 
what do you guys think about someone with a nice set up and that cant throw down in the park? like me, i have cbars, spyder outerwear, skullcandy hi-fi helmet, and spirals and i suck at park. i can ski tho, u know? i have park skis cuz i like how they perform, and I'm never embarrassed on the mountain about my set up and if i can back it up except in the park. it sucks. and the thing is, i have lincolned, backed, 3ed, front ect. just not off a park jump cuz i don't have any at my local mountain so im not really down with them. so people assume that I'm a poser, even if maybe i have more balls and just throw it in different places. so thats my rant about judgment of people, including me. anyone plz comment? anyone in the same situation?
ps: i get everything for 1/2 price so i really haven't invested all that much in skiing....
 
It's pretty funny reading this thread, because it is super obvious how old everyone is in here who is posting.

13 year olds who throw down rodeo 9's in my experience are usually cockier and much bigger assholes to kids their own age, especially if there is a group of, say, 5 13 year olds. It's just the way kids are. I was that way, an asshole to everyone cause I thought I was better than everyone. But people grow up and mature (hopefully...)

If you are 23 and acting like super thug in the liftline cussing, cutting, and being an asshole, there is no excuse. But I think the majority of the hate comes from the 10 - 16 year old "crews" out there. Granted not all kids are assholes, actually most younger kids are pretty nice. But I've noticed that the kids who are nice to me often times will turn around and be complete assholes to the beginner 12 year old who is out with his family. That kid needs the support more than ever cause that's the next generation of Skiier, the ones that buy the outerwear, and all the product that keeps our sport progressing.

Now I know age shouldn't be an excuse, and you're right, it's not. But for me and what I've noticed around the mountains, it's usually the younger ones that are the assholes. :)

haha, I'll probably be flamed so hard for this post considering more than half this site is like 14.
 
honestly, if i see somoene fall and i think it was a crazy or goofy looking fall, of course ill laugh at it, but i would never spray a random person in the face for falling. thats just a really dick move
 
you no what is wack, when a chill as park skier goes up to talk to the kid in tight pants or lame gitup to befriend him o wateva and that kid is the cocky 1. happens to me quite often those fuckers have such little idea of what there doing they think theyre the ones that are teh shit.
 
i feel mad intiminated sometimes, not at my home mountain, but other were i dont know kids to go into the park, if im alone and theres a big group of kids
 
the only thing that pisses me off is when people ride off the side of jump onto a rail, or cut me off in a run-in. Other than that if you're a beginner who cares, have fun.
 
i idolize gapers, im an oversized one myself. I try to keep nice with the parentals and set a good example for the kids when i ski at my local resort.
 
Completely agree with OP. The best thing ive learned this year about skiing is just be out there to have fun, it doesnt matter what you're wearing or how badly you flailed your arms on the down box. My friends and I are a mix of skiiers and snowboarders so we get the culture of both sides, and it turns out that skiiers or snowboarders are obviously neither better, but you have the most fun riding with the guys who are having fun.

I learned 3s beginning of this year and I"m stepping them up to the bigger jump lines, and this past weekend I ate shit, ski popped off, and knocked the wind out of me. The best feeling is having the guys I look up to throwing rodeo 9s help me with my ski and make sure I'm allright.
 
Noobs must learn park etiquette, AKA don't stand on the lip, or the landing or near the end of a rail, or sit on the rail and have a fuking picnic.

but other wise come join in on the fun.

Also i know it doesnt aply to anyone here. but take a lesson if you've never skied before
 
Ive stopped giving a shit about how I look to other people in the park, why should anyone else care if Im doing my own thing and fall?
 
i wear tight pants, soooo because they arent baggy i am a gaper? yet i am a gaper that can switch 5 and do lotsa nifty rail maneuvers with ease? i am an enigma! i am SUPER GAPER!
 
word to this. the only gapers that get hate from me are people who really fuck up (like the woman who sat down on the chair directly behind me somehow between when i skied up to the line, and the chair got there....)
 
I think its ridiculous that some people are agreeing that its bad to hate on people unless they dress like gapers and dont ski park or dont try and hit everything. like, holy crap guys. these people have never done the sport before, theyre learning something new, give them a break. yes its annoying when a gaper cuts you off or whatever, but holy sh*t.

if you we're jsut learning a new sport (lets say you start to learn to skateboard) and you go into a skate park and people laugh at you and think youre a douche because you dont hit every feature or dont have a good skateboard, im pretty sure you'd think thats retarded.

not everyone skis park every day, gapers have just as much right to ski in the park as you do, they bought the lift ticket too... maybe instead of being a d*ck or getting pissed, just talk to them and be like, dude, try not to stop under jumps or try and wait in line to hit things etc. etc. rather than thinking theyre douchebags for trying something new that they dont know about.

grow up.
 
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